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Transcriber's Note: Welcome to the schoolroom of 1900. The moral tone is plain. "She is kind to
the old blind man." 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. The "non-ASCI" text remains as images. The "non-ASCI" text is approximated
in text boxes to right of the image. The form of contractions includes a space. The contemporary word "don't"
was rendered as "do n't". The author, not listed in the text is William Holmes McGuffey. Don Kostuch ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
McGUFFEY'S® FIFTH ECLECTIC READER. REVISED EDITION. McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of
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Copyright, 1907 and l920, 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. (iii)
iv PREFACE.
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. PAGE
I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS 9
II. ARTICULATION 9
III. INFLECTIONS 15
IV. ACCENT 26
V. EMPHASIS 27
VI. MODULATION 30
VII. POETIC PAUSES 33
EXERCISES 34 SELECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY. TITLE. AUTHOR. PAGE
1. The Good Reader 39
2. The Bluebell 43
3. The Gentle Hand T. S. Arthur. 44
4. The Grandfather C. G. Eastman. 49
5. A Boy on a Farm C. D. Warner. 50
6. The Singing Lesson Jean Ingelow. 52
7. Do not Meddle 54
8. Work Eliza Cook. 59
9. The Maniac 60
10. Robin Redbreast W. Allingham. 62
11. The Fish I Did n't Catch Whittier. 63
12. It Snows Mrs. S. J. Hale. 67
13. Respect for the Sabbath Rewarded 69
14. The Sands o' Dee Charles Kingsley. 71
15. Select Paragraphs Bible. 72
16. The Corn Song Whittier. 74
17 . The Venomous Worm John Russell. 77
18. The Festal Board 78
19. How to Tell Bad News 81 (V)
vi CONTENTS.
TITLE. AUTHOR. PAGE
20. The Battle of Blenheim Southey. 82
21. I Pity Them 85
22. An Elegy on Madam Blaize Goldsmith. 87
23. King Charles II. and William Penn Mason L. Weems. 88
24. What I Live For 91
25. The Righteous Never Forsaken 92
26. Abou Ben Adhem Leigh Hunt. 95
27. Lucy Forrester John Wilson. 96
28. The Reaper and the Flowers. Longfellow. 101
29. The Town Pump Hawthorne. 103
30. Good Night Peter Parley. 108
31. An Old-fashioned Girl Louisa M. Alcott. 110
32. My Mother's Hands 113
33. The Discontented Pendulum. Jane Taylor. 114
34. The Death of the Flowers Bryant. 117
35. The Thunderstorm Irving. 119
36. April Day Mrs. C. A. Southey. 121
37. The Tea Rose 123
38. The Cataract of Lodore Southey. 128
39. The Bobolink Irving. 132
40. Robert of Lincoln Bryant. 135
41. Rebellion in Massachusetts State Prison J. T. Buckingham.
138
42. Faithless Nelly Gray Hood. 143
43. The Generous Russian Peasant Nikolai Karamzin. 146
44 Forty Years Ago 148
45. Mrs. Caudle's Lecture Douglas Jerrold. 151
46. The Village Blacksmith Longfellow. 154
47. The Relief of Lucknow "London Times." 156
48. The Snowstorm Thomson. 159
49. Behind Time 161
50. The Old Sampler Mrs. M. E. Sangster. 163
51. The Goodness of God Bible. 167
52. My Mother 170
53. The Hour of Prayer Mrs. F. D. Hemans. 171
54. The Will 172
55. The Nose and the Eyes Cowper. 176
56. An Iceberg L. L. Noble. 177
57. About Quail W. P. Hawes. 180
58. The Blue and the Gray F. M. Finch. 183
59. The Machinist's Return Washington "Capital." 185
60. Make Way for Liberty James Montgomery. 189
61. The English Skylark Elihu Burritt. 193
62. How Sleep the Brave William Collins. 195
63. The Rainbow John Keble. 195
CONTENTS. vii
TITLE. AUTHOR. PAGE
64. Supposed Speech of John Adams Daniel Webster. 196
65. The Rising T. R. Read. 200
66. Control your Temper Dr. John Todd. 204
67. William Tell Sheridan Knowles. 207
68. William Tell Sheridan Knowles. 216
69. The Crazy Engineer 221
70. The Heritage Lowell. 228
71. No Excellence without Labor William Wirt. 230
72. The Old House Clock 232
73. The Examination. D. P. Thompson. 231
74. The Isle of Long Ago B. F. Taylor. 239
75. The Boston Massacre Bancroft. 241
76. Death of the Beautiful Mrs. E. L. Follen. 245
77. Snow Falling J. J. Piatt. 246
78. Squeers's Method Dickens. 247
79. The Gift of Empty Hands Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt. 252
80. Capturing the Wild Horse Irving. 253
81. Sowing and Reaping Adelaide Anne Procter. 258
82. Taking Comfort Whittier. 259
83. Calling the Roll Shepherd. 262
84. Turtle Soup C. F. Briggs. 263
85. The Best Kind of Revenge 266
86. The Soldier of the Rhine Mrs. C. E. S. Norton. 269
87. The Winged Worshipers Charles Sprague.