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.

BY B. D. EMERSON,

Late Principal of the Adams Grammar School, Boston.

CINCINNATI:

PUBLISHED BY ELY AND STRONG,

No. 10, LOWER MARKET STREET

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