McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
"McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader" by William Holmes McGuffey is a graded textbook published in 1836–1837. Part of a revolutionary series that shaped American education, it was designed for advanced grammar school students and featured stories, poems, essays, and speeches from renowned writers. Using phonics and word repetition, the Reader taught vocabulary and formal public speaking while instilling moral values. Between 1836 and 1960, the series sold 120 million copies, influencing generations and
bringing Shakespeare and classic literature to mass audiences across nineteenth-century America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873 |
|---|---|
| Title | McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGuffey_Readers |
| Credits | Produced by Don Kostuch |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PE: Language and Literatures: English |
| Subject | Readers |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 14880 |
| Release Date | Feb 2, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 19, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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