McGuffey’s Fourth Eclectic Reader

M’g 4th Rev. Ep 309 — Introductory Matter. Subject. Page

Punctuation Marks 7 Articulation 9 Accent and Inflection 23

Selections in Prose and Poetry

	TITLE.	AUTHOR.	PAGE
1.	Perseverance	Charlotte Elizabeth	25
2.	Try, Try Again	T. H. Palmer	28
3.	Why the Sea Is Salt	Mary Howitt	29
4.	Why the Sea Is Salt	Mary Howitt	32
5.	Popping Corn		34
6.	Smiles		35
7.	Lazy Ned		38
8.	The Monkey		39
9.	Meddlesome Matty		42
10.	The Good Son		44
11.	To-morrow	Mrs. M. B. Johnson.	45
12.	Where there is a Will there	is a Way	47
13.	Piccola	Celia Thaxter	48
14.	True Manliness	Mrs. M. Q. Johnson	50
15.	True Manliness	Mrs. M. O. Johnson	52
16.	The Brown Thrush	Lucy Larcom	54
17.	A Ship in a Storm		55
18.	The Sailor’s Consolation	Charles Dibdin	58
19.	Two Ways of Telling a Story	Henry K. Oliver	60
20.	Freaks of the Frost	Hannah Flagg Gould	63
21.	Waste not, Want not		64
22.	Jeannette and Jo	Mary Mapes Dodge	67
23.	The Lion		69
24.	Strawberries	J. T. Trowbridge	71
25.	Harry’s Riches		74
26.	In Time’s Swing	Lucy Larcom	77
27.	Harry and his Dog	Mary Russell Mitford	79
28.	The Voice of the Grass	Sarah Roberts	83
29.	The Eagle		84
30.	The Old Eagle Tree	Dr. John Todd	86
31.	Alpine Song	W. W. Story	88
32.	Circumstances alter Cases		89
33.	The Noblest Revenge		94
34.	Evening Hymn		97
35.	How Margery Wondered	Lucy Larcom	99
36.	The Child’s World		103
37.	Susie’s Composition		104
38.	The Summer Shower	T. B. Read	109
39.	Consequences of Idleness	Abbott	110
40.	Advantages of Industry	Abbott	113
41.	The Fountain	Lowell	116
42.	Coffee		117
43.	The Winter King	Hannah Flagg Gould	120
44.	The Nettle	Dr. Walsh	121
45.	The Tempest	James T. Fields	125
46.	The Creator	John Keble	126
47.	The Horse	Bingley	128
48.	Emulation		132
49.	The Sandpiper	Celia Thaxter	134
50.	The Right Way	F. R. Stockton	136
51.	The Golden Rule	Emma C. Embury	139
52.	The Snow Man	Marian Douglas	143
53.	Robinson Crusoe’s House	Daniel DeFoe	144
54.	Robinson Crusoe’s Dress	Daniel DeFoe	147
55.	Somebody’s Darling		150
56.	Knowledge is Power		151
57.	Good Will	J. T. Trowbridge	153
58.	A Chinese Story	C. P. Cranch	156
59.	The Way to be Happy		159
60.	The Giraffe		162
61.	The Lost Child	Abbott	165
62.	Which?	Mrs. E. L. Beers	168
63.	The Pet Fawn	Miss S. F. Cooper	172
64.	Annie’s Dream		175
65.	My Ghost	Mrs. S. M. B. Platt	178
66.	The Elephant		180
67.	Dare to do Right	Thomas Hughes	183
68.	Dare to do Right	Thomas Hughes	186
69.	Wreck of the Hesperus	Longfellow	190
70.	Anecdotes of Birds	Hall	191
71.	The Rainbow Pilgrimage	Grace Greenwood	197
72.	The Old Oaken Bucket	Samuel Woodworth	202
73.	The Sermon on the Mount		204
74.	The Young Witness	S. H. Hammond	207
75.	King Solomon and the Ants	Whittier	211
76.	Rivermouth Theater	T. B. Aldrich	213
77.	Alfred the Great		216
78.	Living on a Farm		220
79.	Hugh Idle and Mr. Toil	Hawthorne	221
80.	Hugh Idle and Mr. Toil	Hawthorne	224
81.	Burning of Fallow	Mrs. Susanna Moodie	227
82.	Dying Soldiers		230
83.	The Attack on Nymwegen	Motley	233
84.	The Seasons
	Spring	H. G. Adams	237
	Summer	Lowell	237
	Autumn	Thomas Hood	238
	Winter	C. T. Brooks	238
85.	Brandywine Ford	Bayard Taylor	239
86.	Brandywine Ford	Bayard Taylor	242
87.	The Best Capital	Louisa M. Alcott	245
88.	The Inchcape Rock	Southey	249
89.	My Mother’s Grave		253
90.	A Mother’s Gift	W. Fergusson	255