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.

Educ T 758.351100

Harvard

College 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.

What could a Child do without Father and Mother? .

Exact Obedience.

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

The Interment of Wilberforce in Westminster Abbey

The Lost Child Found.