GOOD SELECTIONS, IN PROSE AND POETRY, FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES, HOME AND CHURCH BY W. M. JELLIFFE, NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 1885. ENTERED according to Act or Congres, in the year 1872, by J. W. SCHERMERHORN & CO Jn the Office of the Librarian of Congress, ai Wasrmgion. WOP 19 FEBRE PREFACE. THIS work is intended to present, in one handy little book, SELECTIONS of a character heretofore obtained only by long and tedious search among many expensive 'olumes. To these are added many new and good pieces, which t is believed, will be found acceptable. In the hope that it may help to answer satisfactorily the question, "What shall I read ?" so often and anxiously put by all who have occasion to read in public, the following is respectfully submitted by The Compiler. NEW YORK, June 1st, 1871. NOTE.-To Messrs. J. R Osgood & Co., the compiler is indebted for several of the best pieces in this volume. |