American Miscellany
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from American Miscellany: Consisting of Choice Selections From the Writings of Headley, Channing, Webster, Bryant, Cooper, Ames, Story, Willis, Irving, Jefferson, Havens, Percival, Poe, Wirt, Adams, Halleck, Woodworth, Melville, Allston, Brainard, and Other English Authors Perhaps no book that has been introduced into the schools of this country, has been more deservedly held in high estimation, than the English Reader. It is admitted to unite the most judicious plan, with an excellent selection of matter; but as it has long been the principal reading book used in our schools, and as an occasional change is believed to have an enlivening and salutary effect upon the learner, I have ventured to offer this compilation to the consideration of those, to whose hands the instruction of youth may have been committed. Confidence in the favorable reception of this offering arises from the circumstance, that it presents a selection of matter, a portion of which is from American authors. A just pride for the literary reputation of our own country, denies the necessity, or even the propriety, of withholding from our youth, in the hooks of our primary schools, specimens of our own literature - none of which being found in the English Reader. Of the character of the pieces best calculated for the improvement of learners in reading, a diversity of opinions may be entertained. Should a want of adaptation to juvenile taste be urged, I would reply only, that I have designed i principally for the first class of learners in our common schools, whose taste it is hoped it may have a tendency to mature. In making the selections, an avoidance of what is ludicrous, and a rejection of what is unchaste, immoral, or offensive to the eye or ear of the most refined taste, have been strictly observed. With a view of adding essentially to the value of this volume, not only in the hands of the learner, but in the hands of the community, I have added a concise history of our country at a most interesting period, - the Declaration of Independence - a document which is justly esteemed our nation´s boast, - and the Constitution of the United Slates; with all which Americans neither in youth nor mature age can be too familiar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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