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• Sequel to The analytical reader : in which the original design is extended, so as to embrace an explanation of phrases and figurative language (Shirley & Hyde ;, 1828), by Samuel Putnam (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sixth reader : consisting of extracts in prose and verse, with biographical and critical notices of the authors : for the use of advanced classes in public and private schools (Brewer and Tileston, 1863), by George Stillman Hillard and Mark Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sanders' rhetorical, or, Union sixth reader : embracing a full exposition of the principles of rhetorical reading : with numerous specimens, both in prose and poetry, from the best writers, English and American, as exercises for practice : and with notes and sketches, literary and biographical, forming together a brief, though comprehensive course of instruction in English literature (Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Company ;, 1867), by Charles W. Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exercises in rhetorical reading : with a series of introductory lessons, particularly designed to familiarize readers with the pauses and other marks in general use, and lead them to the practice of modulation and inflection of the voice (A.S. Barnes & Co. ;, 1850), by Richard Green Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The school reader. Fifth book : designed as a sequel to Sanders' fourth reader : part first, containing full instructions in the rhetorical principles of reading and speaking, illustrated by numerous examples, part second and third, consisting of elegant extracts in prose and poetry with explanatory notes : for the use of academies and the higher classes in common and select schools : revised and enlarged (Ivison, Phinney & Co., 1862), by Charles W. Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oldham's amusing and instructive reader : a course of reading, original and selected, in prose and poetry, wherein wit, humor, and mirth are made the means of awakening interest, and imparting instructon : for the use of schools and academies (Ivison & Phinney, 1854), by Oliver Oldham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parker's rhetorical reader. (A.S. Barnes & Co. ;, 1849), by Richard Green Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Hemans reader for female schools : containing extracts in prose and poetry (Clark, Austin, & Smith ;, 1847), by T. S. Pinneo (page images at HathiTrust)
• The United States reader : containing a variety of exercises in reading, punctuation, figures of speech, spelling, &c. : for the use of schools (Durrie & Peck ;, 1842), by John D. Post (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sanders' rhetorical, or, Union fifth reader : embracing a full exposition of the principles of rhetorical reading : with numerous specimens, both in prose and poetry, from the best writers, English and American, as exercises for practice : and with notes and sketches, literary and biographical, forming together a brief, though comprehensive course of instruction in English literature (Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Company ;, 1866), by Charles W. Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• The school reader. Fifth book : designed as a sequel to Sanders' fourth reader : part first, containing full instructions in the rhetorical principles of reading or speaking, illustrated by numerous examples, part second, consisting of elegant extracts in prose and poetry from various eloquent writers, accompanied with notes explanatory of such historical or classical allusions, as the several lessons contain : for the use of academies and the highest classes in common and select schools (Ivison & Phinney, 1855), by Charles W. Sanders and Joshua C. Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• The exhibition speaker : containing farces, dialogues, and tableaux : with exercises for declamation in prose and verse, also a treatise on oratory and elocution, hints on dramatic characters, costumes, position on the stage, making up, etc., etc. : with illustrations (Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., 1856), by P. A. Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sixth reader : consisting of extracts in prose and verse, with biographical and critical notices of the authors : for the use of advanced classes in public and private schools (Brewer and Tileston, 1866), by George Stillman Hillard and Mark Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Introduction to the National preceptor. (Durrie & Peck, 1833), by J. Olney (page images at HathiTrust)
• The first-class reader : a selection for exercises in reading, from standard British and American authors, in prose and verse : for the use of schools in the United States (Hogan & Thompson, 1843), by B. D. Emerson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sixth reader (Mason Brothers ;, 1867), by Richard Edwards, Mason Brothers, Geo. Sherwood & Co, and Taintor Brothers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Progressive readers, no. 5: A class book for the use of advanced pupils, in public and private schools, Comprising a very large selection of lessons, a treatise on the principles of elocution, and a full explanatory index, etc. (H.C.Peck, 1866), by John Epy Lovell (page images at HathiTrust)
