lands ▁University ▁Library , ▁Manchester . ▁ ▁Gordon ▁Rain bow ▁has ▁coll ated ▁some ▁historical ▁material ▁on ▁the ▁Little ▁F lock ▁H ymn book . ▁This ▁contains ▁links ▁to ▁all ▁the ▁pre faces ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁h ymn books ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 3 ▁follows ▁the ▁R aven / T aylor ▁line ▁of ▁h ymn books . ▁Vari ous ▁accounts ▁of ▁new ▁ed itions ▁of ▁the ▁h ymn book ▁were ▁published ▁and ▁these ▁are ▁given ▁in ▁full . ▁ ▁An ▁account ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁major ▁develop ments ▁in ▁the ▁tradition ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁Frank ▁Wal lace ' s ▁The ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁Little ▁F lock ▁H ymn book ▁( it ▁does ▁maintain ▁an ▁anti - T aylor ▁bias ). ▁Also ▁by ▁Frank ▁Wal lace , ▁Spirit ual ▁Song sters ▁contains ▁bi ograph ies ▁of ▁many ▁h ymn writ ers ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Little ▁F lock ▁tradition ▁and ▁is ▁published ▁by ▁Chapter ▁Two . ▁ ▁Ad rian ▁Ro ach ▁wrote ▁a ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁edition ▁containing ▁much ▁bi ographical ▁information ▁on ▁the ▁h ymn writ ers . ▁It ▁is ▁published ▁by ▁Bible ▁Tr uth ▁Publish ers . ▁ ▁A ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁Kelly / L owe / G l anton ▁edition ▁is ▁available ▁online ▁where ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁large ▁amount ▁of ▁bi ographical ▁material ▁and ▁a ▁first ▁line ▁index ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁" D ar by " ▁edition ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁English ▁ed itions ▁ ▁Sc and in