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The Religious Tract Society was a British evangelical Christian organization founded in 1799 and known for publishing a variety of popular religious and quasi-religious texts in the 19th century. The society engaged in charity as well as commercial enterprise, publishing books and periodicals for profit.
The Lutterworth Press, one of the oldest independent British publishing houses, has traded since the late eighteenth century, initially as the Religious Tract Society (RTS). [1] The main areas of publication have been religion and theology, children's books and books for young people (with an emphasis on "improving literature" and books with ...
The Dairyman's Daughter was first issued in tract form in 1814 by the Religious Tract Society and in the same year by the New England Tract Society in Boston. The National Society in 1825 published it as Tract No. 9, and circulated at least half a million copies of this narrative, as the chief agency for its distribution in America.
Before ATS was founded, the Bible was the only religious book being distributed widely around the United States. The American Tract Society's founders felt that the American Bible Society was limited in its activities, leading to ATS's establishment. [2]
The By-paths of Bible Knowledge series was a collection of books connected with Bible study. History, geography, archaeology, and other topics related to the Bible were presented by various experts. [1] The series was published in London from 1883 by the Religious Tract Society. [2] [3]
The Leisure Hour was a British general-interest periodical of the Victorian era published weekly from 1852 to 1905. [1] [2] It was the most successful of several popular magazines published by the Religious Tract Society, which produced Christian literature for a wide audience. [1]