The Original McGuffeys Eclectic Second Reader
The McGuffey Readers are by W. H. McGuffey, President of Cincinnati College, late Professor in Miami University, Oxford. In preparing the three first books, President McGuffey has taken a class of young pupils into his own house, and has taught them spelling and reading for the express purpose of being able to judge with the greatest accuracy of the best method of preparing the "Readers." The Lessons and Stories which he has adapted in the First and Second Books, are probably the most simple, yet the most instructive, amusing and beautiful for the young mind that can be found in our language. The Third and Fourth books, being in regular gradation above the First and Second, are made up of beautiful and chaste selections from prose and poetry of the whole forming a progressive series (of excellent moral tendency) peculiarly adapted to the purpose of instruction.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Reading and Spelling
- ISBN
- 088062003
- Print Status
- In Print
- Lessons
- 85
- Pages
- 242
- Suggested Grades
- 2nd - 4th
- Publisher
- Mott Media
- Copyright
- 1836
Lessons
- 1 The Little Readers
- 2 Time to Get Up
- 3 The Little Idle Boy
- 4 The Idle Boy Reformed
- 5 The New Kite
- 6 The Kite Lost
- 7 The Cat and Ball
- 8 About the Beaver
- 9 About the Moon
- 10 A Merry Sleigh Ride
- 11 The love of Brothers and Sisters
- 12 The Greedy Girl
- 13 Time to go to Bed
- 14 About the Stars
- 15 The Sailor Boys
- 16 The Kind Little Girl
- 17 Edward and the Cat
- 18 The Three Happy Children
- 19 The Boys who did Mischief for Fun
- 20 Story about Whales
- 21 Stories about Whale Catching
- 22 The Truant
- 23 The Good Boy whose Parents are Poor
- 24 The Diligent Scholar
- 25 The oak and other Trees
- 26 More about Trees
- 27 The Peacock
- 28 Story about King Solomon
- 29 More about King Solomon
- 30 Little Francis and the Hour Glass
- 31 Hay Making
- 32 Story about the Lark and the Farmer
- 33 Praise to God
- 34 The Points of the compass
- 35 Story about Little Mary
- 36 More about Little Mary
- 37 About doing Good at Play
- 38 More about doing Good at Play
- 39 About the Fox
- 40 Story about the Lion
- 41 Theo Boy and Bear
- 42 Pleasing Stories
- 43 The Little Letter Writer
- 44 How the World was Made
- 45 The Bear in a Stage Coach
- 46 The Moody Boy
- 47 The Lost Child and the Gypsies
- 48 Stories about the Monkey
- 49 A Pleasing Dialogue
- 50 The Quarrelsome Roosters
- 51 Things to be Learned
- 52 About Oranges
- 53 Stories about Birds
- 54 More Stories about Little Birds
- 55 Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
- 56 The Honest Boy and the Thief
- 57 True Courage
- 58 Young Soldiers
- 59 The Reindeer and the Rabbit
- 60 About the Globe
- 61 The Little Boy and the Hatchet
- 62 The Lord's Prayer
- 63 Mother, what is Death?
- 64 The Disobedient Girl
- 65 More about the Disobedient Girl
- 66 Emulation without Envy
- 67 Story about George Washington
- 68 More about George Washington
- 69 Father William
- 70 Robbing Bird's Nests
- 71 A Dialogue on Dress
- 72 Story about Lafayette
- 73 Story about Joseph
- 74 More about Joseph
- 75 The Obedient Casablanca
- 76 The Lost Nestlings
- 77 Story about Columbus
- 78 Settlement of America
- 79 Thoughts at Sunset
- 80 George and Charles
- 81 Things to Remember
- 82 A Ship in a Storm
- 83 The Ten Commandments
- 84 About Using Profane Language
- 85 The Mother and her Child
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