• North American second class reader : the fifth book of Tower's series for common schools; developing principles of elocution, practically illustrated by elementary exercises, with reading lessons, in which references are made to these principles. Designed to follow the "Fourth reader" (Sanborn, Carter, Bazin & Co., 1853), by David B. Tower and Cornelius Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sanders' union fifth reader : embracing a full exposition of the principles of rhetorical reading : with numerous exercises for practice, both in prose and poetry, from the best writers, and with literary and biographical notes, for the higher classes in schools, academies, etc. (J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1870), by Charles W. Sanders, S.C. Griggs & Co, Blakeman Ivison, and J.B. Lippincott & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Progressive fifth reader. (Oliver Ellsworth ;, 1864), by Salem Town and Nelson M. Holbrook (page images at HathiTrust)
• A first class reader : consisting of extracts, in prose and verse, with biographical and critical notices of the authors : for the use of advanced classes in public and private schools (Swan, Brewer and Tileston ;, 1861), by George Stillman Hillard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sixth reader : consisting of extracts in prose and verse, with biographical and critical notices of the authors : for the use of advanced classes in public and private schools (Eldredge and Brother, 1863), by George Stillman Hillard and Mark Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sixth reader : consisting of extracts in prose and verse, with biographical and critical notices of the authors : for the use of advanced classes in public and private schools (Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Co., 1863), by George Stillman Hillard and Mark Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fifth reader. (Daniel Burgess, 1855), by David B. Tower and Cornelius Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• North American first class reader : the sixth book of Tower's series for common schools, in which the higher principles of elocution are explained and illustrated by appropriate exercises (Daniel Burgess & Co., 1855), by David B. Tower and Cornelius Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fourth reader : for common schools and academies (D. Appleton & Co., 1851), by Henry Mandeville (page images at HathiTrust)
• The school reader. Fifth book : designed as a sequel to Sanders' fourth reader : part first, containing full instructions in the rhetorical principles of reading and speaking, illustrated by numerous examples, part second and third, consisting of elegant extracts in prose and poetry with explanatory notes : for the use of academies and the higher classes in common and select schools : revised and enlarged (Sower, Barnes & Potts ;, 1864), by Charles W. Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exercises in reading and speaking. (Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1845), by William D. Swan and Cowperthwait & Co Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sanders' union fifth reader : embracing a full exposition of the principles of rhetorical reading : with numerous exercises for practice, both in prose and poetry, from the best writers, and with literary and biographical notes, for the higher classes in schools, academies, etc. (Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co., 1869), by Charles W. Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rhetorical sixth reader (Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co., 1869), by Charles W. Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• The district school reader, or, Exercises in reading and speaking : designed for the highest class in public and private schools (Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1848), by William D. Swan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The instructive reader, or, A course of reading in natural history, science and literature : designed for the use of schools (Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1848), by William D. Swan (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The Confederate First Reader: Containing Selections in Prose and Poetry, as Reading Exercises for the Younger Children in the Schools and Families of the Confederate States (Richmond, VA: G.L. Bidgood, 1864), by R. M. Smith
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• Our Own Second Reader: For the Use of Schools and Families (stereotype edition; Greensboro, NC: Sterling, Campbell, and Albright; Richmond, VA: W. H. White, c1862), by Richard Sterling and J. D. Campbell
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• Our Own Third Reader: For the Use of Schools and Families (stereotype edition; Greensboro, NC: Sterling, Campbell, and Albright; Richmond, VA: W. H. White, c1862), by Richard Sterling and J. D. Campbell
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• Robinson Crusoe. (American Book Co., 1896), by Daniel Defoe and Kate Stephens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cobb's new sequel to the juvenile readers (B. Davenport, 1848), by Lyman Cobb and Bishop Davenport (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parker's rhetorical reader. (A.S. Barnes & Co. ;, 1849), by Richard Green Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new school reader. Fourth book : embracing a comprehensive system of instruction in the principles of elocution ... / by Charles W. Sanders. (Ivison, Phinney, 1860), by Charles W. Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• Normal reader. (Huntington & Savage ;, 1851), by J. Russell Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
