Yellow—ocher fabric bound book with red (burnt sienna) embossed sunflower backdrop with leaf boarder reading:" Barnes's New National Readers, Number 2, American. Book. Company". The edges of the paper are marbled with black and yellow swirls. The spine has the same red embossment with gold letters that read:" New National Readers, —— , Second Reader". The back cover is designed with the same leaf motif in red and a large seal with the letters A B C interwoven. The title page reads: "Barnes's New National Readers, New National Second Reader, By, Charles J. Barnes, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, American Book Company." copyright 1884. This is a school book (second reader) with illustrations.

1884

Barnes's New National Readers, Number 2