The New School Reader: Fourth Book Embracing A Comprehensive System of Instruction in the Principles of Elocution; with a Choice Collection of Reading Lessons in Prose and Poetry, from the Most Approved Authors de Sanders, Charles W - 1878

New York, New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company , 1878. Edge and corner wear; no dj; corners are bumped and rubbed; shelf worn; scuffed and scratched; missing the ffep and rfep; some writing in pencil on the inner front and rear covers; overall still a nice collectible used copy! Brown cloth quarterbound by black leather with gilt lettering on the spine. 384 historical and informative pages! "The present volume, though carefully fitted, like each of its predecessors, to the place which it holds in the Series, forms, also, in itself, like each of them, a complete progressive Reader. It is not, therefore, merely a set of promiscuous extracts; claiming no other than the merit of exhibiting diversity of style and elegance of sentiment. All the matter, on the contrary, whether original or selected has been adapted and arranged with the closest regard to the experienced wants of learners........" -------- from the Preface.. Fourth Edition. Brown Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.