The Reader
Subtitle: being the third part of a Columbian exercise : the whole comprising an easy and systematical method of teaching and of learning the English language
By: [selected] by Abner Alden.
Contributors: Alden, Abner, 1758-1820.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 1736.
Publisher: Printed by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews
Published: 1801
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Readers.
Notes: Shaw & Shoemaker, 1736.

Microfiche. [New Canaan, CT] : Readex Microprint, [1987-1992] microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1736).
Table of contents: value: I. The art of delivery, articulation, accent, pronunciation, emphasis, pauses, key or pitch of the voice, and tones. A selection of lessons in the various kinds of prose; value: II. Poetick numbers, structure of English verse, feet and pauses, measure and movement, melody, harmony and expression, rules for reading verse. A selection of lessons in the various kinds of verse.