McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
Produced by Don Kostuch
McGUFFEY'S
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
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.
William Holmes McGuffey
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ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
SELECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTION.
SUBVOCALS AND ASPIRATES.
SUBSTITUTES.
FAULTS TO BE REMEDIED.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION.
EXAMPLES.
FALLING INFLECTIONS.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLES.
STRONG EMPHASIS.
SERIES OF WORDS OR MEMBERS.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
RISING INFLECTION.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
RISING AND FALLING INFLECTIONS.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
CIRCUMFLEX.
EXAMPLES.
MONOTONE.
EXAMPLES.
IV. ACCENT.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
V. EMPHASIS.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
ABSOLUTE EMPHASIS.
EXAMPLES.
RELATIVE EMPHASIS.
EXAMPLES.
EMPHATIC PHRASE.
EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES.
VI. MODULATION.
QUANTITY AND QUALITY.
EXAMPLES.
VII. POETIC PAUSES.
EXAMPLES.
EXERCISES.
II. BONAPARTE.
III. HAMLET ON SEEING THE SKULL OF YORICK.
IV. DESCRIPTION OF A BATTLE.
V. LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AUTHORS.
1. THE GOOD READER.
II. THE BLUEBELL.
III. THE GENTLE HAND.
IV. THE GRANDFATHER.
V. A BOY ON A FARM.
VI. THE SINGING LESSON.
VII. DO NOT MEDDLE.
VIII. WORK.
IX. THE MANIAC.
X. ROBIN REDBREAST.
XI. THE FISH I DID N'T CATCH.
XII. IT SNOWS.
XIII. RESPECT FOR THE SABBATH REWARDED.
XIV. THE SANDS O' DEE.
XV. SELECT PARAGRAPHS.
XVI. THE CORN SONG.
XVII. THE VENOMOUS WORM.
XVIII. THE FESTAL BOARD.
XIX. HOW TO TELL BAD NEWS.
XX. THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM.
XXI. "I PITY THEM."
XXII. AN ELEGY ON MADAM BLAIZE.
XXIII. KING CHARLES II AND WILLIAM PENN.
XXIV. WHAT I LIVE FOR.
XXV. THE RIGHTEOUS NEVER FORSAKEN.
XXVI. ABOU BEN ADHEM.
XXVII. LUCY FORESTER.
XXVIII. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS.
XXIX. THE TOWN PUMP.
XXX. GOOD NIGHT.
XXXI. AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL.
XXXII. MY MOTHER'S HANDS.
XXXIII. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM.
XXXIV. THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS.
XXXV. THE THUNDERSTORM.
XXXVI. APRIL DAY.
XXXVII. THE TEA ROSE.
XXXVIII. THE CATARACT OF LODORE.
XXXIX. THE BOBOLINK.
XL. ROBERT OF LINCOLN.
XLI. REBELLION IN MASSACHUSETTS STATE PRISON.
XLII. FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY.
XLIII. THE GENEROUS RUSSIAN PEASANT.
XLIV. FORTY YEARS AGO.
XLV. MRS. CAUDLE'S LECTURE.
XLVI. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
XLVII. THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW.
XLVIII. THE SNOWSTORM.
XLIX. BEHIND TIME.
L. THE OLD SAMPLER.
LI. THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
LII. MY MOTHER.
LIII. THE HOUR OF PRAYER.
LIV. THE WILL.
LV. THE NOSE AND THE EYES.
LVI. AN ICEBERG.
LVII. ABOUT QUAIL.
LVIII. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
LIX. THE MACHINIST'S RETURN.
LX. MAKE WAY FOR LIBERTY.
LXI. THE ENGLISH SKYLARK.
LXII. HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE.
LXIII. THE RAINBOW.
LXIV. SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS.
LXV. THE RISING.
LXVI. CONTROL YOUR TEMPER.
LXVII. WILLIAM TELL.
LXIX. THE CRAZY ENGINEER.
LXX. THE HERITAGE.
LXXI. NO EXCELLENCE WITHOUT LABOR.
LXXII. THE OLD HOUSE CLOCK.
LXXIII. THE EXAMINATION
LXXIV. THE ISLE OF LONG AGO.
LXXV. THE BOSTON MASSACRE.
LXXVI. DEATH OF THE BEAUTIFUL.
LXXVII. SNOW FALLING.
LXXVIII. SQUEERS'S METHOD.
LXXIX. THE GIFT OF EMPTY HANDS.
LXXX. CAPTURING THE WILD HORSE.
LXXXI. SOWING AND REAPING.
LXXXII. TAKING COMFORT.
LXXXIII. CALLING THE ROLL.
LXXXIV. TURTLE SOUP.
LXXXV. THE BEST KIND OF REVENGE.
LXXXVI. THE SOLDIER OF THE RHINE.
LXXXVII. THE WINGED WORSHIPERS.
LXXXVIII. THE PEEVISH WIFE.
LXXXIX. THE RAINY DAY.
XC. BREAK, BREAK, BREAK.
XCI. TRANSPORTATION AND PLANTING OF SEEDS.
XCII. SPRING AGAIN.
XCIII. RELIGION THE ONLY BASIS OF SOCIETY.
XCIV. ROCK ME TO SLEEP.
XCV. MAN AND THE INFERIOR ANIMALS.
XCVI. THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT.
XCVII. A HOME SCENE.
XCVIII. THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS.
XCIX. A CHASE IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
C. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE.
CI. LITTLE VICTORIES.
CII. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE.
CIII. THE ART OF DISCOURAGEMENT.
CIV. THE MARINER'S DREAM.
CV. THE PASSENGER PIGEON.
CVI. THE COUNTRY LIFE.
CVII. THE VIRGINIANS.
CVIII. MINOT'S LEDGE.
CIX. HAMLET.
CX. DISSERTATION ON ROAST PIG.
CXI. A PEN PICTURE.
CXII. THE GREAT VOICES.
CXIII. A PICTURE OF HUMAN LIFE.
CXIV. A SUMMER LONGING.
CXV. FATE.
CXVI. THE BIBLE THE BEST OF CLASSICS.
CXVII. MY MOTHER'S BIBLE.