FOR

THE USE OF FAMILIES,

CHIEFLY SELECTED

FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS;

WITH

A PRELIMINARY ESSAY;

TOGETHER WITH

A Selection of Bqmus.

BY ALBERT BARNES.

PHILADELPHIA.

COWPERTHWAIT, DESILVER, & BUTLER.

Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by

THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO.

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.