The American Common-Place Book of Prose, Extracts from American Authors

Cheever, G. B. The American Common-Place Book of Prose, A Collection of Eloquent and Interesting Extracts from the Writings of American Authors. Cooperstown, N. Y.: H. & E. Phinney, 1841. [10888] Full sheep with a black leather title label, light scuffing yet tight with fine joints, 7 x 4 1/2 inches. Contemporary printed school library bookplate by H. & E. Phinney of Cooperstown. 468 pages, foxing throughout. Good. Hardcover. "Books of common-place are the amusements of literature. It is pleasant to have at one's side a well-selected volume, to which he may turn for mental recreation, when the fatigue of preceding exertion has rendered him unequal to intellectual effort. it is pleasant, also, to have before us the eloquent passages of our favourite authors, so that we may occasionally awaken and prolong the delightful sensations with which we at first perused them...The present volume is selected entirely from American authors, and contains specimens of American literature from