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This file contains 43 entries. All entries are arranged by main entry, title, and date of publication.

Loomis J. Campbell

Campbell, Loomis J.
THE NEW FRANKLIN PRIMER.
New York and Chicago: Sheldon & Company, c1888.
48 pp.
Notes: Title page is torn in lower right corner with loss of some text.
This copy lacks pages 17-18.
This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.


William A. Campbell

Campbell, William A.
READING SPELLER. A NEW METHOD OF TEACHING SPELLING.
Universal Series.
First Book.
New York: Thomas Kelly, c1887.
154 pp.
Notes: Series statement taken from cover.
This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.


Henry S. Canby, John B. Opdycke, and Margaret Gillum

Canby, Henry Seidel, John Baker Opdycke, and Margaret Gillum.
EXTENDING GOOD ENGLISH.
Book Two.
New York: The Macmillan Company, c1942.
462 pp.
Notes: At head of title: A MODERN ENGLISH COURSE--BOOK TWO.

Canby, Henry Seidel, John Baker Opdycke, and Margaret Gillum.
EXTENDING GOOD ENGLISH.
Book Two.
New York: The Macmillan Company, c1944.
462 pp.
Notes: At head of title: A MODERN ENGLISH COURSE--BOOK TWO.

Canby, Henry Seidel, John Baker Opdycke, and Margaret Gillum.
HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH.
Book One.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933.
484 pp.
Notes: This copy was held by the Wells Memorial Library in Lafayette, Ind.

Canby, Henry Seidel, John Baker Opdycke, and Margaret Gillum.
HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH.
Book Two.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934.
626 pp.
Notes:


George R. Carpenter

Carpenter, George R.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1910.
213 pp.
Notes:


Z. M. Chandler

Chandler, Z. M.
A CLASS BOOK IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND ANALYSIS.
Stereotype edition.
Zanesville, O.: Beer & Hurd, 1862.
228 pp.
Notes: At head of title: CHANDLER'S GRAMMAR AND ANALYSIS.


Geoffrey Chaucer

CHAUCER[:] THE PROLOGUE, THE KNIGHTES TALE, THE NONNE PRESTES TALE FROM THE CANTERBURY TALES. A REVISED TEXT.
6th edition.
Edited by Richard Morris.
Clarendon Press Series.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1877.
221 pp.
Notes: This copy was held by the Northern Indiana Normal School in Valparaiso, Ind.

GEOFFREY CHAUCER'S THE PROLOGUE TO THE BOOK OF THE TALES OF CANTERBURY[,] THE KNIGHT'S TALE[,] THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE.
Edited with notes and glossary by Andrew Ingraham.
New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1913.
337 pp.
Notes:


Alfred J. Church

Church, Rev. Alfred J.
THE STORY OF THE ODYSSEY.
Edited for school use.
New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan &; Co., Ltd., 1919.
232 pp.
Notes: "Edited for School Use" appears in all small caps following the author statement.


Frances E. Chutter

Chutter, Frances Elizabeth.
THE ART-LITERATURE READERS.
Book Three.
Boston, New York, Chicago, and Dallas: Atkinson, Mentzer &; Company, c1907.
223 pp.
Notes:


Marcus Tullius Cicero

SELECT ORATIONS AND LETTERS OF CICERO.
Revised by J. B. Greenough and G. L. Kittredge.
Allen and Greenough's edition.
Boston, New York, Chicago, and London: Ginn & Company, c1902.
226 pp.
Notes: Title continues after author's statement: With a SPECIAL VOCABULARY by J. B. Greenough.
Edition statement appears within parentheses between title and author statement.


Solomon H. Clark and Horace S. Fiske

Clark, S. H., and H. S. Fiske.
FIFTH READER.
Indiana State Series.
Indianapolis: Indiana School Book Co., c1899.
352 pp.
Notes: 7 copies.
Author statement given as "REVISED BY . . . IN COLLABORATION WITH . . . Fiske."

Clark, S. H., and H. S. Fiske.
FOURTH READER.
Indiana State Series.
Indianapolis: Indiana School Book Co., c1899.
272 pp.
Notes: 3 copies.
Author statement given as "REVISED BY . . . IN COLLABORATION WITH . . . Fiske."

Clark, S. H., and H. S. Fiske.
THIRD READER.
Indiana State Series.
Indianapolis: Indiana School Book Co., c1899.
240 pp.
Notes: 3 copies.
On cover: Revised Third Reader.
Author statement given as "REVISED BY . . . IN COLLABORATION WITH . . . Fiske."
Copy 2 is stamped "Property of BOARD OF Furnished MAR 00 1901School Commissioners." Word "Furnished" and date stamp appear between "OF" and "School."

Clark, S. H., and H. S. Fiske.
THIRD READER.
Revised under the direction of the Indiana State Board of Education by Annie Klingensmith.
Indiana State Series.
Indianapolis: Indiana School Book Company, c1903.
240 pp.
Notes: 3 copies.
On Cover: INDIANA EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
Copy 3 was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.


Stephen W. Clark

Clark, Stephen W.
THE NORMAL GRAMMAR ANALYTIC AND SYNTHETIC. ILLUSTRATED BY DIAGRAMS.
New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago: American Book Company, c1875.
834 pp.
Notes: At head of title in all italicized small caps: The science of the English language.

Clark, S. W.
A PRACTICAL GRAMMAR: IN WHICH WORDS, PHRASES, AND SENTENCES ARE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR OFFICES, AND THEIR VARIOUS RELATIONS TO ONE ANOTHER. ILLUSTRATED BY A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF DIAGRAMS.
Revised edition.
National School Series.
New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1856.
310 pp.
Notes: At head of title in all small caps: The science of the English language.
This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.

Clark, S. W.
A PRACTICAL GRAMMAR: IN WHICH WORDS, PHRASES, AND SENTENCES ARE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR OFFICES; AND THEIR VARIOUS RELATIONS TO ONE ANOTHER, ILLUSTRATED BY A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF DIAGRAMS.
40th edition, revised.
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1866.
309 pp.
Notes: At head of title: The Science of the English Language.


Erle Esworth Clippinger

Clippinger, Erle E.
ILLUSTRATED LESSONS IN COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.
Boston, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco: Silver, Burdett and Company, 1912. 371 pp.
Notes: On cover: Compositon and Rhetoric.
Publication data from another copy held by the ISU Library.
This copy lacks title page, preface [iii-iv], pp. 295-96, 338-42, and from page 354 to the end. Illustration between pp. 20-21 is lacking.

Clippinger, Erle E.
WRITTEN AND SPOKEN ENGLISH[,] BOOK ONE[:] A COURSE IN COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.
Book One.
Boston, New York, and Chicago: Silver, Burdett and Company, c1918.
293 pp.
Notes: Clippinger was Professor of English at Indiana State Normal School, Muncie Branch.

Clippinger, Erle E.
WRITTEN AND SPOKEN ENGLISH[:] A COURSE IN COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.
Boston, New York, and Chicago: Silver, Burdett and Company, c1917.
563 pp.
Notes: Clippinger was Professor of English at Indiana State Normal School, Eastern Division.

Clippinger, Erle E.
WRITTEN AND SPOKEN ENGLISH[:] A COURSE IN COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.
Indiana edition.
Boston, New York, and Chicago: Silver, Burdett and Company, c1917.
563 pp.
Notes: 2 copies.
Edition statement taken from cover.
Clippinger was Professor of English at Indiana State Normal School, Eastern Division.


Bertha B. Cobb

Cobb, Bertha Browning.
AROUND THE YEAR WITH FATHER TIME[:] A READER FOR SECOND GRADE.
The Metcalf-Call Readers.
Boston, New York, and Indianapolis: E. P. Dutton & Company, c1911.
259 pp.
Notes: Title is in all caps; subtitle is in small caps.
This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.


Bertha B. Cobb, Robert C. Metcalf, and Arthur D. Call

Cobb, Bertha Browning, Robert C. Metcalf, and Arthur Deerin Call.
A SECOND READER[:] DESIGNED TO TEACH ANIMATED, EXPRESSIVE, ORAL READING.
The Metcalf-Call Readers.
Boston, Chicago, and New York: Thompson Brown Company (Johnson, Blagden & McTurnan), c1911.
259 pp.
Notes:


Lyman Cobb

Cobb, Lyman.
COBB'S JUVENILE READER, NO. 2: CONTAINING INTERESTING, MORAL, AND INSTRUCTIVE READING LESSONS, COMPOSED OF WORDS OF ONE, TWO, AND THREE SYLLABLES. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SMALL CHILDREN; AND, IN CONNEXION WITH NO. 1., TO ACCOMPANY THE SPELLING-BOOK IN FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS.
Baltimore: Joseph Jewett, 1831.
144 pp.
Notes:

Cobb, Lyman.
COBB'S JUVENILE READER, NO. 3; CONTAINING INTERESTING, HISTORICAL, MORAL, AND INSTRUCTIVE READING LESSONS, COMPOSED OF WORDS OF GREATER NUMBER OF SYLLABLES THAN THE LESSONS IN NOS. I, AND II; AND A GREATER VARIETY OF COMPOSITION, BOTH IN PROSE AND POETRY, SELECTED FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE BEST AMERICAN AND ENGLISH AUTHORS. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF LARGER CHILDREN, IN FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS.
Baltimore: Joseph Jewett, 1831.
216 pp.
Notes: Stereotyped by J. Conner, New York.

