The Fifth Book of Reading Lessons

1885. 287pp. "In the short sketches of History, Geography, and Science, which are here given, the compilers have endeavoured to select whatever was most picturesque and striking, for the purpose of exciting the interest of the youthful mind by the charms of truth, and presenting the wonders of nature in so strong a light as to render the marvels of fiction tame and feeble in comparison". Shelf wear to all edges, and fraying of the cloth to the tops and bottom of spine and corners. Fading to spine. Split down bottom half of spine, with repairs. A good reading copy.