A Collection of English prose and verse, for the use of schools, selected from different authors. [electronic resource] : To which are prefixed, a few short lessons for beginners, with an exercise on spelling, in four large tables of words which occur in this collection, containing all the words of four syllables, and above; a large table of three, and a considerable number of two, together with the proper names, divided and accented. Also, an appendix, containing the principles of English grammar. By Alexander Barrie, teacher of English, writer's court, Edinburgh.