In 1924 Earnest C. Love issued a slim paperback song book containing the “oldest and sweetest songs in print.” It is one of over 3,000 items in our Austin Taylor Hymnal collection and is the only institutionally-held copy known. It is available for download here.
![Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924](https://blogs.acu.edu/specialcollections/files/2021/10/ACU_Love_InternationalMelodies_1924_full_Page_01.jpg)
Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, front cover
![Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, front cover](https://blogs.acu.edu/specialcollections/files/2021/10/ACU_Love_InternationalMelodies_1924_full_Page_02.jpg)
Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, Introduction by Alfred Ellmore
![Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, title page](https://blogs.acu.edu/specialcollections/files/2021/10/ACU_Love_InternationalMelodies_1924_full_Page_03.jpg)
Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, title page
![Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, index of first lines](https://blogs.acu.edu/specialcollections/files/2021/10/ACU_Love_InternationalMelodies_1924_full_Page_62.jpg)
Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, index of first lines
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Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, index of first lines
![Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, advertisement](https://blogs.acu.edu/specialcollections/files/2021/10/ACU_Love_InternationalMelodies_1924_full_Page_66.jpg)
Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, advertisement
![Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, rear cover](https://blogs.acu.edu/specialcollections/files/2021/10/ACU_Love_InternationalMelodies_1924_full_Page_67.jpg)
Earnest C. Love, International Melodies, 1924, rear cover