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McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic ReaderWilliam Holmes McGuffey

McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader

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Original author: William Holmes McGuffey

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"McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader" by William Holmes McGuffey is a textbook published in the 1840s. Part of a groundbreaking series of graded primers, it featured stories, poems, essays, and speeches from renowned writers like Lord Byron and John Milton. The Readers shaped America's first mass-literate generation, emphasizing vocabulary, public speaking, and moral education. Selling over 120 million copies by 1960, they remain influential in homeschooling and private education today.

McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, by William Holmes McGuffey. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #15040.

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125 Chapters

  1. 1.Preface1,283 words
  2. 2.Introduction: 1. Preliminary Remarks166 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: Articulation1,227 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: Inflections2,189 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: Accent199 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: Emphasis621 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: Modulation935 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: Poetic Pauses239 words
  9. 9.Chapter I: Death of Franklin117 words
  10. 10.Chapter II: Bonaparte413 words
  11. 11.Chapter V: Lord Ullin's Daughter1,809 words
  12. 12.Chapter II: The Bluebell211 words
  13. 13.Chapter III: The Gentle Hand1,462 words
  14. 14.Chapter IV: The Grandfather225 words
  15. 15.Chapter V: A Boy on a Farm731 words
  16. 16.Chapter VI: The Singing Lesson445 words
  17. 17.Chapter VII: Do Not Meddle1,739 words
  18. 18.Chapter VIII: Work193 words
  19. 19.Chapter IX: The Maniac651 words
  20. 20.Chapter X: Robin Redbreast293 words
  21. 21.Chapter XI: The Fish I DID N't Catch832 words
  22. 22.Chapter XII: It Snows514 words
  23. 23.Chapter XIII: Respect for the Sabbath Rewarded740 words
  24. 24.Chapter XIV: The Sands O' Dee302 words
  25. 25.Chapter XV: Select Paragraphs651 words
  26. 26.Chapter XVI: The Corn Song317 words
  27. 27.Chapter XVII: The Venomous Worm552 words
  28. 28.Chapter XVIII: The Festal Board408 words
  29. 29.Chapter XIX: How to Tell Bad News250 words
  30. 30.Chapter XX: The Battle of Blenheim967 words
  31. 31.Chapter XXII: An Elegy on Madam Blaize299 words
  32. 32.Chapter XXIII: King Charles II and William Penn876 words
  33. 33.Chapter XXIV: What I Live for216 words
  34. 34.Chapter XXV: The Righteous Never Forsaken910 words
  35. 35.Chapter XXVI: Abou Ben Adhem292 words
  36. 36.Chapter XXVII: Lucy Forester1,685 words
  37. 37.Chapter XXVIII: The Reaper and the Flowers323 words
  38. 38.Chapter XXIX: The Town Pump1,626 words
  39. 39.Chapter XXX: Good Night216 words
  40. 40.Chapter XXXI: An Old-Fashioned Girl1,156 words
  41. 41.Chapter XXXII: My Mother's Hands156 words
  42. 42.Chapter XXXIII: The Discontented Pendulum929 words
  43. 43.Chapter XXXIV: The Death of the Flowers524 words
  44. 44.Chapter XXXV: The Thunderstorm732 words
  45. 45.Chapter XXXVI: April Day327 words
  46. 46.Chapter XXXVII: The Tea Rose1,293 words
  47. 47.Chapter XXXVIII: The Cataract of Lodore471 words
  48. 48.Chapter XXXIX: The Bobolink1,174 words
  49. 49.Chapter XL: Robert of Lincoln331 words
  50. 50.Chapter XLI: Rebellion in Massachusetts State Prison1,758 words
  51. 51.Chapter XLII: Faithless Nelly Gray464 words
  52. 52.Chapter XLIII: The Generous Russian Peasant835 words
