THE

NATIONAL PRECEPTOR:

SELECTIONS

IN

PROSE AND POETRY;

CONSISTING OF

NARRATIVE, DESCRIPTIVE, ARGUMENTATIVE, DIDACTIC,

PATHETIC, AND HUMOROUS PIECES;

TOGETHER WITH

DIALOGUES, ADDRESSES, ORATIONS, SPEECHES, &:.

CALCULATED

TO IMPROVE THE SCHOLAR IN READING AND SPEAKING; AND

TO IMPRESS THE MINDS OF YOUTH WITH SENTIMENTS

OF PIETY AND VIRTUE.

DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES.

SIXTH EDITION.

AUTHOR OF

BY J. OLNEY, A. M.

A PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY AND ATLAS.”

Hartford:

PUBLISHED BY GOODWIN & CO. AND ROBINSON & PRATT.

STEREOTYPED BY JAMES CONNER, NEW-YORK.

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1870, Jani 12.
Gift of
Francis 16. Swan,
of Boston.
(26.6.1859.)

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT, 83.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eighth day of August, in the fifty.

[L. S.] fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Messrs.

Goodwin & Co., of the said District, have deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit:

"The National Preceptor, or Selections in Prose and Poetry; consisting of narrative, descriptive, argumentative, didactic, pathetic, and humorous pieces: together with dialogues, addresses, orations, speeches, &c.; calculated to improve the scholar in reading and speaking, and to impress the minds of youth with sentiments of piety and virtue. Designed for the use of schools and academies. By J. Olney, Author of 'A. practical systein of modern Geography and Atlas.""

In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned."-And also to the act, entitled, "An act supplementary to an act, entitled, 'An act for the en couragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the au thors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

CHARLES A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut.

A true copy of record, examined and sealed by me.

CHARLES A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut