The Columbian reader, or, A selection of amusing and instructive lessons
Subtitle: For schools and academies
By: By J.W. Campbell
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 31074
Publisher: Published [by] J.W. Campbell, and for sale in bookstores in Petersburg and Philadelphia.
Published: 1814
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Youth; Conduct of life; Statesmen; Juvenile fiction
Notes: "Moral tales ... form the principal part of the volume. ... Dramatic pieces have been entirely excluded from the Columbian reader."--Preface, p. [3-4]. Includes biographical sketches of statesmen.

Copyright April 13, 1814 by John W. Campbell.

"T. & W. Bradford, printers."--colophon, p. 299.

"Just published and for sale, at J.W. Campbell's stores in Philadelphia, and Petersburg, Virginia: The history of Virginia, from its discovery till the year 1781 ... by J.W. Campbell."--advertisement, p. [300].

Shaw & Shoemaker 31074

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.