An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking. Calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth . being the third part of the Grammatical Institute of the English Language. The ninth Connecticut edition

Webster, Noah

Published by Hudson & Goodwin, Hartford, 1794

About this Item

12mo, pp. 252; front cover perished, back cover loosening; textblock a bit toned and lightly dampstained, but textually complete. Webster's Reader was first published in 1785. After but two editions the title was changed to An American Selection (Phila., 1787). Other 18th-century printings appeared in Albany, Hartford, Newport, Boston and New York. Skeel notes: After this edition Hudson and Goodwin dropped "Connecticut" in their title but continued the numbering. They also discontinued dating their printings, which makes placement difficult." Skeel 468; Evans 28039.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking. Calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth . being the third part of the Grammatical Institute of the English Language. The ninth Connecticut edition
• Publisher: Hudson & Goodwin, Hartford
• Publication Date: 1794
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