THE

AMERICAN FIRST CLASS BOOK;

OR

EXERCISES

IN

READING AND RECITATION:

SELECTED PRINCIPAILY PROX

MODERN AUTHORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA;

AND DESIGNED

FOR THE USE OF THE HIGHEST CLASS,

IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

BY JOHN PIERPONT,
OOMPILER OF THE NATIONAL READER, INTRODU ŞTION 10 JA NATURAL

READER, AND YOUNG RRADBR. '

BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY CARTER, HENDEE & CO.

1835.