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McGuffey’s Second Eclectic Reader

by William Holmes McGuffey

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Revised Edition — Preface
  3. 3Articulation
  4. 4Punctuation
  5. 5Lesson I — Evening at Home
  6. 6Lesson II — Bubbles
  7. 7Lesson III — Willie’s Letter — Lesson IV — The Little Star
  8. 8Lesson V — Two Dogs
  9. 9Lesson VI — Afraid in the Dark
  10. 10Lesson VII — Baby Bye
  11. 11Lesson VIII — Puss and her Kittens
  12. 12Lesson IX — Kitty and Mousie
  13. 13Lesson X — At Work
  14. 14Lesson XI — What a Bird Taught
  15. 15Lesson XII — Susie Sunbeam
  16. 16Lesson XIII — If I Were a Sunbeam
  17. 17Lesson XIV — Henry, the Bootblack
  18. 18Lesson XV — Don’t Wake the Baby — Lesson XVI — A Kind Brother
  19. 19Lesson XVII — My Good-for-Nothing
  20. 20Lesson XVIII — The Kingbird
  21. 21Lesson XIX — Evening Hymn
  22. 22Lesson XX — The Quarrel
  23. 23Lesson XXI — The Bee
  24. 24Lesson XXII — The Song of the Bee
  25. 25Lesson XXIII — The Torn Doll
  26. 26Lesson XXIV — Sheep-Shearing
  27. 27Lesson XXV — The Clouds
  28. 28Lesson XXVI — Patty and the Squirrel
  29. 29Lesson XXVII — The Sparrow
  30. 30Lesson XXVIII — Sam and Harry
  31. 31Lesson XXIX — The Little Hill
  32. 32Lesson XXX — The Boat Upset
  33. 33Lesson XXXI — Mary’s Letter — Lesson XXXII — The Tiger
  34. 34Lesson XXXIII — The Fireside
  35. 35Lesson XXXIV — Birdie’s Morning Song
  36. 36Lesson XXXV — Willie and Bounce
  37. 37Lesson XXXVI — Willie and Bounce. (Concluded.)
  38. 38Lesson XXXVII — The Kitchen Clock
  39. 39Lesson XXXVIII — The New Scales
  40. 40Lesson XXXIX — The Bear and the Children
  41. 41Lesson XL — The Little Harebell — Lesson XLI — The Fishhawk
  42. 42Lesson XLII — What the Leaf said
  43. 43Lesson XLIII — The Wind and the Leaves
  44. 44Lesson XLIV — Mamma’s Present
  45. 45Lesson XLV — Mary’s Story
  46. 46Lesson XLVI — Ralph Wick
  47. 47Lesson XLVII — Coasting Down the Hill — Lesson XLVIII — The Fox and…
  48. 48Lesson XLIX — Pretty is that Pretty does
  49. 49Lesson L — The Story-teller
  50. 50Lesson LI — The Story teller (Concluded)
  51. 51Lesson LII — The Owl
  52. 52Lesson LIII — The Owl. (Concluded.)
  53. 53Lesson LIV — Grandfather’s Story
  54. 54Lesson LV — God is Great and Good
  55. 55Lesson LVI — A Good Old Man
  56. 56Lesson LVII — The Greedy Girl
  57. 57Lesson LVIII — A Place for Everything
  58. 58Lesson LIX — My Mother — Lesson LX — The Broken Window
  59. 59Lesson LXI — The Broken Window. (Concluded.)
  60. 60Lesson LXII — Frank and the Hourglass
  61. 61Lesson LXIII — March
  62. 62Lesson LXIV — Jenny’s Call
  63. 63Lesson LXV — Poor Davy
  64. 64Lesson LXVI — Alice’s Supper
  65. 65Lesson LXVII — A Snowstorm
  66. 66Lesson LXVIII — Bessie
  67. 67Lesson LXIX — Bessie. (Concluded.)
  68. 68Lesson LXX — Cheerfulness — Lesson LXXI — Lullaby

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