From 1863, during the Civil War, this is The Sixth Reader, consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse. By G.S. Hilliard, published by Brewer & Tileston, Boston. Sized 8x5 inches, bound in high quality leather, with cloth boards, gilt titles. 436 pages. Includes The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, poetry by Longfellow, Lord Byron, John Milton, Wordsworth, and prose concerning the Slave Trade, John Adams, The Miseries of War, George Washington, etc.