McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader
McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader is 16,320 words — about 1h 05m at 250 words per minute, across 9 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it here.
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The exercises are still suitable, and perhaps more helpful than some contemporary alternatives. Much is left to the teacher. Explanations given in the text are enough to get started teaching a child to read and write. Counting in Roman numerals is included as a bonus in the form of lesson numbers.…
Details
- AuthorWilliam Holmes McGuffey
- SourceProject Gutenberg #14668
- Length16,320 words · 1h 05m of reading
- Chapters9
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
9 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of
- 02Preface
- 03Long Sounds
- 04The Little Star
- 05SECOND READER. 35
- 06THE CLOUDS
- 07Jane rea'son to-night' hap'pi er in struct'ive
- 08THE STORY-TELLER
- 09part'ner with out' rich bell
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