THE

AMERICAN FIRST CLASS BOOK;

OR,

EXERCISES

IN

READING AND RECITATION:

SELECTED PRINCIPALLY

FROM MODERN AUTHORS

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA;

AND DESIGNED FOR THE USE

OF

THE HIGHEST CLASS

IN PUBLICK AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS,

BY JOHN PIERPONT,
Minister of Hollis-street Church, Boston: Author of Airs of Palestine, &c.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM 'B. FOWLE,

Cornhill.

No. 45,

STEREOTYPED BY T. H. AND c. CARTER.

1823.