Author: Lyman Cobb
Title: The North American Reader; 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 Principle Sof Pronunciation; Rules for the Division of Words; and the Rules for Spelling the Plurals of Nouns, Particples, Preset Tense, and Preterit of Verbs, and the Comparative and Superlative Degrees of Adjectives
Description: Zanesville, OH, R. & A. Lippitt, 1836. Leather. 504p. A hardcover book bound in full brown leather. Boards rubbed, corners slightly bent, and head of spine chipped. Foxing and occasional small stains inside, but text remains easily legible. Pages 339-358 are coming loose, but still weakly attached. Scattered pencil marginalia. Binding is tight. Good condition for its age. A contemporary of Noah Webster, Lyman Cobb (1800-1864) wrote numerous school textbooks, including a bestselling spelling book. This reader contains selections by Washington Irving ("Traits of Indian Character," "Feelings Excited by a Long Voyage," and several others) and speeches and essays by various Founding Fathers and U.S. statesmen, such as Benjamin Franklin, John Quincy Adams, Martin van Buren, and Henry Clay. Good .

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