The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers. Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to Inclucate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingDescribes the wonders of light and optics, exploring such developments as lasers, fiber optics, and holography. |
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| Title | The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers. Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to Inclucate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary ... Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood |
| Author | Lindley Murray |
| Compiled by | Lindley Murray |
| Edition | 21 |
| Publisher | Durrie & Peck, 1830 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 204 pages |
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