• The exhibition speaker : containing farces, dialogues, and tableaux : with exercises for declamation in prose and verse, also a treatise on oratory and elocution, hints on dramatic characters, costumes, position on the stage, making up, etc., etc. : with illustrations (Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., 1856), by P. A. Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Literary reader : typical selections form some of the best British and American authors, from Shakespeare to the present time, chronologically arranged : with biographical and critical sketches and numerous notes (Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, 1877), by Samuel Johnson, George R. Cathcart, and William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust)
• The standard fifth reader (Christopher Sower Company, 1899), by Martin Grove Brumbaugh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exercises in reading and speaking. (Sanborn & Carter, 1847), by Salem Town (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sixth reader : consisting of extracts in prose and verse, with biographical and critical notices of the authors : for the use of advanced classes in public and private schools (Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Co., 1863), by George Stillman Hillard and Mark Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The metropolitan fifth reader : compiled for the use of colleges, academies, and the higher classes of select and parish schools (D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1871), by Angela Gillespie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exercises in reading and speaking. (Sanborn & Carter, 1848), by Salem Town (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exercises in reading and speaking. (Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1845), by William D. Swan and Cowperthwait & Co Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Third reader (Cadieux & Derome, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fourth reader (Cadieux & Derome, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The metropolitan fourth reader compiled for the use of colleges, academies, and the higher classes of select and parish schools ; arranged expressly for the Catholic schools in Canada (D. & J. Sadlier, 1866), by Angela Gillespie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Sixth book of reading lessons for the use of schools in the British-American provinces. (J. Campbell, 1867) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the high school reader and biographical sketches (G.M. Rose, 1887), by R. Dawson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the high school reader and biographical sketches (Hunter, Rose, 1895), by R. Dawson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the literature selections from the high school reader prescribed by the Department of Education of Ontario for the primary examinations, 1886 to 1895 (W.J. Gage, 1891), by J. E. Wells and Frederick Henry Sykes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canadian readers, book VI with a treatise on elocution, biographical and critical notes and useful appendixes. (W.J. Gage, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Canadian readers, book V (W.J. Gage, 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Elson readers : Book five (revision of Elson grammar school reader, book one) (Scott, Foresman, 1920), by William H. Elson and Christine M. Keck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Complete speller, oral and written (A.S. Barnes & Company, 1880), by J. Madison Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Franklin sixth reader and speaker : consisting of extracts in prose and verse, with biographical and critical notices of the authors (Brewer and Tileston, 1876), by George Stillman Hillard and Homer B. Sprague (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Franklin sixth reader and speaker : consisting of extracts in prose and verse, with biographical and critical notices of the authors (Taintor Brothers, Merrill, & Co. ;, 1878), by George Stillman Hillard and Homer B. Sprague (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sanders' Union speller being a clear and complete exhibition of English orthography and orthoëpy, on the basis of the new illustrated edition of Webster's great American dictionary, together with numerous exercises in synonyms, in opposites, in analysis and in formal definition; the whole adpated to the use of schools and academies (Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & co., 1873), by Charles W. Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• High school reader (Cincinnati : Sargent, Wilson & Hinkle ; New York : Clark & Maynard ; Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co., [1857], 1857), by William Holmes McGuffey, J.B. Lippincott & Co, Clark & Maynard, and Wilson & Hinkle Sargent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Teen-age tales (D.C. Heath, 1956) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Book of English Prose: Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools, by Percy Lubbock (Gutenberg ebook)
• New National Fourth Reader, by Charles J. Barnes and J. Marshall Hawkes (Gutenberg ebook)

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