The English reader : or, Pieces in prose and poetry, selected from the best writers, designed to assist young persons to read with propriety and effect, to improve their language and sentiments, and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue, with a few preliminary observations on the principles of good reading
An anthology intended for junior and middle form pupils
pt. 1. [A book of chosen verses, of cogitation, browsing, dreaming, and occasional imitation] -- pt. 1A. A book of poems of incident and narration -- pt. 2. A book of English poems, standard and modern, with helps to contemplation and mild incitements to emulation -- pt. 3. A book of longer poems from Geoffrey Chaucer to Francis Thompson -- pt. 4. Poems of yesterday and to-day