Cobb, Lyman.
COBB'S JUVENILE READER, NO. 3; CONTAINING INTERESTING, HISTORICAL, MORAL, AND INSTRUCTIVE READING LESSONS, COMPOSED OF WORDS OF GREATER NUMBER OF SYLLABLES THAN THE LESSONS IN NOS. I, AND II; AND A GREATER VARIETY OF COMPOSITION, BOTH IN PROSE AND POETRY, SELECTED FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE BEST AMERICAN AND ENGLISH AUTHORS. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF LARGER CHILDREN, IN FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS.
Pittsburgh: Luke Loomis, 1831.
216 pp.
Notes: Stereotyped by J. Conner, New York.

Cobb, Lyman.
COBB'S SEQUEL TO THE JUVENILE READERS; COMPRISING A SELECTION OF LESSONS IN PROSE AND POETRY, FROM HIGHLY ESTEEMED AMERICAN AND ENGLISH WRITERS. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF HIGHER CLASSES IN SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES; AND TO IMPRESS THE MINDS OF YOUTH WITH SENTIMENTS OF VIRTUE AND RELIGION.
Baltimore: Joseph Jewett, 1832.
213 pp.
Notes: Stereotyped by Rees, Redfield, and Ripley, New York.
This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.


Ida Coe and Alice C. Dillon

Coe, Ida, and Alice Christie Dillon.
STORY HOUR READERS REVISED.
Book Two.
New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta: American Book Company, c1923.
204 pp.
Notes:


Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.
THE ANCIENT MARINER.
Edited by Elias Lieberman.
Stratford Classics.
Chicago and New York: Lyons and Carnahan, c1926.
118 pp.
Notes: Series statement taken from cover.
Title continues after author statement: With a Collection of Supplementary Poems of the Sea.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.
THE ANCIENT MARINER AND OTHER POEMS.
Edited with an introduction and notes to the Ancient Mariner by Pelham Edgar.
Twentieth Century Text-Books.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1907.
144 pp.
Notes: Series statement appears at head of title in small caps.


William F. Collier

Collier, William Francis.
A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, IN A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
London, Edinburgh, and New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1881.
549 pp.
Notes: This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.


John Comly

Comly, John.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, MADE EASY TO THE TEACHER AND PUPIL. ORIGINALLY COMPILED FOR THE USE OF WEST-TOWN BOARDING SCHOOL, PENNSYLVANIA.
15th edition, corrected and much improved.
Philadelphia: Kimber and Sharpless, 1832.
216 pp.
Notes: This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.


Complete English Grammar

COMPLETE ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
Indiana State Series.
Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana School Book Company, 1891.
272 pp.
Notes: 3 copies.
Copy 3 was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.


J. Vincent Coombs

NORMAL READER.
Indianapolis?: Normal Publishing House?, before 1884?
78 pp.
Notes: Title page contains only the words "Normal Reader."
Author is taken from preface.
According to preface, this book was used for reading classes in Central Indiana Normal College.
Presumably later editions began appearing in 1884 with a 359-page edition, according to NUC and OCLC records. This and a later edition were published by Normal Publishing House in Indianapolis, according to NUC and OCLC records.


James Fenimore Cooper

Cooper, J. Fenimore.
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS.
Caxton edition.
Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1887.
358 pp.
Notes: Edition statement taken from cover.


Cooper, J. Fenimore.
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS OR A NARRATIVE OF 1757.
With an introduction by Susan Fenimore Cooper and a biographical sketch.
Boston, New York, and Chicago: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, c1896.
448 pp.
Notes:

Henry Coppée

Coppée, Henry.
ELEMENTS OF RHETORIC; DESIGNED AS A MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION.
10th rev. edition.
Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co., 1872.
834 pp.
Notes:


Tom P. Cross, Reed Smith, and Elmer C. Stauffer

Cross, Tom Peete, Reed Smith, and Elmer C. Stauffer.
GOOD READING FOR HIGH SCHOOLS[:] AMERICAN WRITERS.
Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, and San Francisco: Ginn and Company, c1931.
616 pp.
Notes:

Cross, Tom Peete, Reed Smith, and Elmer C. Stauffer.
GOOD READING FOR HIGH SCHOOLS[:] ENGLISH WRITERS.
Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, and San Francisco: Ginn and Company, c1931.
777 pp.
Notes:


Charles M. Curry

Curry, Charles Madison.
LITERARY READINGS[:] AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LITERATURE.
Chicago, New York, and London: Rand, McNally & Company, c1903.
496 pp.
Notes: Charles Madison Curry was a professor of English at Indiana State Normal School (Indiana State University).

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