"In composing this little book, a good deal of use has been made of the Religious Instructions, which were written some years ago, for the use of Baptist Missionaries. It was undertaken at the desire, and is printed at the expense, of the Society for Missions to Africa and the East."--Prelim. p. [3].

State Reference Library copy has stamp: 'The Free Library, Sydney. Bequeathed by Mr Justice Wise, 1865'. In 1865 Mr. Justice Wise presented the N.S.W. Government with his library of Australian books, pamphlets and manuscripts, in trust, to be placed in a Free Public Library. These volumes were held by the Australian Museum until the Free Public Lib...