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FROM

BEST AUTHORS

VOLUME I

COMPRISING

NUMBERS ONE, TWO, AND THREE

OF

BEST SELECTIONS

M. Lisanalu

PHILADELPHIA

THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by

J. W. SHOEMAKER & CO.,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.

PREFACE.

THREE years ago BEST SELECTIONS, NUMBER ONE,

was issued from the press. The recognition given it by the public abundantly warranted the annual publication of such a work, and numbers two and three have followed promptly in their order.

"Best Things from Best Authors" unites the three numbers in one volume, and we believe will be found to combine a very full variety of almost every style of expression. This combination has been made in adaptation to our own convenience, and in answer to frequent requests from those who desire them thus arranged for preservation or for use.

The encouraging words that have come to us upon the use of BEST SELECTIONS in colleges, theological seminaries, normal schools, public and private schools,

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