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THE

MOUNT VERNON READER,

A COURSE OF

READING LESSONS,

SELECTED WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR MORAL INFLUENCE

ON THE HEARTS AND LIVES OF THE YOUNG.

DESIGNED FOR

MIDDLE CLASSES.

BY THE

MESSRS. ABBOTT.

BOSTON:

JOHN ALLEN & CO.

Eduet 758.35.100

Harvard

ollege Library

July 1, 1910

Gift of

Mrs. A Lawrence Lowell

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1836,
BY GEORGE SPRING,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of

New-York.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
APR 16 1971

CONTENTS.

Page.

What could a Child do without Father and Mother ?

7

Whose Hat do you Wear?

33

A Day in the Life of One who was always behind-hand

The Interment of Wilberforce in Westminster Abbey

35

40

The Lost Child Found

46