McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader
by William Holmes McGuffey
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Contents
- Eclectic Educational Series
- Introductory Matter. Subject. Page
- Punctuation Marks. (7)
- Sub Vocals
- Aspirates
- Subvocals Combined
- Exercises in Articulation
- Sentences for Practice
- Accent
- Inflection
- I. Perseverance. (25)
- II. Try, Try Again. (28)
- III. Why the Sea Is Salt. (29) a Fairy Tale
- V. Popping Corn. (34)
- VI. Smiles. (35)
- VII. Lazy Ned. (38)
- VIII. The Monkey. (39)
- IX. Meddlesome Matty. (42)
- X. The Good Son. (44)
- XI. To-Morrow. (45)
- XII. Where There Is a Will There Is a Way. (47)
- XIII. Piccola. (48)
- XIV. True Manliness. (50)
- XVI. The Brown Thrush. (54)
- XVII. A Ship in a Storm. (55)
- XVIII. The Sailor's Consolation. (58)
- XX. Freaks of the Frost. (63)
- XXI. Waste Not, Want Not. (64)
- XXIII. The Lion. (69)
- XXIV. Strawberries. (71)
- Xvv. Harry's Riches. (74)
- XXVI. In Time's Swing. (77)
- XXVII. Harry and His Dog. (79)
- XXIX. The Eagle. (84)
- XXX. The Old Eagle Tree. (86)
- XXXII. Circumstances Alter Cases. (89)
- XXXIII. The Noblest Revenge. (94)
- XXXIV. Evening Hymn. (97)
- XXXVI. The Child's World. (103)
- XXXVII. Susie's Composition. (104)
- XXXVIII. The Summer Shower. (109)
- XXXIX. Consequences of Idleness. (110)
- XL. Advantages of Industry. (113)
- XLI. The Fountain. (116)
- XLII. Coffee. (117)
- XLIII. The Winter King. (120)
- XLIV. The Nettle. (121)
- XLV. The Tempest. (125)
- XLVI. The Creator. (126)
- XLVII. The Horse. (128)
- XLVIII. Emulation. (132)
- L. The Right Way. (136)
- LI. The Golden Rule. (139)
- LIII. Robinson Crusoe's House. (144)
- LIV. Robinson Crusoe's Dress. (147)
- LV. Somebody's Darling. (150)
- LVI. Knowledge Is Power. (151)
- LVIII. A Chinese Story. (156)
- LXX. The Way to Be Happy. (159)
- LX. The Giraffe, or Camelopard. (162)
- LXI. The Lost Child. (165)
- LXIII. The Pet Fawn. (172)
- LXIV. Annie's Dream. (175)
- LXV. My Ghost. (178)
- LXVI. The Elephant. (180)
- LXVII. Dare to Do Right. (183)
- LXIX. The Wreck of the Hesperus. (190)
- LXX. Anecdotes of Birds. (193)
- LXXI. The Rainbow Pilgrimage. (197)
- LXXII. The Old Oaken Bucket. (202)
- LXXIII. The Sermon on the Mount. (204)
- LXXV. King Solomon and the Ants. (211)
- LXXVI. Rivermouth Theater. (213)
- LXXVII. Alfred the Great. (217)
- LXXVII. Living on a Farm. (220)
- LXXIX. Hugh Idle and Mr. Toil. (221)
- LXXXI. Burning the Fallow. (227)
- LXXXII. The Dying Soldiers. (230)
- LXXXIII. The Attack on Nymwegen. (233)
- LXXXIV. The Seasons. (237)
- LXXXV. Brandywine Ford. (239)
- LXXXVII. The Best Capital (245)
- LXXXVIII. The Inchcape Rock
- LXXXIX. My Mother's Grave. (253)
- XC. A Mother's Gift-the Bible. (255)