McGuffeys Fifth Eclectic Reader

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Title: McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
Author: William Holmes McGuffey
Release Date: February 14, 2005 [EBook #15040]
Language: English
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ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
McGUFFEY'S
FIFTH ECLECTIC READER.

REVISED EDITION.
McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New
York-Chichester-Weinheim-Brisbane-Singapore-Toronto
Copyright, 1879, by VAN ANTWERP, BRAGG & CO. Copyright,
1896, by AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. Copyright, 1907 and 1920,
by H. H. VAIL. M'G. REV 5TH EC. EP 310

PREFACE.
The plan of the revision of McGUFFEY'S FIFTH READER is the
same as that pursued in the other books of the REVISED SERIES. The
book has been considerably enlarged, but the new pieces have been
added or substituted only after the most careful consideration, and
where the advantages to be derived were assured.
It has been the object to obtain as wide a range of leading authors as
possible, to present the best specimens of style, to insure interest in the
subjects, to impart valuable information, and to exert a decided and
healthful moral influence. Thus the essential characteristics of
McGUFFEY'S READERS have been carefully kept intact.
The preliminary exercises have been retained, and are amply sufficient
for drill in articulation, inflection, etc. The additional exercises on these
subjects, formerly inserted between the lessons, have been omitted to
make room for other valuable features of the REVISED SERIES.
A full understanding of the text is necessary in order to read it properly.
As all the books of reference required for this purpose are not within
the reach of the majority of pupils, full explanatory notes have been
given, which, it is believed, will add greatly not only to the interest of
the reading lessons, but also to their usefulness from an instructive
point of view.

The definitions of the more difficult words have been given, as
formerly; and the pronunciation has been indicated by diacritical marks,
in conformity with the preceding books of the REVISED SERIES.
Particular attention is invited to the notices of authors. Comparatively
few pupils have the opportunity of making a separate study of English
and American literature, and the carefully prepared notices in the
REVISED SERIES are designed, therefore, to supply as much
information in regard to the leading authors as is possible in the
necessarily limited space assigned. The publishers have desired to
illustrate McGUFFEY'S READERS in a manner worthy of the text and
of the high favor in which they are held throughout the United States.
The most celebrated designers and engravers of the country have been
employed for this purpose.
It has been the privilege of the publishers to submit the REVISIED
SERIES to numerous eminent educators in all parts of the country. To
the careful reviews and criticisms of these gentlemen is due, in a large
measure, the present form of McGUFFEY'S READERS. The value of
these criticisms, coming from practical sources of the highest authority,
can not well be overestimated, and the publishers take this occasion to
express their thanks and their indebtedness to all who have thus kindly
assisted them in this work.
Especial acknowledgment is due to Messrs. Houghton, Osgood & Co.
for their permission to make liberal selections from their copyright
editions of many of the foremost American authors whose works they
publish.

CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY MATTER.
SUBJECT. I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS II. ARTICULATION III.
INFLECTIONS IV. ACCENT V. EMPHASIS VI. MODULATION
VII. POETIC PAUSES EXERCISES

SELECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY.
TITLE. AUTHOR. 1. The Good Reader 2. The Bluebell 3. The Gentle
Hand T. S. Arthur. 4. The Grandfather C. G. Eastman. 5. A Boy on a
Farm C. D. Warner. 6. The Singing Lesson Jean Ingelow. 7. Do not
Meddle 8. Work Eliza Cook. 9. The Maniac 10. Robin Redbreast W.
Allingham. 11. The Fish I Did n't Catch Whittier. 12. It Snows Mrs. S.
J. Hale. 13. Respect for the Sabbath Rewarded 14. The Sands o' Dee
Charles Kingsley. 15. Select Paragraphs Bible. 16. The Corn Song
Whittier. 17. The Venomous Worm John Russell. 18. The Festal Board
19. How to Tell Bad News 20. The Battle of Blenheim Southey. 21. I
Pity Them 22. An Elegy on Madam Blaize Goldsmith. 23. King
Charles II. and William Penn Mason L. Weems. 24. What I Live For 25.
The Righteous Never Forsaken 26. Abou Ben Adhem Leigh Hunt. 27.
Lucy Forrester John Wilson. 28. The