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• Miscellaneous Essays: Thought-Coin From the Ages (Edinburgh: R. W. Hunter, 1898), ed. by William Eunson
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• The Pocket University (23 volumes; Garden City, NY: Pub. for N. Doubleday, Inc. by Doubleday, Page and Co., 1924), ed. by Bliss Perry, Thomas L. Masson, Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson, George Iles, Hamilton Wright Mabie, and Lyman Abbott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Takelma texts (University Museum, 1909), by Edward Sapir and University of Pennsylvania. University Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
• ...Yana texts (The University press, 1910), by Edward Sapir and Roland Burrage Dixon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Sieg des Todes, seltsame und phantastische Kriegsnovellen aller Zeiten und Völker (G. Müller, 1915), by J. E. Poritzky (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bella Bella texts (Columbia University Press, 1928), by Franz Boas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prose and poetry of the Revolution; the establishment of the Nation (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1925), by Frederick Clarke Prescott and John Herbert Nelson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das buch der bücher. (K. Prochaska, 1902), by Leopold Auspitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Harper's anthology for college courses in composition and literature (New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, 1926., 1926), by William F. Giese and Frederick A. Manchester (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• From Confucius to Mencken (Harper & Brothers, 1929), by Francis Henry Pritchard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The universal anthology; a collection of the best literature, ancient, mediæval and modern. (The Clarke company, limited;, 1899), by Richard Garnett, Alois Brandl, and Léon Vallée (page images at HathiTrust)
• Choice notes from "Notes and queries" : Folk lore. (Bell and Daldy, 1859) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lady's library (Printed for and published by M. Carey, 1809), by Edward Moore, Jonathan Swift, Mrs. Chapone, Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles Lambert, John Gregory, and Hannah More (page images at HathiTrust)
• Märchen und sagen der nordamerikanischen Indianer. (H. Costenoble, 1871), by Karl Knortz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scattered leaves; essays in little on life, faith and work. (C.A. Murdock & Co., 1892) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The universal anthology; a collection of the best literature, ancient, mediæval and modern (The Clarke company, limited;, 1899), by Richard Garnett, Alois Brandl, and Léon Vallée (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The charm of London; an anthology. (Chatto & Windus, 1912), by Alfred H. Hyatt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Moral tales (George S. Appleton, 148 Chestnut Street ;, 1849), by Maria Edgeworth, Nicholson B. Devereux, Henry Walker Herrick, Benson John Lossing, and Felix Octavius Carr Darley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Agreeable variety: being a miscellaneous collection, in prose and verse, from the works of the most celebrated authors. (Printed for C. Hitch, at the Red-Lion in Pater-Noster-Row, 1742) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The nobility of life : its graces and virtues (London : Frederick Warne and Company, Bedford Street, Covent Garden ; New York : Scribner, Welford, and Co., 1869., 1869), by L. Valentine, John Baptist Zwecker, Thomas Waterman Wood, Joseph Wolf, John Dawson Watson, Francis Sylvester Walker, William Shakespeare, Thomas. Scott, Martin Luther, Henry Le Jeune, Philip Hundley, Arthur Boyd Houghton, Charles Green, Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel, William Cowper, Charles West Cope, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edwin Buckman, Francis Bacon, Welford Scribner, James Burn & Company, Frederick Warne (Firm), Dalziel Brothers, and Camden Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• Solskin i hjemmet : illustreret læsning for ung og gammel : et afvexlende udvalg af naturhistorie, biografi, bibelhistorie, o.s.v. ... (Sundhedsvennens Forlagsforening, 1890), by A. B. Oyen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Portfolio of an artist (H. Perkins, 1839), by Rembrandt Peale and Perkins & Marvin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Half-hours with the best American authors. (J.B. Lippincott company, 1887), by Charles Morris and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rosamond : with other tales (Harper & Brothers, 1836), by Maria Edgeworth, J. G. Chapman, and John T. Hammond (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tales of men and cities. (Harper, 1829), by Thomas Colley Grattan, Fielding Lucas, John Grigg, Cushing & Jewett, W. & J. Neal (Firm), Gray & Co Hilliard, Richardson & Lord, Lea & Carey Carey, G. & C. & H. Carvill (Firm), N.Y.) Collins & Co. (New York, Collins & Hannay, and Printers J. & J. Harper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Trojan sketch book (Young & Hartt, 1846), by Abba A. Goddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Household reading; selections from the Congregationalist. 1849-1866. (G. James & Co., 1867), by Congregationalist and Herald of Gospel Liberty and Charles Addison Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selections from the works of Taylor, Latimer, Hall, Milton, Barrow, South, Brown, Fuller and Bacon (W. Pickering, 1834), by Basil Montagu (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular tales (Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-yard, by C. Mercier and Co., 1804), by Maria Edgeworth and Richard Lovell Edgeworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das buch der bücher. (K. Prochaska, 1873), by Leopold Auspitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anthologien deutscher Lyrik. (National German-American Teachers' Seminary, 1912), by A. R. Hohlfeld (page images at HathiTrust)
