This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: A Choice and Varied Collection of Prose and Verse: With a Synopsis of the Elementary Principles of Elocution: Expressly Adapted for the Use of the Young and Designed as an Introduction to "The Ladies' Reader"; Original Published by: New York, McGraw-Hill book company, inc.; (etc., etc.) in 1860 in 331 pages; Subjects: Readers; Juvenile Nonfiction / Readers / Beginner; Juvenile Nonfiction / Readers / Intermediate; Language Arts