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AMERICAN FIRST-CLASS BOOK;

OR,

EXERCISES

IN

READING AND RECITATION.

SELECTED PRINCIPALLY FROM

MODERN AUTHORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA,

AND DESIGNED

FOR THE USE OF THE HIGHEST CLASS

IN

PURLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

BY

JOHN PIERPONT,
COMPILER OF “THE LITTLE LEARNER," "THE YOUNG READER,” “THE NEW READER,'

THE NATIONAL READER.”

AND"

Bebised and Improved Edition.

PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

BOSTON:
W. J. REYNOLDS & CO., B. B. MUSSEY & CO., R. S. DAVIS & CO.

1855.