Excerpt from The Ladies' Book of Readings and Recitations: A Collection of Approved Extracts From Standard Authors, Intended for the Use of Higher Classes in Schools and Seminaries, and for Family Reading Circles To give completeness to my series. Of ladies' readers, is the design of the present compilation. It was considered expedient to furnish, for the' ex press use of the highest classes in Ladies' Schools, a collection of Extracts for recitation, collected from our best standard poets, of a character that should render them acceptable to the intelligence and good taste of Pupils, whose matured culture ren dered them capable of appreciating a higher caste of selections than are usually adopted for Text Books in schools. To combine with this main object of a suitable Recitation Book, selections in prose, for Reading Glasses, have been added. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.