McGuffeys Sixth Eclectic Reader

McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader William Holmes McGuffey

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ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.

McGUFFEY'S SIXTH ECLECTIC READER.
REVISED EDITION.
McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of
JOHN WILEY & SONS. INC.
NEW YORK-CHICHESTER-BRISBANE-SINGAPORE-TORONTO

SUPPLEMENTARY READING FOR GRAMMAR AND HIGH
SCHOOL GRADES ECLECTIC ENGLISH CLASSICS.
Arnold's (Matthew) Sohrab and Rustum
Burke's Conciliation with the American Colonies
Carlyle's Essay on Burns
Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Defoe's History of the Plague in London
De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars
Emerson's The American Scholar, Self-Reliance and Compensation
Franklin's Autobiography
"George Eliot's" Silas Marner
Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield
Irving's Sketch Book (Ten Selections)
Irving's Tales of a Traveler
Macaulay's Second Essay on Chatham
Macaulay's Essay on Milton
Macaulay's Essay on Addison
Macaulay's Life of Johnson
Milton's L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus Lycidas,
Milton's Paradise Lost, Books I and. II
Pope's Homer's Iliad, Books I, VI, XXII, XXIV,
Scott's Ivanhoe
Scott's Marmion
Scott's Lady of the Lake
Scott's The Abbot
Scott's Woodstock.

Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare's Midsummer-Night's Dream
Shakespeare's As You Like It
Shakespeare's Macbeth
Shakespeare's Hamlet,
Sir Roger de Coverley Papers (The Spectator),
Southey's Life of Nelson
Tennyson's The Princess,
Webster's (Daniel) Bunker Hill Orations,
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COPYRIGHT, 1879, BY VAN ANTWERP, BRAGG & COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.
COPYRIGHT, 1907 AND 1921, BY HENRY H. VAIL.
M'G REV. 6TH EC. EP 118

Preface (3)
In the SIXTH READER, the general plan of the revision of
McGUFFEY'S SERIES has been carefully carried out to completion.

That plan has been to retain, throughout, those characteristic features of
McGUFFEY'S READERS, which have made the series so popular, and
caused their widespread use throughout the schools of the country. At
the same time, the books have been enlarged; old pieces have been
exchanged for new wherever the advantage was manifest; and several
new features have been incorporated, which it is thought will add
largely to the value of the series.
In the revision of the SIXTH READER, the introductory matter has
been retained with but little change, and it will he found very valuable
for elocutionary drill. In the preparation of this portion of the work, free
use was made of the writings of standard authors upon Elocution, such
as Walker, McCulloch, Sheridan Knowles, Ewing, Pinnock, Scott, Bell,
Graham, Mylins, Wood, Rush, and many others.
In making up the Selections for Reading, great care and deliberation
have been exercised. The best pieces of the old book are retained in the
REVISED SIXTH, and to the these been added a long list of selections
from the best English and American literature. Upwards of one hundred
leading authors are represented (see "Alphabetical List. of Authors,"
page ix), and thus a wide range of specimens of the best style has been
secured. Close scrutiny revealed the fact that many popular selections
common to several series of Readers, had been largely adapted, but in
McGUFFEY'S REVISED READERS, wherever it was possible to do
so, the selections have been compared, and made to conform strictly
with the originals as they appear in the latest editions authorized by the
several writers.
The character of the selections, aside from their elocutionary value, has
also been duly considered. It will be found, upon examination, that they
present the same instructive merit and healthful moral tone which gave
the preceding edition its high reputation.
Two new features of the REVISED SIXTH deserve especial
attention--the explanatory notes, and the biographical notices of authors.
The first, in the absence of a large number of books of reference, are
absolutely necessary, in some cases, for the intelligent reading of the
piece; and it is believed that in all cases they will add largely to the

interest and usefulness of the lessons.
The biographical notices, if properly used, are hardly of less value than
the lessons themselves. They have been carefully prepared, and are
intended not only to add to the interest of the pieces, but to supply
information usually obtained only by the separate study of English and
American literature.
The illustrations of the REVISED SIXTH READER are presented as
specimens of fine art. They are the work of the best artists and
engravers that could be secured for the purpose in this country. The
names of these gentlemen may be found on page ten.
The publishers would here repeat their acknowledgments to the
numerous friends and critics who have kindly assisted in the work of
revision, and would mention particularly President EDWIN C.
HEWETT, of the State Normal University, Normal, Illinois, and the
HON. THOMAS W. HARVEY, of Painesville, Ohio, who have had the
revision