From the title page: "Pieces in prose and poetry, selected from the best writers. Designed to assist young persons to read with propriety and effect; to improve their language and sentiments; and to inculcate some of the most imortant principles of piety and virtue..."
Murray, Lindley, “The English Reader,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed April 18, 2024, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/12237.Item 12603
