(LITTLE GARDEN OF THE SOUL). A prayer book which both in its
Latin and German forms was exceedingly popular in the early
years of the sixteenth century. The first known edition was
printed at Strasburg by William Schaffener of Rappeltsweiler,
and is dated 13 March, 1498. After that date new editions with
various supplements and modifications were constantly issued by
other printers both in Strasburg and other German cities, and
even at Lyons. Many of them, though small in size, were
illustrated with beautifully designed woodcuts. Mr. C. Dodgson
gives a list of eighteen editions between 1516 and 1521, all of
which contained cuts by the well-known engravers Hans
Springinklee and Erhard Schön. The earliest German edition
appeared in 1501, but the Latin editions on the whole
predominate. With regard to its contents, the "Hortulus" bears a
general resemblance to the Horæ and Primers which were then the
form of prayer book most familiar in France and England. As in
these latter, the Little Office of our Lady always