Introductory material

I. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer:

I. Origins,

II. Vicissitudes,

II. Revision of the American Common Prayer,

III. The Book Annexed: Its Critics and its Prospects,

Appendix:

I. Permanent and Variable Characteristics of the Prayer Book—A Sermon Before Revision, 1878

II. The Outcome of Revision, 1892

III. Tabular View of Additions Made at the Successive Revisions, 1552-1892