• A legacy for young ladies : consisting of miscellaneous pieces, in prose and verse (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, 1826), by Mrs. Barbauld, John Massey Wright, Timothy Stansfield Engleheart, and Lucy Aikin (page images at HathiTrust)
• 'Thoughts and words' In three volumes... For private circulation. (Spottiswoode & co., 1891), by Stephen Dowell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Juvenile forget-me-not : a Christmas and New Year's present. (New York : Leavitt and Allen, 1855), by Richard Westall, Joshua Reynolds, Charles Sedgwick, Grenville Mellen, and Anna Bache (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romances de Germanía de varios autores. (A. de Sanche, 1779), by Juan Hidalgo, Francisco de Quevedo, Sancho de Moncada, and Jerry and Gene Jones Jefferson Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The British satirist. Comprising the best satires of the most celebrated poets, from Pope to Byron. Accompanied by original critical notices of the authors. (C. P. Fessenden, 1831), by David G. Johnson and Charles P. Fessenden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular tales. (printed for R. Hunter, etc., 1823), by Maria Edgeworth, Rowland Hunter, Simpkin and Marshall, G. and W. B. Whittaker, Hurst Longman, and Cradock Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The poetical works of Hemans, Heber, and Pollok. (J. Grigg, 1833), by Mrs. Hemans, Robert Pollok, and Reginald Heber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Second class book : principally consisting of historical, geographical, and biographical lessons : adapted to the capacities of youth, and designed for their improvement : intended for the use of schools (Dorr & Howland, 1829), by A. T. Lowe, Abel Bowen, Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry, Griffin and Morrill, and Dorr & Howland (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American reader: containing extracts suited to excite a love of science and literature, to refine the taste, and to improve the moral character. Designed for the use of schools. (D.F. Robinson;, 1828), by George Merriam (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extracts from some of the most approved authors (New York :, 1827), by Mahlon Day (page images at HathiTrust)
• The elocutionist : consisting of declamations and readings in prose and poetry for the use of colleges and schools (A.H. Maltby, 1836), by Jonathan Barber, Oliver Steele, Abiel Holmes Maltby, Hitchcock & Stafford, Truman and Smith, N. & J. White (Firm), Lord Leavitt, Grigg & Elliot, Kendall Gould, Cushing & Sons, and Keese & Co Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
• An essay on elocution : with elucidatory passages from various authors to which are added remarks on reading prose and verse, with suggestions to instructors of the art (Weare C. Little, 1846), by John Hanbury Dwyer and Weare Coffin Little (page images at HathiTrust)
• The poets and poetry of America, to the middle of the nineteenth century. (Carey and Hart, 1850), by Rufus W. Griswold, Richard W. Dodson, and John Cheney (page images at HathiTrust)
• English sacred poetry of the olden time. (The Religious tract society, 1864), by Lewis Borrett White, Joseph Wolf, Edward Whymper, John Dawson Watson, Frederick Walker, John Tenniel, Percival Skelton, Thomas. Scott, J. W. North, R. P. Leitch, John Leighton, Henry Noel Humphreys, Charles Green, George Du Maurier, Westleys & Co, Religious Tract Society (Great Britain), and Son and Taylor R. Clay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Introduction to the American common-school reader and speaker : comprising selections in prose and verse : with elementary rules and exercises in pronunciation (C. Tappan, 1845), by William Russell, Charles Tappan, John Goldsbury, and S.N. Dickinson & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spare hours (Ticknor and Fields, 1862), by John Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pleasant companion for spare hours (Old Bond Street, 1847), by William Russell Sedgfield, William Harvey, Henry Warren, W. G. Mason, George Dalziel, Edward Dalziel, Joseph Cundall, and Collins and Reynolds (Firm (page images at HathiTrust)
• The universal anthology; a collection of the best literature, ancient, mediæval and modern (The Clarke company, limited;, 1899), by Richard Garnett, Alois Brandl, and Léon Vallée (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Collectanea graeca minora (J.B. Lippincott & co., 1845), by Andrew Dalzel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exercises in reading and speaking. (Sanborn & Carter, 1848), by Salem Town (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chimes for childhood : a collection of songs for little ones (Lee and Shepard, 1868), by Dana Estes, Boston Stereotype Foundry, John Wilson and Son, and Lee and Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life among the flowers. (Dayton & Wentworth, 1855), by Laura Greenwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• An essay on elocution : with elucidatory passages from various authors : to which are added remarks on reading prose and verse, with suggestions to instructors of the art (Weare C. Little, 1844), by John Hanbury Dwyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Second class book : principally consisting of historical, geographical, and biographical lessons : adapted to the capacities of youth, and designed for their improvement : intended for the use of schools (Dorr and Howland, 1831), by A. T. Lowe, Abel Bowen, Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry, Hendee & Babcock Carter, and Dorr & Howland (page images at HathiTrust)
