This handbook is designed to afford suggestion and assistance to those
who desire a fuller and more accurate knowledge of the Bible. It gives
a brief summary of facts regarding the making and the purpose of the
Bible; its chief divisions; short sketches of the various books, serving
as introductions to their study; and various other material of an
interesting and helpful sort to the reader and student of the Bible. The
book has its purposes and its limitations. The former has been noted.
The latter was set by the desire to put all the material into such a brief
and convenient form that the little volume could be in reality what its
name implies, a handbook, constantly kept at hand for reference and
suggestion.