Presented by Mrs. J.B.Clough to Mrs A. M. Hartwell. Wife of S. 1. Hartivile.

on Friday, Aug 20,1886..

THE

ENGLISH READER:

OR,

PIECES IN PROSE AND POETRY,

1

SELECTED FROM THE BEST WRITERS.

DESIGNED TO ASSIST

YOUNG PERSONS

TO READ WITH PROPRIETY AND EFFECT; TO IM-
PROVE THEIR LANGUAGE AND SENTIMENTS; AND
TO INCULCATE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORT-
ANT PRINCIPLES OF PIETY AND VIRTUE.

With a

FEW PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE

PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING.

BY LINDLEY MURRAY,
Author of an English Grammar, &c. &c.

From the tenth English Edition:

-SOCIETY

HAVERHILL, MASS.

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY BURRILL AND TILESTON, AND SOLD

AT THEIR BOOKSTORE.

1817.