The New McGuffey Third Reader
by McGuffey Readers Author
Reading lessons inculcating worthy ideas in regard to right thinking and right doing form a considerable portion of the contents of this book. Stories relating to common objects and phenomena of nature are so presented as to encourage habits of observation and inquiry Selections from the most poplar writers for young people are given, and the pupils are introduced to a few of the best and most enduring productions in modern literature. The present revision of McGuffey's readers has been made with due recognition of the advancement that has taken place in the methods of instructions since the appearance of the former revision somewhat more than twenty years ago.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- Print Status
- In Print
- Lessons
- 68
- Pages
- 224
- Suggested Grades
- 2nd - 4th
- Publisher
- American Book Company
- Copyright
- 1901
Lessons
- 1 Wild Strawberries, p13
- 2 The Lark's Nest, p17
- 3 True Duncan, p21
- 4 The Boy and the Wolf, p25
- 5 Let it Rain, p27
- 6 This is the Way, p29
- 7 The Old Slate, p30
- 8 Good Morning, p35
- 9 Nature's Voices, p36
- 10 The Purple Jar, p38
- 11 A Song, p44
- 12 Doing a Kindness, p45
- 13 The Fishhawk, p48
- 14 Do your Duty, p50
- 15 The Echo, p51
- 16 The Country Lad and the River, p55
- 17 The Wind, p56
- 18 Stick to your brush, p57
- 19 A Plucky Boy, 60
- 20 The Signs of the Season, p64
- 21 The Seven Sons, p65
- 22 A Famous Story Book, p67
- 23 Rover, p71
- 24 The Three Kingdoms, p75
- 25 Grandmother's Clock, p77
- 26 Weighing an Elephant, p79
- 27 Kind Hearts, p 83
- 28 Which Loved Best, p85
- 29 Stories about Parrots, p 86
- 30 Honesty is Best, p 89
- 31 The Arab and his Camel, p91
- 32 The Little Doves, p94
- 33 Robert Bruce and the Spider, p96
- 34 Filling up the Quagmire, p100
- 35 Hurrah for the Flag, p105
- 36 Good Night and Good Morning, p106
- 37 The Twenty-Third Psalm, p 108
- 38 The Arrow and the Song, p 109
- 39 The Waves, p 109
- 40 The Golden Eagle, p114
- 41 The Chickadee, p118
- 42 The Snowbird's Song, p120
- 43 Which was the wiser? p123
- 44 What would I do? p126
- 45 The Little Loaf, p127
- 46 Trustworthy and True, p130
- 47 Hassan and his Horse, p134
- 48 The Night before Christmas, p139
- 49 True Courage, p144
- 50 Try, Try Again p147
- 51 Our Native Land, p149
- 52 The Contented Boy, p150
- 53 The Race of the Winds, p 154
- 54 Little Gustava, p160
- 55 The Blackbirds, p163
- 56 The Brown Thrush, p169
- 57 The Declaration of Independance, p171
- 58 America, p174
- 59 The Lamb and the Wild Beasts, p175
- 60 Mr. Big Foot, p177
- 61 Little Brown Hands, p182
- 62 The Best Recommendation, p184
- 63 To-morrow, p187
- 64 The Hero of Haarlem, p189
- 65 Philemon and Baucis, p194
- 66 The Humming-bird Moth, p201
- 67 We are Seven, p204
- 68 Black Beauty, p208
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