• The universal anthology; a collection of the best literature, ancient, medieval and modern, with biographical and explanatory notes (The Grolier Society, 1899), by Richard Garnett, Alois Brandl, and Leon Vallée (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great prose passages (University of South Carolina, 1920), by Reed Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Rigveda in Auswahl (W. Kohlhammer, 1907), by Karl F. Geldner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early lessons : including the stories "Little dog Trusty," "The orange-man," and "The cherry-orchard" (G. Routledge & Co. Farringdon Street [London] ..., 1856), by Maria Edgeworth, George Dalziel, Edward Dalziel, and Myles Birket Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
• The school speaker and reciter containing upwards of two hundred prose and poetical pieces and dialogues, in English, French, Greek and Latin, suitable for grammar and common school examinations and exhibitions (J. Lovell, 1868), by J. George Hodgins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essays, short stories and poems including a sketch of the author's life (s.n.], 1881), by M. S. Snell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Victorian readers : fifth reader (Copp, Clark;, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Victorian readers : third reader (W.J. Gage;, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Crown jewels, or, Gems of literature, art and music being choice selections from the writings and musical productions of the most celebrated authors from the earliest times : comprising gems for the home circle ... choice selections from religious literature ... descriptions of persons, places, and historic events ; masterpieces of dramatic literature ... etc. including a biography of the authors, the whole forming a vast treasury of the gems of poetry, prose and song (McDermid & Logan, 1888), by Henry Davenport Northrop (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thompson's readings and recitations humorous, serious, dramatic (Belford, 1876), by H. L. Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Waldie's select circulating library (A. Waldie, 1833) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Victorian readers first primer. (W.J. Gage;, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Victorian readers fourth reader. (W.J. Gage;, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Victorian readers second reader. (Copp, Clark;, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Canadian forget me not for MDCCCXXXVII (s.n., 1837), by John Simpson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Literary extracts selected from book V of the authorized series of readers for "examination in Eng. literature", of candidates for third class certificates (A. Miller, 1878), by H. W. Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
• Choice thoughts from master minds (W. Briggs, 1909), by William T. Robinson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Album writer's friend comprising more than three hundred choice selections of peotry and prose, suitable for writing in autograph albums, valentines, birthday, Christmas and New Year cards, original and selected (Toronto News Co., in the 1880s), by J. S. Ogilvie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sixth maritime reader (W. Collins, Sons, 1878) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mrs. Leicester's school, and other writings in prose and verse (Macmillan, 1885), by Charles Lamb, Alfred Ainger, and Mary Lamb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rimatori bolognesi del quattrocento (Romagnoli dall'Acqua, 1908), by Lodovico Frati (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Stewart's quarterly. (Saint-John, N.B., 1870), by George Stewart (page images at HathiTrust)
• The scrap-book: (Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1879), by William Fields (page images at HathiTrust)
• An English garner : ingatherings from our history and literature (Arber, 1877), by Edward Arber (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Great bonanza : illustrated narrative of adventure and discovery in gold mining, silver mining, among the raftsmen, in the oil regions, whaling, hunting, fishing and fighting (Lee & Shepard, 1876), by H. L. Stephens, William Ludwell Sheppard, Frank T. Merrill, Lizbeth Bullock Humphrey, Yigilan, William Luson Thomas, Rogers, E. Potts, Kinnersley, Samuel Smith Kilburn, Johnson, W. How, George T. Andrew, John Andrew, P. G., M., F. M. W., George M. Towle, Frank H. Taylor, Old Salt, Charles A. Hoyt, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Charles Winslow Hall, Edward Dusseault, W. P. Duncan, Justin Dale, Mary Granger Chase, Samuel Burnham, C. E. Bishop, George M. Baker, J. H. W., R. M. Ballantyne, Oliver Optic, Mass.) University Press (Cambridge, Bigelow & Co Welch, Shepard & Dillingham Lee, and Lee and Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Books for the people (Cleveland Educational Bureau, 1884), by Charles E. Bolton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The charm of Paris : an anthology (Chatto & Windus, 1913), by Alfred H. Hyatt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• School of wisdom (Printed for Mathew Carey ..., 1800), by Mathew Carey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular tales (Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-yard, 1805), by Maria Edgeworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch deutscher Prosa für obere Gymnasialclassen : enthaltend eine auf Erweiterung des Gedankenkreises und Bildung der Darstellung berechnete Sammlung auserlesener Prosastücke (I. Webel, 1835), by Robert Heinrich Hiecke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ten books