THE

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 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

BY JOHN PIERPONT,

00

COMPILER OF THE NATIONAL READER, INTRODUCTION 10 THA NATIONAL

READER, AND YOUNG READER.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY CARTER, HENDEE & CO.

1835.