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McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader

William Holmes McGuffey

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  • AuthorWilliam Holmes McGuffey
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #14880
  • Length63,000 words · 4h 12m of reading
  • Chapters91
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

91 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01New York-Chichester-Weinheim-Brisbane-Toronto
  2. 02LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. [See PDF or DOC versions.]
  3. 03PUNCTUATION MARKS. (7)
  4. 04ELEMENTARY SOUNDS
  5. 05Incorrect Correct
  6. 06Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
  7. 07Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
  8. 08Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
  9. 09Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
  10. 10Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
  11. 11Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
  12. 12SENTENCES FOR PRACTICE
  13. 13Examples
  14. 14Examples
  15. 15I. PERSEVERANCE. (25)
  16. 16II. TRY, TRY AGAIN. (28)
  17. 17V. POPPING CORN. (34)
  18. 18VI. SMILES. (35)
  19. 19VII. LAZY NED. (38)
  20. 20VIII. THE MONKEY. (39)
  21. 21IX. MEDDLESOME MATTY. (42)
  22. 22X. THE GOOD SON. (44)
  23. 23XI. TO-MORROW. (45)
  24. 24XII. WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY. (47)
  25. 25XIII. PICCOLA. (48)
  26. 26By MRS. M. O. JOHNSON.--(ADAPTED.)
  27. 27XVI. THE BROWN THRUSH. (54)
  28. 28XVII. A SHIP IN A STORM. (55)
  29. 29XVIII. THE SAILOR'S CONSOLATION. (58)
  30. 30XX. FREAKS OF THE FROST. (63)
  31. 31XXI. WASTE NOT, WANT NOT. (64)
  32. 32XXII. JEANNETTE AND JO. (67)
  33. 33XXIII. THE LION. (69)
  34. 34XXIV. STRAWBERRIES. (71)
  35. 35XVV. HARRY'S RICHES. (74)
  36. 36XXVI. IN TIME'S SWING. (77)
  37. 37XXVII. HARRY AND HIS DOG. (79)
  38. 38XXIX. THE EAGLE. (84)
  39. 39XXX. THE OLD EAGLE TREE. (86)
  40. 40XXXII. CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES. (89)
  41. 41XXXIII. THE NOBLEST REVENGE. (94)
  42. 42XXXIV. EVENING HYMN. (97)
  43. 43XXXVI. THE CHILD'S WORLD. (103)
  44. 44XXXVII. SUSIE'S COMPOSITION. (104)
  45. 45XXXVIII. THE SUMMER SHOWER. (109)
  46. 46XXXIX. CONSEQUENCES OF IDLENESS. (110)
  47. 47XL. ADVANTAGES OF INDUSTRY. (113)
  48. 48XLI. THE FOUNTAIN. (116)
  49. 49XLII. COFFEE. (117)
  50. 50XLIII. THE WINTER KING. (120)
  51. 51XLIV. THE NETTLE. (121)
  52. 52XLV. THE TEMPEST. (125)
  53. 53XLVI. THE CREATOR. (126)
  54. 54XLVII. THE HORSE. (128)
  55. 55XLVIII. EMULATION. (132)
  56. 56L. THE RIGHT WAY. (136)
  57. 57LI. THE GOLDEN RULE. (139)
  58. 58LIII. ROBINSON CRUSOE'S HOUSE. (144)
  59. 59LIV. ROBINSON CRUSOE'S DRESS. (147)
  60. 60LV. SOMEBODY'S DARLING. (150)
  61. 61LVI. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. (151)
  62. 62LVIII. A CHINESE STORY. (156)
  63. 63LXX. THE WAY TO BE HAPPY. (159)
  64. 64LX. THE GIRAFFE, OR CAMELOPARD. (162)
  65. 65LXI. THE LOST CHILD. (165)
  66. 66LXIII. THE PET FAWN. (172)
  67. 67LXIV. ANNIE'S DREAM. (175)
  68. 68LXV. MY GHOST. (178)
  69. 69LXVI. THE ELEPHANT. (180)
  70. 70LXVII. DARE TO DO RIGHT. (183)
  71. 71LXVIII. DARE TO DO RIGHT. (Concluded.) (186)
  72. 72LXIX. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. (190)
  73. 73LXX. ANECDOTES OF BIRDS. (193)
  74. 74LXXI. THE RAINBOW PILGRIMAGE. (197)
  75. 75LXXII. THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. (202)
  76. 76LXXIII. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. (204)
  77. 77LXXV. KING SOLOMON AND THE ANTS. (211)
  78. 78LXXVI. RIVERMOUTH THEATER. (213)
  79. 79LXXVII. ALFRED THE GREAT. (217)
  80. 80LXXVII. LIVING ON A FARM. (220)
  81. 81LXXIX. HUGH IDLE AND MR. TOIL. (221)
  82. 82LXXX. HUGH IDLE AND MR. TOIL. (Concluded.) (224)
  83. 83LXXXI. BURNING THE FALLOW. (227)
  84. 84LXXXII. THE DYING SOLDIERS. (230)
  85. 85LXXXIII. THE ATTACK ON NYMWEGEN. (233)
  86. 86LXXXIV. THE SEASONS. (237)
  87. 87LXXXV. BRANDYWINE FORD. (239)
  88. 88LXXXVI. BRANDYWINE FORD. (Concluded.) (242)
  89. 89LXXXVII. THE BEST CAPITAL (245)
  90. 90LXXXIX. MY MOTHER'S GRAVE. (253)
  91. 91XC. A MOTHER'S GIFT-THE BIBLE. (255)

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