BLACK FRIDAY Deal-of-the Day— 1871 The New School Reader: Fourth Book by Charles W. Sanders

A piece of nineteenth-century schoolroom history, The New School Reader: Fourth Book was written by Charles W. Sanders and published in New York in 1871. Designed for academies and higher classes, it opens with instruction in elocution, including articulation, accent, emphasis, inflection, modulation, and pauses.

The second part offers reading lessons in prose and poetry by a wide range of authors. The contents include selections associated with Longfellow, Washington Irving, John Locke, William Cowper, Daniel Webster, and others. The volume also retains the marks of its earlier life, including handwritten ownership notes and youthful pencil drawings visible in the endpapers; a small floral card is tucked among the pages.

Condition: Blind embossed detail to boards with leather spine. Binding is tight. Light occasional foxing and light toning to the pages. Handwritten notes and pencil marks are present.

Size: 4 3/4” x 7 1/2”

A charming antique reader for collectors of early education, nineteenth-century literature, and schoolbook history.