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This file contains 28 entries. All entries are arranged by main entry, title, and date of publication.

Franklin V. N. Painter

Painter, F. V. N.
ELEMENTARY GUIDE TO LITERARY CRITICISM.
Boston, New York, Chicago, and London: Ginn & Company, c1903.
195 pp.
Notes:

Painter, F. V. N.
INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE INCLUDING A NUMBER OF CLASSIC WORKS. WITH NOTES.
Boston and Chicago: Sibley & Company, c1894.
633 pp.
Notes:


Richard G. Parker

Parker, R. G.
PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION.
New stereotype edition, revised, enlarged and improved, from the 55th edition.
Boston: Robert S. Davis; New York: Pratt, Woodford & Co. and Huntington & Savage; Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1850.
143 pp.
Notes: This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.


Richard G. Parker and J. Madison Watson

Parker, Richard Greene, and J. Madison Watson.
THE NATIONAL FIFTH READER: CONTAINING A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL TREATISE ON ELOCUTION; SELECT AND CLASSIFIED EXERCISES IN READING AND DECLAMATION; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, AND COPIOUS NOTES: ADAPTED TO THE USE OF STUDENTS IN LITERATURE.
Revised edition.
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1868.
600 pp.
Notes: This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.

Parker, Richard Greene, and J. Madison Watson.
THE NATIONAL FIFTH READER: CONTAINING A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL TREATISE ON ELOCUTION; SELECT AND CLASSIFIED EXERCISES IN READING AND DECLAMATION; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, AND COPIOUS NOTES: ADAPTED TO THE USE OF STUDENTS IN LITERATURE.
Revised edition.
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co.; Boston: Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., 1869.
600 pp.
Notes:

Parker, Richard G., and J. Madison Watson.
THE NATIONAL FIRST READER; OR, WORD-BUILDER.
Revised edition.
New York: Barnes & Burr; Chicago: George Sherwood; Cincinnati: Rickey & Carroll; St Louis: Keith & Woods, 1864.
128 pp.
Notes:

Parker, Richard Greene, and J. Madison Watson.
THE NATIONAL SECOND READER: CONTAINING LESSONS IN PUNCTUATION; AND PROGRESSIVE AND PLEASING EXERCISES IN READING, ACCOMPANIED WITH SIMPLE AND COMPREHENSIVE DEFINITIONS AND THE PRONUNCIATION OF ALL DOUBTFUL WORDS.
Parker & Watson's Series--No. 3.
New York and Chicago: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1871.
224 pp.
Notes:

Parker, Richard G., and J. Madison Watson.
THE NATIONAL SECOND READER: CONTAINING PRELIMINARY EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION, PRONUNCIATION, AND PUNCTUATION; PROGRESSIVE AND PLEASING EXERCISES IN READING; AND NOTES EXPLANATORY OF THE MORE DIFFICULT WORDS AND PHRASES, ON THE PAGES WHERE THEY OCCUR.
National Series--No. 2.
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1859.
224 pp.
Notes:

Parker, Richard Greene, and J. Madison Watson.
THE NATIONAL THIRD READER: CONTAINING A SIMPLE, COMPREHENSIVE, AND PRACTICAL TREATISE ON ELOCUTION; NUMEROUS AND PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES IN READING AND RECITATION; AND COPIOUS NOTES, ON THE PAGES WHERE EXPLANATIONS ARE REQUIRED.
Parker & Watson's Series--No. 4.
New York and Chicago: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1873.
288 pp.
Notes: This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.

Parker, Richard Greene, and J. Madison Watson.
NATIONAL THIRD READER: CONTAINING A SIMPLE, COMPREHENSIVE, AND PRACTICAL TREATISE ON ELOCUTION; NUMEROUS AND PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES IN READING AND RECITATION; WITH COPIOUS NOTES, AND A FULL SUPPLEMENTARY INDEX.
Parker & Watson Series--No. 4.
New York, Chicago, and New Orleans: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1875.
288 pp.
Notes: Series statement was taken from cover.


Francis Parkman

Parkman, Francis.
THE OREGON TRAIL OF FRANCIS PARKMAN.
Edited William Ellery Leonard.
Standard English Classics.
Boston, New York, Chicago, and London: Ginn and Company, c1910.
361 pp.
Notes: Series statement was taken from cover.


Mary R. Parkman

Parkman, Mary R.
GUIDE BOOK FOR LANGAUGE.
Illustrated by Vera Stone Norman.
Grade Three.
Shepherd-Parkman Language Series.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1934.
229, 244 pp.
Notes: Issued with: Parkman, Mary R. Guide Book for Language. Illustrated by Vera Stone Norman. Grade Four. Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1934. 244 pp.


Mary R. Parkman, and Edith E. Shepherd

Parkman, Mary R., and Edith E. Shepherd.
LANGUAGE WAYS.
Illustrated by Vera Stone Norman.
Grade Six.
Shepherd-Parkman Language Series.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1934.
252, 283 pp.
Notes: Issued with: Parkman, Mary R. Language Ways. Illustrated by Vera Stone Norman. Grade Five. Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c1934. 252 pp.
This copy was used in La Fontaine, Ind.


