The North American reader
Subtitle: containing a great variety of pieces in prose and poetry, from very highly esteemed American and English writers; also, observations on good reading; the Declaration of Independence; the Constitution of the United States; political definitions; variable orthography; concise principles of pronunciation; rules for the division of words; and the rules for spelling the plurals of nouns, participles, present tense, and preterit of verbs, and the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives. : Designed for the use of the highest classes in schools and academies
By: By Lyman Cobb, author of The first book, Spelling-book, Expositor, School dictionary, Miniature lexicon, Primary monitorial lessons, Juvenile reader, nos. 1, 2, & 3, Sequel to the juvenile readers, Arithmetical rules and tables, Explanatory arithmetick, nos. 1 & 2, and Ciphering-book, nos. 1 & 2.
Contributors: Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889, ill; Desilver, Thomas  & Co
Publisher: Desilver, Thomas  & Co.; B. Davenport
Published: 1836
Place of publication: Philadelphia; Trenton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
Subjects: American literature; Anthologies; English literature
Notes: Copyright 1835 by Lyman Cobb.

Wood-engraved frontispiece is the only illustration; "painted by Robert W. Weir for George P. Martin, Esq."

"Cobb's series of school books"--publisher's advertisement, p. [499]-504.