Sequel to the English Reader: or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ..
Hardcover
1814 · Baltimore
by Murray, Lindley
Baltimore: William Warner, for James Kennedy and Son, Alexandria, 1814. From the Third English Edition, Enlarged and Improved. Hardcover. G- (Binding has slight edge wear; front board is slightly warped; outermost pages have substantial foxing, while interior are aged but otherwise clean; a variety of ownership marks inside covers; a decent and intact reading copy at least.). Brown leather, red title block and gilt letters and lines on spine, 368 pp. Title on spine: Murray's Sequel. A collection of prose and poetry for young literate America. The essays include narratives, didactic pieces, argumentative pieces, descriptive pieces, pathetic pieces, dialogues, public speeches, and promiscuous pieces. In order words, lots of advice from the ancient Greeks and the British. The poetry falls into similar categories. One that pop out as familiar is Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard." An interesting mix of selection by compiler Murray, to be sure. (Inventory #: 155605)