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McGuffey’s Fourth Eclectic Reader

by William Holmes McGuffey

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2M’g 4th Rev. Ep 309 — Introductory Matter. Subject. Page
  3. 3Punctuation Marks. (7)
  4. 4Sub Vocals
  5. 5Aspirates
  6. 6Subvocals Combined
  7. 7Exercises in Articulation
  8. 8Sentences for Practice
  9. 9Accent
  10. 10Inflection
  11. 11I — Perseverance. (25)
  12. 12II — Try, Try Again. (28)
  13. 13III — Why the Sea Is Salt. (29) a Fairy Tale
  14. 14V — Popping Corn. (34)
  15. 15VI — Smiles. (35)
  16. 16VII — Lazy Ned. (38)
  17. 17VIII — The Monkey. (39)
  18. 18IX — Meddlesome Matty. (42)
  19. 19X — The Good Son. (44)
  20. 20XI — To-Morrow. (45)
  21. 21XII — Where There Is a Will There Is a Way. (47)
  22. 22XIII — Piccola. (48)
  23. 23XIV — True Manliness. (50)
  24. 24XVI — The Brown Thrush. (54)
  25. 25XVII — A Ship in a Storm. (55)
  26. 26XVIII — The Sailor’s Consolation. (58)
  27. 27XX — Freaks of the Frost. (63)
  28. 28XXI — Waste Not, Want Not. (64)
  29. 29XXII — Jeannette and Jo. (67)
  30. 30XXIII — The Lion. (69)
  31. 31XXIV — Strawberries. (71)
  32. 32XXVI — In Time’s Swing. (77)
  33. 33XXVII — Harry and His Dog. (79)
  34. 34XXIX — The Eagle. (84)
  35. 35XXX — The Old Eagle Tree. (86)
  36. 36XXXII — Circumstances Alter Cases. (89)
  37. 37XXXIII — The Noblest Revenge. (94)
  38. 38XXXIV — Evening Hymn. (97)
  39. 39XXXVI — The Child’s World. (103)
  40. 40XXXVII — Susie’s Composition. (104)
  41. 41XXXVIII — The Summer Shower. (109)
  42. 42XXXIX — Consequences of Idleness. (110)
  43. 43XL — Advantages of Industry. (113)
  44. 44XLI — The Fountain. (116)
  45. 45XLII — Coffee. (117)
  46. 46XLIII — The Winter King. (120)
  47. 47XLIV — The Nettle. (121)
  48. 48XLV — The Tempest. (125)
  49. 49XLVI — The Creator. (126)
  50. 50XLVII — The Horse. (128)
  51. 51XLVIII — Emulation. (132)
  52. 52L — The Right Way. (136)
  53. 53Li. the Golden Rule. (139)
  54. 54LIII — Robinson Crusoe’s House. (144)
  55. 55LIV — Robinson Crusoe’s Dress. (147)
  56. 56LV — Somebody’s Darling. (150)
  57. 57LVI — Knowledge Is Power. (151)
  58. 58LVIII — A Chinese Story. (156)
  59. 59LXX — The Way to Be Happy. (159)
  60. 60LX — The Giraffe, or Camelopard. (162)
  61. 61LXI — The Lost Child. (165)
  62. 62LXIII — The Pet Fawn. (172)
  63. 63LXIV — Annie’s Dream. (175)
  64. 64LXV — My Ghost. (178)
  65. 65LXVI — The Elephant. (180)
  66. 66LXVII — Dare to Do Right. (183)
  67. 67LXVIII — Dare to Do Right. (Concluded.) (186)
  68. 68LXIX — The Wreck of the Hesperus. (190)
  69. 69LXX — Anecdotes of Birds. (193)
  70. 70LXXI — The Rainbow Pilgrimage. (197)
  71. 71LXXII — The Old Oaken Bucket. (202)
  72. 72LXXIII — The Sermon on the Mount. (204)
  73. 73LXXV — King Solomon and the Ants. (211)
  74. 74LXXVI — Rivermouth Theater. (213)
  75. 75LXXVII — Alfred the Great. (217)
  76. 76LXXVII — Living on a Farm. (220)
  77. 77LXXIX — Hugh Idle and Mr. Toil. (221)
  78. 78LXXX — Hugh Idle and Mr. Toil. (Concluded.) (224)
  79. 79LXXXI — Burning the Fallow. (227)
  80. 80LXXXII — The Dying Soldiers. (230)
  81. 81LXXXIII — The Attack on Nymwegen. (233)
  82. 82LXXXIV — The Seasons. (237)
  83. 83LXXXV — Brandywine Ford. (239)
  84. 84LXXXVI — Brandywine Ford. (Concluded.) (242)
  85. 85LXXXVII — The Best Capital (245)
  86. 86LXXXVIII. The Inchcape Rock
  87. 87LXXXIX — My Mother’s Grave. (253)
  88. 88XC — A Mother’s Gift-the Bible. (255)

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