Publisher's Synopsis
 
Here are the full original texts of 150 of the best loved hymns in the English language. Each is accompanied by a fascinating commentary, giving biographical details of the author (such as the Calvinist creator of Rock of Ages who once calculated that the average human sins 2,522,880,000 times); notes on the circumstances in which the hymn was written; and variant versions. Each hymn is prefaced by an urbanely written and agreeably subjective commentary with a wealth of anecdotes and a few ribald parodies. 
 
Continuum; 2008, reprint. Paperback. Near fine. Unread condition. Tiny tiny tear to front board. Preowned. ISBN: 0826482821.