  53. 53.Chapter XLIV: Forty Years Ago282 words
  54. 54.Chapter XLV: Mrs. Caudle's Lecture1,213 words
  55. 55.Chapter XLVI: The Village Blacksmith249 words
  56. 56.Chapter XLVII: The Relief of Lucknow1,074 words
  57. 57.Chapter XLVIII: The Snowstorm493 words
  58. 58.Chapter XLIX: Behind Time756 words
  59. 59.Chapter L: The Old Sampler453 words
  60. 60.Chapter LI: The Goodness of God786 words
  61. 61.Chapter LII: My Mother94 words
  62. 62.Chapter LIII: The Hour of Prayer225 words
  63. 63.Chapter LIV: The Will1,114 words
  1. 64.Chapter LV: The Nose and the Eyes449 words
  2. 65.Chapter LVI: An Iceberg852 words
  3. 66.Chapter LVII: About Quail942 words
  4. 67.Chapter LVIII: The Blue and the Gray310 words
  5. 68.Chapter LIX: The Machinist's Return1,288 words
  6. 69.Chapter LX: Make Way for Liberty792 words
  7. 70.Chapter LXI: The English Skylark574 words
  8. 71.Chapter LXII: How Sleep the Brave164 words
  9. 72.Chapter LXIII: The Rainbow143 words
  10. 73.Chapter LXIV: Supposed Speech of John Adams1,450 words
  11. 74.Chapter LXV: The Rising788 words
  12. 75.Chapter LXVI: Control Your Temper962 words
  13. 76.Chapter LXVII: William Tell1,969 words
  14. 77.Chapter LXVIII: WILLIAM TELL. (Concluded.)1,008 words
  15. 78.Chapter LXIX: The Crazy Engineer2,296 words
  16. 79.Chapter LXX: The Heritage553 words
  17. 80.Chapter LXXI: No Excellence Without Labor640 words
  18. 81.Chapter LXXII: The Old House Clock226 words
  19. 82.Chapter LXXIII: The Examination1,754 words
  20. 83.Chapter LXXIV: The Isle of Long Ago422 words
  21. 84.Chapter LXXV: The Boston Massacre1,556 words
  22. 85.Chapter LXXVI: Death of the Beautiful123 words
  23. 86.Chapter LXXVII: Snow Falling137 words
  24. 87.Chapter LXXVIII: Squeers's Method1,329 words
  25. 88.Chapter LXXIX: The Gift of Empty Hands276 words
  26. 89.Chapter LXXX: Capturing the Wild Horse1,497 words
  27. 90.Chapter LXXXI: Sowing and Reaping272 words
  28. 91.Chapter LXXXII: Taking Comfort810 words
  29. 92.Chapter LXXXIII: Calling the Roll263 words
  30. 93.Chapter LXXXIV: Turtle Soup871 words
  31. 94.Chapter LXXXV: The Best Kind of Revenge778 words
  32. 95.Chapter LXXXVI: The Soldier of the Rhine788 words
  33. 96.Chapter LXXXVII: The Winged Worshipers1,292 words
  34. 97.Chapter LXXXIX: The Rainy Day106 words
  35. 98.Chapter XC: Break, Break, Break188 words
  36. 99.Chapter XCI: Transportation and Planting of Seeds1,586 words
  37. 100.Chapter XCII: Spring Again358 words
  38. 101.Chapter XCIII: Religion the Only Basis of Society601 words
  39. 102.Chapter XCIV: Rock Me to Sleep449 words
  40. 103.Chapter XCV: Man and the Inferior Animals715 words
  41. 104.Chapter XCVI: The Blind Men and the Elephant315 words
  42. 105.Chapter XCVII: A Home Scene983 words
  43. 106.Chapter XCVIII: The Light of Other Days224 words
  44. 107.Chapter XCIX: A Chase in the English Channel1,515 words
  45. 108.Chapter C: Burial of Sir John Moore448 words
  46. 109.Chapter CI: Little Victories1,693 words
  47. 110.Chapter CII: The Character of a Happy Life248 words
  48. 111.Chapter CIII: The Art of Discouragement1,143 words
  49. 112.Chapter CIV: The Mariner's Dream619 words
  50. 113.Chapter CV: The Passenger Pigeon1,604 words
  51. 114.Chapter CVI: The Country Life291 words
  52. 115.Chapter CVII: The Virginians1,762 words
  53. 116.Chapter CVIII: Minot's Ledge405 words
  54. 117.Chapter CIX: Hamlet994 words
  55. 118.Chapter CX: Dissertation on Roast Pig1,670 words
  56. 119.Chapter CXI: A Pen Picture1,215 words
  57. 120.Chapter CXII: The Great Voices245 words
  58. 121.Chapter CXIII: A Picture of Human Life1,593 words
  59. 122.Chapter CXIV: A Summer Longing277 words
  60. 123.Chapter CXV: Fate180 words
  61. 124.Chapter CXVI: The Bible the Best of Classics569 words
  62. 125.Chapter CXVII: My Mother's Bible209 words