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The English reader; or, Pieces in prose and poetry, from the best writers; : designed to assist young persons to read with propriety and effect; to improve their language and sentiments; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue. : With a few preliminary observations on the principles of good reading.

Lindley Murray, Calvin Spaulding (Publisher), Adoniram Chandler (Stereotyper)
Print Book, English, [not before 1821]
Stereotyped by A. Chandler, New-York. Hallowell: Published by Calvin Spaulding., [Hallowell, Me.], [not before 1821]
Leather bindings (Binding)
258 p. ; 19 cm.
191256058
Calvin Spaulding's Hallowell bookstore was founded in 1820. Adoniram Chandler was working as a stereotyper in New York as A. Chandler & Co. in 1820; his name first appears as A. Chandler (presumably working alone) in 1821. Calvin Spaulding's third Hallowell edition of this work is dated 1821