for the people : reports, programmes, etc., given to the members of the Educational Bureau (Cleveland Educational Bureau, 1883), by Charles E. Bolton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The speaker's special occasion book. (Droke House;, 1954), by Maxwell Droke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The charm of Paris : an anthology (Boni, 1925), by Alfred H. Hyatt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das buch der bücher. (K. Prochaska, 1880), by Leopold Auspitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• The charm of England. (Truslove and Hanson, 1913), by Thomas Burke and I. R. Bookplate Brussel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Little children's stories. (Published by Otis Clapp, 3 Albion Building, Beacon Street, 1850), by Sarah P. Doughty (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deutsche Kunst zu Hamburgs Kunst : deutsches Künstler- und Schriftsteller- Album : herausgegeben zum Besten der Notleidenden in Hamburg und Altona. (Actien-Gesellschaft, 1892) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Best 50 books of the greatest authors condensed for busy people (Matthews-Northrup Co., 1895), by Benjamin R. Davenport (page images at HathiTrust)
• A second volume of the writings of the author of the True-born Englishman. Some whereof never before printed. (Printed and sold by the Booksellers, 1705), by Daniel Defoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The charm of Paris : an anthology (Chatto & Windus, 1920), by Alfred H. Hyatt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The masterpieces and the history of literature, analysis, criticism, character and incident (Issued for Art Collectors Club, 1910), by Julian Hawthorne, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh, John Russell Young, and John Porter Lamberton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great authors of all ages : being selections from the pose works of eminent writers from the time of Pericles to the present day. with indexes (J.B. Lippincott, 1887), by S. Austin Allibone (page images at HathiTrust)
• The North American reader : containing a great variety of pieces in prose and poetry, from very highly esteemed American and English writers; also, observations on good reading; the Declaration of Independence; the Constitution of the United States; political definitions; variable orthography; concise principles of pronunciation; rules for the division of words; and the rules for spelling the plurals of nouns, participles, present tense, and preterit of verbs, and the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. : Designed for the use of the highest classes in schools and academies. (Desilver, Thomas & Co. ;, 1836), by Robert Walter Weir, Lyman Cobb, and Thomas & Co Desilver (page images at HathiTrust)
• English essays (Blackie, 1896), by J. H. Lobban and Blackie & Son (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American bee; a collection of entertaining histories. / Selected from different authors, and calculated for amusement and instruction. (Leominster, (Mass.) : Printed by and for Charles Prentiss., 1797), by Charles Prentiss (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The American spectator, or Matrimonial preceptor. A collection (with additions and variations) of essays, epistles, precepts and examples, relating to the married state, from the most celebrated writers, ancient and modern. : Adapted to the state of society in the American republic. : Published according to act of Congress. (Boston: : Printed by Manning & Loring, for David West, proprietor of the copy-right., 1797), by Samuel Hill (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Amusing companion: or, Interesting story teller. Being a collection of moral, sentimental and miscellaneous tales. : [Four lines of verse] (Charlestown [Mass.]: : Printed by John Lamson, for John W. Folsom, no. 30, Union-Street, Boston,, MDCCXCVII. [1797]) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Annual register, and Virginian repository, for the year 1800. [Three lines of quotation] ([Petersburg, Va.] : From the Blandford Press. Sold by Ross and Douglas, Petersburg, and by all the booksellers in Virginia, etc., [1799]) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Beauties of poetry, British and American: containing some of the productions of Waller, Milton, Addison, Pope, Shirley, Parnell, Watts, Thomson, Young, Shenstone, Akenside, Gray, Goldsmith, Johnson, Moore, Garrick, Cowper, Beattie, Burns, Merry, Cowley, Wolcott, Palmerston, Penrose. Evans, Barlow, Dwight, Freneau, Humphreys, Livingston, J. Smith, W.M. Smith, Ladd, Bayard, Hopkinson, James, Markoe, Prichard, Fentham, Bradford, Dawes, Lathrop, Osborne. (Philadelphia: : From the press of M. Carey. no. 118, Market-Street., M.DCC.XCI. [1791]), ed. by Mathew Carey (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Beauties of the muses: or, Select sentimental poems and elegies, viz. I. The hermit. By Dr. Parnell. II. Elegy in a church yard. By Mr. Gray. III. The traveller. By Dr. Goldsmith. IV. Death. A poem. By Dr. Porteus. V. Deserted village. By Dr. Goldsmith. VI. Hermit of the dale. By ditto. VII. Futurity. Extract from Dr. Dodd. : [Two lines of text] : Illustrated with beautiful engravings. (Printed at Worcester [Mass.], : by Isaiah Thomas. Sold at his bookstore in Worcester; by said Thomas, and Andrews, in Boston; and by said Thomas, and Carlisle, in Walpole, Newhampshire., MDCCXCIII. [1793]), by Joseph H. Seymour and Samuel Hill (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Ami des enfans. English. Selections (Newbury-Port [Mass.]: : Printed and sold by John Mycall; sold also by Isaac Beers in New-Haven., [1789?]), by M. Berquin, Christian Felix Weisse, Joachim Heinrich Campe, and Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Ami de l'adolescence. English (Newburyport [Mass.]: : Printed by John Mycall, for the proprietor of the Boston Bookstore, no. 59, Cornhill, Boston., [1789?]), by M. Berquin (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Ami des enfans. English. Selections (New-York: : Printed by W. Durell, no. 208, Pearl-Street, near the Fly-Market., M,DCC,XCV. [1795]), by M. Berquin, William Rollinson, and Alexander Anderson, trans. by R. Johnson, illust. by John Bewick (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Sentimental beauties, and moral delineations, from the writings of the celebrated Dr. Blair, and other much admired authors; selected with a view to refine the taste, rectify the judgment, and mould the heart to virtue. (Philadelphia: : Printed by F. Bailey, no 116, M. Carey, 118' Market-Street, and T. Lang, no 21, Church-Alley.