McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader
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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 #14766
- Length27,038 words · 1h 48m of reading
- Chapters43
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
43 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01NEW YORK--CHICHESTER--WEINHEIM--BRISBANE--SINGAPORE--TORONTO
- 02THIRD READER. 7
- 03THIRD READER. 9
- 04THIRD READER. 11
- 05MCGUFFEY'S
- 06THIRD READER. 15
- 07THIRD READER. 27
- 08THIRD READER. 31
- 09THIRD READER. 39
- 10THIRD READER. 45
- 1152 ECLECTIC SERIES
- 12THIRD READER. 57
- 13THIRD READER. 61
- 14THIRD READER. 69
- 15THIRD READER. 75
- 16THIRD READER. 83
- 17THIRD READER. 99
- 18THIRD READER. 101
- 19THIRD READER. 105
- 20THIRD READER. 111
- 21THIRD READER. 115
- 22THIRD READER. 121
- 23THIRD READER. 123
- 24THIRD READER. 127
- 25THIRD READER. 133
- 26THIRD READER. 139
- 27THIRD READER. 143
- 28THIRD READER. 147
- 29THIRD READER. 151
- 30THIRD READER. 153
- 31THIRD READER. 157
- 32THIRD READER. 163
- 33THIRD READER. 165
- 34THIRD READER. 167
- 35THIRD READER. 171
- 36THIRD READER. 173
- 37THIRD READER. 179
- 38THIRD READER. 185
- 39THIRD READER. 187
- 40THIRD READER. 193
- 41THIRD READER. 199
- 42THIRD READER. 203
- 43THIRD READER. 207
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