Thomas M. Parrott and Augustus W. Long

Parrott, Thomas Marc, and Augustus White Long.
ENGLISH POEMS FROM CHAUCER TO KIPLING.
Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, and San Francisco: Ginn and Company, c1902.
401 pp.
Notes: Author statement given as "Edited for use in schools by."
This copy was used in Pekin, Ind.


Calvin Patterson

PATTERSON'S COMMON SCHOOL SPELLER; CONTAINING A CHOICE SELECTION OF WORDS FOR PRACTICAL EXERCISES IN SPELLING, DEFINING, PRONUNCIATION, DICTATION, AND DISTINGUISHING SYNONYMS, ARRANGED TO FACILITATE WRITTEN EXERCISES IN SPELLING AND ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXERCISE BOOK.
New York and Chicago: Sheldon and Company, c1882.
160 pp.
Notes: Author's name taken from preface and OCLC record.


Leonidas W. Payne, Jr.

Payne, Leonidas Warren, Jr.
AMERICAN LITERARY READINGS EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, SOME THOUGHT QUESTIONS, AN OUTLINE OF AMERICAN LITERATURE AND A BRIEF ESSAY ON ENGLISH METRICS.
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1926.
649 pp.
Notes: Date was taken from the title page verso.


Henry C. Pearson and Henry Suzzallo

Pearson, Henry Carr, and Henry Suzzallo.
ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING.
New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta: American Book Company, c1919.
196 pp.
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Mary E. Pennell and Alice M. Cusack

Pennell, Mary E., and Alice M. Cusack.
THE CHILDREN'S OWN READERS.
Illustrated by Marguerite Davis and Blanche Fisher Laite.
Book Two.
Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, and San Francisco: Ginn and Company, c1929.
261 pp.
Notes:


H. Avis Perdue and Sarah E. Griswold

Perdue, H. Avis, and Sarah E. Griswold.
LANGUAGE THROUGH NATURE, LITERATURE, AND ART.
Chicago, New York, and London: Rand, McNally & Company, c1902.
238 pp.
Notes:


John Pierpont

Pierpont, John.
INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL READER; A SELECTION OF EASY LESSONS, DESIGNED TO FILL THE SAME PLACE IN THE COMMON SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES THAT IS HELD BY MURRAY'S INTRODUCTION, AND THE COMPILATIONS OF GUY, MYLIUS, AND PINNOCK, IN THOSE OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Boston: Richardson, Lord & Holbrook ,1829.
168 pp.
Notes: This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.
At head of title: Pierpont's Introduction.


Timothy S. Pinneo

Pinneo, T. S.
PINNEO'S ANALYTICAL GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: DESIGNED FOR SCHOOLS.
200th edition, improved
Eclectic Educational Series.
Cincinnati: Sargent, Wilson & Hinkle; New York: Clark & Maynard, c1859.
214 pp.
Notes: At head of title in small caps: New and Improved Edition.
This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.

Pinneo, T. S.
PINNEO'S ANALYTICAL GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: DESIGNED FOR SCHOOLS.
200th edition, improved.
Eclectic Educational Series.
Cincinnati: Wilson, Hinkle & Co.; Chicago: Cobb, Pritchard & Co.; New York: Clark & Maynard, c1859.
214 pp.
Notes: At head of title in small caps: New and Improved Edition.
Material found in this copy is held in an RBSC BIB file.

Pinneo, T. S.
PINNEO'S ANALYTICAL GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: DESIGNED FOR SCHOOLS.
200th edition, improved.
Eclectic Educational Series.
Cincinnati: Winthrop B. Smith & Co.; New York: Clark, Austin, Maynard & Co., c1859.
214 pp.
Notes: At head of title in small caps: New and Improved Edition.


Laura E. Poor

Poor, Laura Elizabeth.
SANSKRIT AND ITS KINDRED LITERATURES. STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890.
468 pp.
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Ebenezer Porter

Porter, Ebenezer.
THE RHETORICAL READER, CONSISTING OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGULATING THE VOICE, WITH A RHETORICAL NOTATION, ILLUSTRATING INFLECTION, EMPHASIS AND MODULATION; AND A COURSE OF RHETORICAL EXERCISES. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF ACADEMIES AND HIGH-SCHOOLS.
New and enlarged edition.
New York: Mark H. Newman & Co., 1848.
312 pp.
Notes: In box.
This copy was used in Greenfield, Ind.


Milton C. Potter, H. Jeschke, and Harry O. Gillet

Potter, Milton C., H. Jeschke, and Harry O. Gillet.
ORAL AND WRITTEN ENGLISH.
Book One.
Boston, New York, Chicago, London, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, and San Francisco: Ginn and Company, c1917.
329 pp.
Notes:


William B. Powell

Powell, W. B.
HOW TO WRITE OR SECONDARY LESSONS IN THE LANGUAGE.
Powell's Languages Series--Part III.
Philadelphia: Cowperthwait & Co., c1882.
239 pp.
Notes: This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.


Mara L. Pratt-Chadwick

Pratt-Chadwick, Mara L.
LITTLE PEOPLE'S SOUND PRIMER.
New revised edition.
Action, Imitation and Fun Series.
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, c1929.
128 pp.
Notes: Edition statement taken from title page verso.
This copy was held by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.

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