--, (--1792.--)), by Hugh Blair and Baron Towton Hawke (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The British album. A collection of poems. : [Three lines of anonymous verse] ([Boston] : Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Hall. Sold at their office State Street, and at the several bookstores., MDCCXCIII. [1793]), by Robert Merry, Mrs. Cowley, Miles Peter Andrews, Mr. Jerningham, Joseph Reed, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and Samuel Hill (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Miscellaneous trifles in prose. By Mathew Carey. (Philadelphia: : Printed for the author, by Lang and Ustick., M.DCC.XCVI. [1796]), by Mathew Carey (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Children's miscellany: in which is included The history of little Jack; by Thomas Day, Esq. Author of The history of Sandford and Merton. : [Four lines from Dryden] (Boston: : Printed and sold by William Spotswood., 1796), by Edward. C. Trenchard, J. G. Weston, and Thomas Day (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Christian's pocket library, by John Stanford. M.A. ; Vol. I. (New York, : Printed for the editor, by T. & J. Swords, 1796), by William Rollinson and Cornelius Tiebout, ed. by John Stanford, illust. by William Franks (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Christian's pocket library, by John Stanford. M.A. ; Vol. II. (New York, : Printed for the editor, by T.& J. Swords, 1800), by William Rollinson, ed. by John Stanford (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A Collection of essays, on a variety of subjects. In prose and verse. (Newark [N.J.]: : Printed by John Woods., 1797), by Joseph Dennie and Ransford Rogers (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A Collection of voyages and travels, containing I. The voyage of Peter Kolben, A.M. to the Cape of Good Hope. II. A voyage to China, by Lewis Le Compte. III. Anecdotes of the elephant, from W[olf's] Travels. (Philadelphia: : [Printed by William Spotswood], MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]), by Peter Kolb, Louis Le Comte, and Wolf (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Columbian muse. A selection of American poetry, from various authors of established reputation. (New-York: : Printed by J. Carey, no. 91, Broad-Street., 1794), by James Carey (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Companion: being a selection of the beauties of the most celebrated authors, in the English language. In prose and verse. : [Two lines from Akenside] ([Wrentham, Mass.] : Printed by Nathaniel and Benjamin Heaton, for Joseph J. Todd, Providence, at the Sign of the Bible and Anchor., M,DCC,XCIX. [1799]) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The history of little Jack. Embellished with a number of engravings. : To which is added, The little queen, a moral tale. Natural history of the bee. Natural history of the silkworm. Epistle to a friend on his return from the army. And The universal prayer, by A. Pope, Esq. (Boston: : Printed and sold by William Spotswood., 1795), by Thomas Day and Alexander Pope (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A Dish of all sorts, or The novelist's companion. Being a collection of pieces that are witty, funny, curious, useful and droll. / Compiled from the works of curious men, by the Hon. secretary of the Company of Flying Booksellers. ([Norwich, Conn.] : Printed [by John Trumbull], in the year 1797, for the perusal of the good, bad, small and great) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Flowers of modern travels; being elegant, entertaining and instructive extracts, / selected from the works of the most celebrated travellers; such as Lord Lyttleton, Sir W. Hamilton, Baron de Tott, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Moore, Dr. Troil, Addison, Brydone, Cox, Wraxall, Savary, Topham, Sherlock, Douglas, Swinburne, Lady M.W. Montague, &c. &c. ; Intended chiefly for young people of both sexes. ; By the Rev. John Adams, A.M. ; [Two lines of quotations; four lines of poetry] ; Vol I [-II]. (Boston: : Printed for John West, no. 75, Cornhill,, 1797), ed. by John Adams (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The young gentleman and lady's assistant; partly original, but chiefly compiled from the works of the most celebrated modern authors; calculated to instruct youth in the priciples of useful knowledge: : in five parts, viz. geography, natural-history, elocution, poetry, --and miscellany. : To which is annexed --a short system of practical arithmetic; wherein every example is wrought at large, and the whole, including the money of the United States, rendered easy to the meanest capacity. : This work, is divided into small sections for the convenience of schools. / By Donald Fraser, school-master, New-York. (New-York-- : Printed by Tho's Greenleaf,, M,DCC,XCI. [1791]), by Donald Fraser (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The mental flower-garden, or Instructive and entertaining companion for the fair-sex. Containing, a variety of elegant poetical pieces --pleasing and admonitory letters --cards of compliment --devotional poems --dialogues --writing-pieces --English grammar in verse; and some sketches of female biography: : to which is added, a short but sure guide to an accurate pronunciation (which may save some young ladies a blush in company.) / By D. Fraser, teacher in New-York: author of the Young gentleman and lady's assistant, Columbian monitor, Select biography, &c. ; [Four lines of verse] ; (Copy-right secured) (Danbury [Conn.]: : Printed by Douglas & Nichols., M,DCCC. [1800]), by Donald Fraser and John Scoles (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Gentleman's pocket library. Containing, 1. The principles of politeness. 