# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S558
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558 PUBLICATION MATTERS

a scholarly presentation of the early phases of the Saxon immigra-
tion of the last century, should be put into production at Concordia
Publishing House within the year. In this connection we would
mention another historical item, though not a part of the series
referred to above, Dr. E. G. Schwiebert’s Luther and His Times,
A New Appraisal, a study not only of the religious, but also of
the social, political, and educational factors of Luther’s period which
contributed to the Reformation movement. This book should be
on the market in a few months.

Other major undertakings are completely new editions of the
Concordia Cyclopedia, Book of Concord, and Popular Symbolics,
in order that our reading clientele may have the results of the
latest research in these important fields of knowledge.

There appéars to be a demand in our country for a version
of the Bible in simple, present-day English. A number of such
new translations have been marketed by others in recent years.
We have under consideration at this time a manuscript prepared
by a clergyman of our Church which offers the New Testament
in the language of today. This is a matter which demands most
careful study, and we invite opinions of interested parties.

Portals of Prayer, our popular booklet of devotions, continues

to sell in large quantities, approaching the half-million mark.

Its wide acceptance and the many reader acknowledgments of its
blessings are a source of gratification and ample reward for time
and effort expended on its production. The demand for the German
counterpart continues steady at about 35,000 copies per issue. |

“The use of tracts has increased considerably also in our
circles, and about a score of new tracts were produced by us in
the past triennium. Your Board and Concordia Publishing House
are bending every effort to produce these “quickies” on religious
subjects in a manner to attract reader interest. |

Your. Board. solicits rnanuscripts on any subject within the
area served by Concordia Publishing House; they’ ‘will be care-
fully and objectively examined. It:might be stated as an encourage-
ment to unknown authors that a fair number of-our publications
are unsolicited manuscripts.

* Jt should be noted as a matter of record that the Literature
Board has: no ‘control over the publications sponsored by’ other
Boards and Committees of Synod, even though they are Published
by. Concordia.

The personnel of the Board continued unchanged through the
triennium: Rev. Alfred Doerffier, chairman} Rev. William H. Eifert,
secretary; Rev. W. E. Hohenstein; Rev. Otto Nieting; and Mr. “Wil-

liam A. Kramer. THE GENERAL LITERATURE Boar. | a

Wuuram H. _ Exrerr, Secretary