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Price 4s. the Second Edition, with Alterations and Additions,
EQIJEL to the ENGLItH ItEADER; or Elegant Se-
lection,in Prate and Poetry; defigned to improve the higheft
Clafs of Learners in Reading; to eltahlith a tall( for jai and ac-
curate Campolition ; and to promote the itykrt.fts of Piety and
Virtue. By LINL)LEV MURRAY,
Author of " Eogiifh Gramm Ir. adapted to the different
CLITes of Learners." &e.

" We notice this ufefut volume of Mr. Muria y, for the fake 4
the additions and improvements which it has received in this ea.
tint). The feledtiona are enlarged by nine different articles, of which
it ILA enough to fay, that they display Mr. Merray's pane, Judgin.gt,
and acquaintance with Engliai literature, and that enlightened re-
gard to religion it,•d morality, which fo eminently qualifies him to
gut le the Radice of youth. What, however, chiefly deferves our
remark, Is an Appendix annexed to this edition, contaiiiing Bio-
graphical Sketches of the Authors mentioned in the' IntraLluaiuts
to the Engliih Reader," the " Pnglifla Reader" itletf, and the " Se-
quel to the Reader ." with occafiJnal Rrielurcs on their writiirTs,
and references to ;he. particular work. by which they have been
moil dillinguilhed. Tilde Ske•ches are uncommonly well done.
They form a fort of IntrodueVon to Literary History and Criti-*
cifm, which rnua prase both interelling and infttudivc to the*.
venile mind."—Literary Journal, Feb. 'floc.
We have aiready borne our tellimony to the high merit of
L Mr. Murray. as an acute grammarian. and as blending in his yeti.
ous works, with -ancommon happinefs, a delicate and comet tulle,
both in literfture and morals. We are pleated, though nut fur.
prited, to fee that the public has demanded anew e Mimi of the re.
4:edlable work now before us." Annu d Review, 1804.
" We regard as a very valuable Improvement, the S.iogt.iyhical
and critical Appendix, introduced into ;his edition of the • Secret
to the Englith Reader.' It cetntains Ihort, but inftruelive accounts'
of all the authors from whole work. both there felt:dims have
been formed, thole excepted who are yet living.
compila-
tion (the Sequel) appears more free Irons objeCtiotalile ;mirages,
and better adapted to the Improvement of youth, than assy other
of the kind which we have hen." licleetic Reties", June, tSc3.
" The fecond edition of this excellent fchuol book contains tut,
addition of nine extraas feleet d from Addifoic. Carter, I iawket•
Worth, etc. An Amtndix elf, ~f 6a pages is fubjoined, eimt
an-
in 'Biographical Sketebes of tii'• authors froin where thi, felea ion
is made. There are executed with brevity and neattiefs. We hart
no helitation in recommending the feIe...AWN a% the nett of its kind.
t'titieal Review, May. toot.
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a. introduetion to the f ognfh Render, 2d FIII:011
3. Th. Englifh It.ader, th C,l,ri m . • - - 4 o
4. Abridgment or Fnglith t3:h Editim t •
3. Englith Grammar, I rth hdinun 3 6
6. Englith Exereires, nth &it in s
7. Key w the Etercife., Sib C• mint% o
S. Firft Bonk of Chicken, 3 I Edition o 6
9. Engllth Spe:liug Book, 3d I 6
sa Ledteur Francois . 4 6
s Y‘evrar of RsUgion the Mind, LS* /WU-toll-. 3 4