2. The economy of human life. 3. Rochefoucauld's Moral reflections. 4. Lavater's Aphorisms on man. 5. The polite philosopher. 6. The way to wealth, by Dr. Franklin. 7. Select sentences. 8. Detached sentences. 9. Old Italian, Spanish and English proverbs. 10. A tablet of memory. (Boston: : Printed and sold by W. Spotswood. Sold also by H. and P. Rice, Philadelphia., 1794), by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Robert Dodsley, François La Rochefoucauld, Johann Caspar Lavater, James Forrester, Benjamin Franklin, and William Cecil Burghley (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Juvenile poems on various subjects. With The prince of Parthia, a tragedy. / By the late Mr. Thomas Godfrey, Junr. of Philadelphia. ; To which is prefixed, some account of the author and his writings. ; [One line from Horace] (Philadelphia, : printed by Henry Miller, in Second-Street., MDCCLXV. [1765]), by Thomas Godfrey, Nathaniel Evans, and John Green (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The beauties of Goldsmith: or The moral and sentimental treasury of genius. [Three lines from Goldsmith's Citizen of the world] (Philadelphia: : Printed by Francis Bailey, at Yorick's-Head, no. 116, High-Street., M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]), by Oliver Goldsmith (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A father's legacy to his daughters. By Dr. Gregory. ; To which is added a collection of thoughts on civil moral and religious subjects, calculated to improve the minds of both sexes. ; [Two lines of verse] (Worcester, Massachusetts, : Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. And sold wholesale and retail at his bookstore., --April, 1796.--), by John Gregory (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Hive: or A collection of thoughts on civil, moral, sentimental, and religious subjects: selected from the writings of near one hundred of the best authors of different nations; but chiefly from the most celebrated English writers, who have been esteemed the most correct and elegant models of fine composition. Intended as a repository of sententious, ingenious, and pertinent sayings, in verse and prose, to which youth may have recourse upon any particular topic; and by which they may be taught to think justly, write correctly and elegantly, and speak wtih propriety. (Worcester [Mass.]: : From the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Sold at his bookstore, and by the booksellers in Boston., 1795), by Amos Doolittle (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Hive: or A collection of thoughts on civil, moral, sentimental, and religious subjects: selected from the writings of near one hundred of the best authors of different nations; but chiefly from the most celebrated English writers, who have been esteemed the most correct and elegant models of fine composition. Intended as a repository of sententious, ingenious, and pertinent sayings, in verse and prose, to which youth may have recourse upon any particular topic; and by which they may be taught to think justly, write correctly and elegantly, and speak wtih propriety. (Worcester, (Massachusetts) : From the press of Thomas, Son and Thomas: sold at their bookstore and by the booksellers in Boston., --June--MDCCXCVI. [1796]), by Amos Doolittle (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Interesting stories, singularly engaging extracts, and delightful allegories. [Two lines of verse] (Printed in Bennington, Vermont, : [by Anthony Haswell], in the year M,DCC,XCVI. [1796]), by Anthony Haswell (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Ladies' literary companion; or A collection of essays, adapted for the instruction and amusement of the female sex. [Three lines of verse] (Burlington [N.J.], : Printed by Isaac Neale., M,DCC,XCII. [1792]), by Mary Deverell and Hannah More (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Lady's pocket library. Containing: 1. Miss More's Essays. 2. Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his daughters. 3. Lady Pennington's Unfortunate mother's advice to her daughters. 4. Marchioness of Lambert's Advice of a mother to her daughter. 5. Mrs. Chapone's Letter on the government of the temper. 6. Swift's Letter to a young lady newly married. 7. Moore's Fables for the female sex. (Philadelphia: : From the press of Mathew Carey, no. 118, Market-Street., March 20, M.DCC.XCII. [1792]), by Hannah More, John Gregory, Miss Pennington, Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles Lambert, Mrs. Chapone, Jonathan Swift, and Edward Moore (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Lessons in elocution: or, A selection of pieces in prose and verse, for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking, as well as for the perusal of persons of taste. : With an appendix, containing examples of the principal figures of speech and emotions of the mind. / By William Scott, teacher of English reading, and author of A new spelling and pronouncing dictionary, &c. (Philadelphia: : Printed by W. Young, bookseller and stationer, at the corner of Chesnut and Second-Streets., M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]), by William Scott (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Miscellaneous extracts in prose and verse. Calculated for the amusement of the humerous [sic] and gay, as well as for the instruction and service of the enquiring and busy world. : To which are added, a number of important questions; which questions, whoever will effectually and satisfactorily answer, shall be entitled to one hundred dollars reward on demand, from Dan. C. Melville. (New-Haven: : [s.n.], Printed in the year, 1798), by Daniel C. Melville (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Miscellanies, moral and instructive, in prose and verse; collected from various authors, for the use of schools, and improvement of young persons of both sexes. ; [Two lines from Pope] (Philadelphia: : Printed by Joseph James, in Chesnut-Street, between Front and Second-Streets., M.DCC.LXXX.VII. [1787]), by Milcah Martha Moore and Benjamin Franklin (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Miranda, or The discovery. A tale. : To which are added, Chariessa, or A pattern for her sex. : Also, an orginal [sic] story, founded on a fact. : Being a pleasing companion for young gentlemen and ladies. (Norwich [Conn.]. : --Printed by J. Trumbull,, 1800), by Thomas Potter and William Hayley (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Fruits of retirement: or Miscellaneous poems, moral and divine. Being some contemplations, letters, &c. written on variety of subjects and occasions. / By Mary Mollineux, late of Leverpool [sic], deceased. ; To which is prefixed, some account of the author. ; [Two lines from Exodus] (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Samuel Keimer, in the Second-Street,, 1729), by Mary Mollineux, Frances Owen, Tryal Rider, and Henry Mollineux (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Modern story teller. Contents. The history of the three brothers. The history of the three sisters. The contrast. Fatal effects of delay. The nosegay. Courage inspired by friendship. And, The diverting history of John Gilpin. : Embellished with engravings. (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by H. and P. Rice; sold also by J. Rice and Co. Market-Street, Baltimore., 1796) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Fruits of retirement: or, Miscellaneous poems, moral and divine. Being contemplations, letters, &c. Written on a variety of subjects and occasions. / By Mary Mollineux, late of Liverpool, deceased. ; To which is prefixed, some account of the author. ; [Two lines from Exodus] (Philadelphia: : Re-printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market-Street., MDCCLXXVI. [1776]), by Mary Mollineux, Frances Owen, Tryal Rider, and Henry Mollineux (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Moral story teller. Uniting pleasure with instruction. : Nothing is inserted that has not its foundation in truth. (Hartford: : Printed by John Babcock., 1797) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Moralist: or, Young gentleman and lady's entertaining companion, &c. Being a collection of moral tales, and stories. / Selected from the best authors. (Boston: : Printed and sold by John W. Folsom, no. 30, Union-Street., MDCCXCI. [1791]) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The New pleasing instructor: or, Young lady's guide to virtue and happiness. Consisting of essays, relations, descriptions, epistles, dialogues, and poetry. / Carefully extracted from the best modern authors. Designed principally for the use of female schools; but calculated for general instruction and amusement. By a lady. (Printed at Boston, : by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, sold by them, no. 45, Newbury-Street; by I. Thomas, Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews, & Penniman, Albany; and by Thomas, Andrews, & Butler, Baltimore., April, 1799), by Mrs. Rowson (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Ars amatoria. English (--New-York-- : Printed and sold by Samuel Campbell, no. 124, Pearl-Street., M,DCC,XCV. [1795]), by Ovid, William Preston, Carr Scrope, Nahum Tate, François Tristan L'Hermite, Richard Boyle Burlington, John Armstrong, Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Hopkins, and 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Remedia amoris. English Ovid, trans. by John Dryden, William Preston, and Nahum Tate (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Philadelphiad; or New pictures of the city: interspersed with a candid review and display of some first-rate modern characters of both sexes: delineated in a friendly and satirical manner, and containing sketches of the materials that distinguish the following places, viz. Court-house, new-jail, theatre, bagnio, hospital for lunatics, Bell's-Book-Store, State-House, and coffee-house. : With other entertaining anecdotes, humorous, moral and sentimental. : Vol. I[-II]. : [Three lines of quotations] (Philadelphia: : Printed for the editor by Kline & Reynolds, and sold at their printing-office in Carter's-Alley, and by all the booksellers in town and country., 1784) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Pleasing instructor, or Entertaining moralist. Consisting of select essays, relations, visions, and allegories. / Collected from the most eminent English authors. ; To which are prefixed, new thoughts on education. (Boston: : Printed by Joseph Bumstead. Sold by him, no 20, Union-Street; by B. Larkin, and E. Larkin, Cornhill; and by D. West, Marlboro'-Street., 1795), by Ann Fisher Slack (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Miscellanies, viz. I. The time-piece; or, An honest servant's advice to his master. II. Verses on the month of May. III. An affectionate father's dying advice. : [Three lines of Latin verse] (Philadelphia: : Printed for the author, by John M'Culloch., M.DCC.XC. [1790]), by John Ralling (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A