NANV

AND

INSTRUCTIVE READER:

A COURSE OF READING,

ORIGINAL AND SELECTED,

IN PROSE AND POETRY,

WHEREIN

WIT, HUMOR, AND MIRTH

ARE MADE THE MEANS OF AWAKENING INTEREST, AND IMPARTING

INSTRUOTION.

FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES.

BY OLIVER OLDHAM,
AUTHOR OF “THE HUMOROUS SPEAKER,” ETC. ETC.

Perhaps it may turn out a sang,
Perhaps turn out a sermon.-BURNS.

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