ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



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Mason (W.) — Continued. 



Title 1 1. text (entirely in the Cree language, 

 syllabic characters) pp. 3-163, 32°. 

 Copies seen : British Museum. 



A collection | of | psalms and hymns. 



I Translated into the laoguage | of the 

 I York Indians | of the diocese of Ru- 

 pert's land, I north-west America. | 

 By the | rev. W. Mason. | 



London : [ Society for promoting 

 christian | knowledge, | 77, great 

 Queen-street, Lincoln's inn fields; [ 4, 

 Royal exchange; and | 16, Hanover 

 street, Hanover square. [ 1860. 



Title verso printer 1 1. text (entirely in the 

 Cree language, syllabic characters) pp. 3-163, 

 32°. 



Copies seen: Brinley, British Museum, Eames. 



At the Fischer sale, no. 2931, a copy sold for 

 5«. ; at the Brinley sale. no. 5654, $1.75. Priced 

 by Leclerc, 1878, no. 2213, lOfr. 



[The new testament in the Cree lan- 

 guage.] 



London: | printed by W. M. Watts | 

 for the ( British and foreign bible so- 

 ciety, I 10, Earl street, Blackfriars. | 

 1859. 



Transliteration. -r-Oski | testement [ ketipiyi- 

 chikeminowminakipimachiyiweminow | Chisas 

 Knist. i Amiskochiitasinaak neiyaweinik | issi | 

 "William Mason ayumiewikinow. 



Translation. — New 1 testament | ourlordand 

 saviour of | Jesus Christ. | Translated these 

 same | are | William Mason minister. 



Title (composed of seven lines syllabic char- 

 acters and imprint in Roman as above) verso 

 printer 1 1. contents verso blank 1 1. text (en- 

 tirely in the Cree language, syllabic characters, 

 double columns) pp. 1-612, 12°. 



Copies seen: British and Foreign Bible So- 

 ciety, Congress, Eames. Trumbull. 



Priced by Leclerc, 1878, no. 2200, 16fr. 



For title of a later edition see below. 



— — [The bible in the Cree language.] 



London : [ printed for the British 

 and foreign bible society. | 1861. 



Transliteration. — Kanachi | kichi masinai- 

 kan, I kayasi testement, | mina j oski teste- 

 ment, I ketipeyichikerainow mina kipimachi- 

 yiweminow | Chisas Knist. | Emiskochiitasina- 

 hat neiyawewinik issi, | William Mason, | aya- 

 miewikimaw. 



Translation.— Holy \ the great book, | old 

 testament, | and | new testament, | ourlordand 

 saviour of | Jesus Christ. | Translated these 

 same are, | William Mason, | minister. 



Title (composed of ten lines syllabic charac- 

 acters and imprint in Roman as above) verso 

 printers 1 1. contents verso blank 1 1. text (en- 

 tirely in the Cree language, syllabic charac- 

 ters) pp. 1-855; title as below verso printers 11. 



Mason (W.) — Continued. 



contents verso blank 1 1. text pp. 1-292, 8°. See 

 the fac-simile of the title-page. 



Copies seen: British and Foreign Bible So- 

 ciety, British Museum, Eames, Pilling, Powell. 



The new testament has a separate title-page 

 and pagination, as follows : 



[The new testament in the Cree 



language. ] 



London : | printed by W. M. Watts | 

 for the I British and foreign bible so- 

 ciety, I 10, Earl street, Blackfriars. | 

 1862. 



Transliteration.— Oaki \ testement | keti- 

 peyichikeminow mina kipimachiyiweminow | 

 Chisas Knist. | Emiskochiitasinahat neiyawe- 

 winik I issi I William Mason, ayamiewikimow. 



Translation. — New | testament I our lord 

 and saviour of i Jesus Christ. | Translated these 

 same | are | William Mason, minister. 



Title (composed of seven lines syllabic char- 

 acters and imprint in Roman as above) verso 

 printers 1 1, contents verso blank 1 1. text (en- 

 tirely in the Cree language, syllabic characters) 

 pp. 1-292, 8°. See the fac-simile of the title- 

 page. 



Copies seen : British and Foreign Bible So 

 ciety, British Museum, Eames, Pilling, Powell. 



The new testament portion was also ibsued 

 separately. (Lenox.) 



At the Field sale, no. 1171, a copy brought 

 $1.75. Priced by Quaritch, no. 30070, morocco, 

 gilt edges, 11. ; by Francis of New York, 1887, 

 $5; by Hiersemann, Leipzig, a copy in 2 vols, 

 10 M. ; by Stevens, in 1888, 10s. 6d. ; by Chadenat 

 of Paris, catalogue no, 3, November, 1889, no. 

 3071, 25 fr. 



Although the three works last titled have 

 the name of Rev. Wm. Mason on their respect- 

 ive title-pages, denial has been made in a 

 number of instances that they were translated 

 by him. In a biography of the Rev. Mr. Stein- 

 hauer in the Missionary Outlook for Jan. 1881, 

 published in Toronto, there occurs the follow- 

 ing passage : 



"When the Rev. James Evans went to the 

 North- West, in 1840, he was already meditating 

 the possibility of reducing the Cree tongue to 

 writing. In this he succeeded, by inventing 

 what is known as the syllabic characters. Mr. 

 Evans not only invented the characters, but cut 

 the first type in which an attempt was made to 

 print them. Soon after, the work of translating 

 the Scriptures began, and it was in this work 

 that Bro. Steinhauer rendered efiicient service 

 in conjunction with John Sinclair, a half-breed, 

 afterwards employed as a native assistant at 

 Oxford House. Mr. Sinclair translated the Old 

 Testament as far as the end of Job, also the 

 Gospels and Acts ; while Mr. Steinhauer trans- 

 lated from the beginning of the Psalms to the 

 end of the Old Testament, and from the begin- 

 ning of Romans o the end of the New. 



"The manuscript of these translations was 

 entrusted to the Rev. Mr. Mason, who was now 