Real treasure for the pious mind. Compiled by a lady of Connecticut. ; From the collections and writings of the Countess of Huntingdon, Mrs. Rowe, Miss Harvey, Mr. Perin, and Mr. Smith. (Hartford: : Printed by John Babcock., 1797), by Elizabeth Singer Rowe, Jane Harvey, Mr Perin, Mr Smith, and Selina Hastings Huntingdon (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The School of wisdom: or, American monitor. Containing a copious collection of sublime and elegant extracts, from the most eminent writers, on morals, religion & government. : [Seven lines from the Rambler] (Philadelphia: : Printed for Mathew Carey, no. 118, Market-Street., 1800. (Copy-right secured.)), ed. by Mathew Carey (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Art of contentment; with several entertaining pieces of poetry, descriptive of the present times, in the U. States of America. / By John Searson, formerly a merchant of Philadelphia. ; [Six lines of quotation] (Baltimore: : Printed for the author by W. Pechin., [between 1797 and 1799]), by John Searson and George Washington (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Select essays, with some few miscellaneous copies of verses drawn by ingenious hands. : [One line in Latin] ([Boston? : s.n.], Printed in the year 1714) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Select plays: containing, 1. Wild oats. By Mr. O'Keefe. 2. Lionel and Clarissa. By Mr. Bickerstaff. 3. Love in a village. By the same. 4. The suspicious husband. By Dr. Hoadley. (Philadelphia: : Published by Mathew Carey,, M,DCC,XCVI. [1796]) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A Selection of miscellaneous pieces, in verse and prose. Respectfully dedicated to the youth of both sexes. : Part I[-II]. (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Daniel Lawrence, no. 78. North 4th Street, near Race., M.DCC.XCII. [1792]) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Select stories, or Miscellaneous epitome of entertainment, selected from the newest publications of merit. ; [Two lines from Creech] (New York: : Printed by John Harrisson, and sold at his book store, no. 3 Peck Slip., 1798) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The seasons. In four books. : With Britannia. / By James Thomson. ; To which are added the following pieces, I. Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, by Mr. Pope. II. Alexander's Feast, or The power of musick, by Mr. Dryden. III. Ode on solitude, by Mr. Pope. IV. The dying Christian to his soul, an ode, by the same. V. The universal prayer, by the same. VI. Elegy, to the memory of an unfortunate lady, by the same. VII. Veni creator spiritus, translated in paraphrase, by Mr. Dryden. ; To which is prefixed, the life and literary character of Mr. Thomson. ; Illustrated with a new set of designs. (Philadelphia: : Pinted [sic] for Rice and Co. Market-Street., MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]), by James Thomson, Alexander Pope, and John Dryden (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Wonderful story-teller; or Pocket library of agreeable entertainment. Containing a miscellaneous collection of remarkable stories, surprising narratives, wonderful occurrences, singular events, whimsical tales, striking anecdotes, miraculous and heroic adventures in human life, odd sayings, supernatural visions, unaccountable appearances, absurd characters, memorable exploits, astonishing deliverances from death and various other dangers, amusing histories, strange accidents, extraordinary memoirs, &c. in the wonderful phenomena of nature. : The whole interspersed with choice extracts from the most celebrated historians, ancient and modern; and including many wonderful stories entirely original, and founded on well-attested facts. / By Walley C. Oulton, Esq. ; [Eight lines of verse] (Boston: : Printed by Joseph Bumstead. Sold by Thomas & Andrews, E. Larkin, Wm. P. & L. Blake, J. Nancrede, and J. Bumstead., 1797), by Walley Chamberlain Oulton (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Young gentleman and lady's monitor, and English teacher's assistant; being a collection of select pieces from our best modern writers: calculated to eradicate vulgar prejudices and rusticity of manners; improve the understanding; rectify the will; purify the passions; direct the minds of youth to the pursuit of proper objects; and to facilitate their reading, writing, and speaking the English language, with elegance and propriety. : Particularly adapted for the use of our eminent schools ... / By J. Hamilton Moore, author of the Practical navigator and Seaman's new daily assistant. ([New York] : London: printed: New-York: re-printed by Hugh Gaine, at the Bible, in Hanover-Square,, 1787), by John Hamilton Moore (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Young gentleman's parental monitor; containing, I. Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son on men and manners; on the Principles of politeness; and on the art of acquiring a knowledge of the world, II. Marchioness de Lambert's Advice to her son. III. Lord Burghley's Ten precepts to his son. ([Hartford] : London: printed. Hartford, re-printed and sold by, Nathaniel Patten,, M.DCC.XCII. [1792]), by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles Lambert, and William Cecil Burghley (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Young lady's parental monitor: containing, I. Dr. Gregory's "Father's legacy to his daughters." II. Lady Pennington's "Unfortunate mother's advice to her absent daughters." III. Marchioness de Lambert's "Advice of a mother to her daughter." ([Hartford] : London: printed: Hartford, re-printed, and sold by, Hathaniel [sic] Patten,, M.DCC.XCII. [1792]), by John Gregory, Miss Pennington, and Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles Lambert (HTML at Evans TCP)

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