The North American reader :
containing a great variety of pieces in prose and poetry, from very highly esteemed American and English writers; also, observations on good reading; the Declaration of Independence; the Constitution of the United States; political definitions; variable orthography; concise principles of pronunciation; rules for the division of words; and the rules for spelling the plurals of nouns, participles, present tense, and preterit of verbs, and the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. : Designed for the use of the highest classes in schools and academies. /
By Lyman Cobb, author of The first book, Spelling-book, Expositor, School dictionary, Miniature lexicon, Primary monitorial lessons, Juvenile reader, nos. 1, 2, & 3, Sequel to the juvenile readers, Arithmetical rules and tables, Explanatory arithmetick, nos. 1 & 2, and Ciphering-book, nos. 1 & 2.

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Related Names

Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889, ill.
Cobb, Lyman, 1800-1864, copyright holder.
Cobb, Lyman, 1800-1864, ed.
Desilver, Thomas & Co.

Language(s)

English

Published

Philadelphia : Desilver, Thomas & Co. ; 1836.

Subjects

English literature > English literature / Anthologies.
American literature > American literature / Anthologies.
Relief prints.
Leather bindings (Binding).
Publishers' advertisements > Publishers' advertisements / Philadelphia.
Poems > Poems / 1836.
Readers.
Anthologies.

Note

"Cobb's series of school books"--publisher's advertisement, p. [499]-504.
Wood-engraved frontispiece is the only illustration; "painted by Robert W. Weir for George P. Martin, Esq."
Copyright 1835 by Lyman Cobb.

Physical Description

xxi, [1], 24-504 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

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