Lindley Murray.
[n.d. c.1800].
Mixed-method, 4¼ x 2¾".
Lindley Murray (1745-1826), a Pennsylvania-born Quaker who, after a success law career, retired to York, England, for the sake of his health (1784). There, noticing a lack of suitable lesson-books for a Friends' school for girls, he wrote 'English Grammar Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners' (1795). Published both in England and America, running through nearly 50 editions and becoming the predominant grammar schoolbook. His 'English Reader' (1799) was described by Abraham Lincoln as 'the best schoolbook ever put in the hands of an American youth'.
[Ref: 259] £120.00
Mixed-method, 4¼ x 2¾".
Lindley Murray (1745-1826), a Pennsylvania-born Quaker who, after a success law career, retired to York, England, for the sake of his health (1784). There, noticing a lack of suitable lesson-books for a Friends' school for girls, he wrote 'English Grammar Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners' (1795). Published both in England and America, running through nearly 50 editions and becoming the predominant grammar schoolbook. His 'English Reader' (1799) was described by Abraham Lincoln as 'the best schoolbook ever put in the hands of an American youth'.
[Ref: 259] £120.00