The Young gentleman and lady's monitor, and English teacher's assistant : being a collection of select pieces from our best modern writers: calculated to eradicate vulgar prejudices and rusticity of manners; improve the understanding; rectify the will; purify the passions; direct the minds of youth to the pursuit of proper objects; and to facilitate their reading, writing, and speaking the English language, with elegance and propriety. : Particularly adapted for the use of our eminent schools ... / By J. Hamilton Moore. Author of the Practical navigator and Seaman's new daily assistant.
| Other author | Moore, John Hamilton, -1807 compiler. |
| Format | Microform |
| Edition | The latest edition. |
| Publication Info | New-York : Printed by G. Forman, no. 156, Front-Street, for R. Macgill, J. Reid, B. Gomez, E. Duyckinck & Co. Fellows & Adam, N. Judah, P. Mesier, and J. Harrison, book-sellers and stationers, --1795. |
| Description | vi, 403 pages, 11 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo) |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29098 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29098. ^A478749 |
| General note | Edition statement transposed; precedes " By J. Hamilton Moore. ..." on title page. |
| General note | Signatures: A-V⁶ W⁶ X-2M⁶ (2M6 blank). |
| General note | Error in paging: p. 415 misnumbered 403. |
| General note | "Elements of gesture."--p. [379]-403. Taken from John Walker's Academic speaker. Includes "Rules for expressing, with propriety, the principal passions and humours which occur in reading and public speaking," extracted from James Burgh's Art of speaking. |
| References | Evans 29098 |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29098). |
| Genre/form | Anthologies. |
| Genre/form | Readers. |