New Pleasing Instructor to the Speaker 1stEd. 1807
"The New Pleasing Instructor, or an Introduction to the Speaker, consisting of select pieces in Prose and Verse"; printed by H. Procter, Ludlow. Sold in London by Crosby, 1807. First Edition.
Contains prose and poetry selection by various authors: among others Goldsmith, Percival, Fenelon, Karamsin, Keate, Byrom, Pope, Moore, Fontaine, Burns, Mackenzie, Watts, Crabe, Brooke +++
"Conscious of the truth of this proposition, the compiler of the New Pleasing Instructor, has been careful to select such pieces as are calculated to arrest the attention, and interest the feelings of young persons." [from the Preface]
"A pleasing collection of pieces in prose and verse, among which we remark with satisfaction a number selected from modern authors. It is, indeed, much to the credit of the present day, that snorals have been cultivated by not a few of our most eminent writers; and that, however we may regret the abuse of the press, and the licentiousness of literature, in some instances, yet efforts have not been wanting to counteract the evil. We have run over the present selection with as much attention as our occupation has permitted, and have discovered in it nothing which prevents our recommending it." [book review, 1807]
"Every endeavour to check the natural errors of the human heart, or the adventitious perversions, by which dissoluteness and frivolity too often ensnare the mind, is entitled to commendation ; and the variety of such works, which some have thought an evil, is rather, we apprehend, likely to be attended with beneficial effects not merely to the present, but to future generations." [book review 1807]
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ---------- $8.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ---- $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ----- $37.50
Condition Report: Rebound, hard boards, genuine leather with four raised bands; 4.1/2 x 6.3/4”; inscription on the back of the frontispiece, small frontis damage in the middle [see photo]; 256 pages; page 33/34 has a damaged edge with some minor loss of text [see photo], some soiling, hand colored engraving on the last page, good condition.
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"The New Pleasing Instructor, or an Introduction to the Speaker, consisting of select pieces in Prose and Verse"; printed by H. Procter, Ludlow. Sold in London by Crosby, 1807. First Edition.
Contains prose and poetry selection by various authors: among others Goldsmith, Percival, Fenelon, Karamsin, Keate, Byrom, Pope, Moore, Fontaine, Burns, Mackenzie, Watts, Crabe, Brooke +++
"Conscious of the truth of this proposition, the compiler of the New Pleasing Instructor, has been careful to select such pieces as are calculated to arrest the attention, and interest the feelings of young persons." [from the Preface]
"A pleasing collection of pieces in prose and verse, among which we remark with satisfaction a number selected from modern authors. It is, indeed, much to the credit of the present day, that snorals have been cultivated by not a few of our most eminent writers; and that, however we may regret the abuse of the press, and the licentiousness of literature, in some instances, yet efforts have not been wanting to counteract the evil. We have run over the present selection with as much attention as our occupation has permitted, and have discovered in it nothing which prevents our recommending it." [book review, 1807]
"Every endeavour to check the natural errors of the human heart, or the adventitious perversions, by which dissoluteness and frivolity too often ensnare the mind, is entitled to commendation ; and the variety of such works, which some have thought an evil, is rather, we apprehend, likely to be attended with beneficial effects not merely to the present, but to future generations." [book review 1807]
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ---------- $8.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ---- $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ----- $37.50
Condition Report: Rebound, hard boards, genuine leather with four raised bands; 4.1/2 x 6.3/4”; inscription on the back of the frontispiece, small frontis damage in the middle [see photo]; 256 pages; page 33/34 has a damaged edge with some minor loss of text [see photo], some soiling, hand colored engraving on the last page, good condition.
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