Mcguffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Third Reader
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ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SUJUES. M C GUFFEY'S ECLECTIC THIRD HEADER: CONTAINING LESSONS IN PROSE AND POETRY. By Wm. II. MPGUFFBT, LL. D. PERMANENT STEREOTYPE EDITION. CINCINNATI: SARGENT, WILSON & HINKLE. NEW YORK : CLARK & MAYNaRD. I'f^Vf^ THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESENTED BY Robert M. Lester JK3BPPT tt V I / w / yi^. I Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://archive.org/details/mcguffeysnewlyremcgu ©- - ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES. c : GUFFEY'S NEWLY REVISED ECLECTIC THIRD READER, CONTAINING RULES FOR READING; AND EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION, DEFINING, ETC. BcbfseU ante KmprobcTi. Br Wm. H. M^GUFFEY, L. L. BSVISED ELECTROTYPE EDITION. CINCINNATI: SARGENT, WILSON & IIINKLE. NEW YORK: CLARK & MAYNARD. -® Q- -® FROM THE AMERICAN ANNALS OP EDUCATION. " The Eclectic System aims at embodying all the valuable principles of previous systems, without adhering slavishly to the dictates of any master, or the views of any party. The leading principle of this system is, that the child should be regarded, not as a mere recipient of the ideas of others, but as an agent capable of collecting, and originating, and producing most of the ideas which are necessary for its education, when presented with the objects or the facts from which they may be derived. While, on the one hand, the pupil is not reduced to a mere machine, we should carefully avoid the other extreme into which some have fallen, of leaving him to wander indefinitely in search of truth, in order to secure the merit of discovery." Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Three, hy Winthrop B.-Smith, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Ohio. FROM THE EDUCATION REPORTER. Among the duties of the guardians of Public Education, it is one thing to provide the ways and means in support of the cause, another to obtain competent teachers ; and last, to fur- nish them, as you would the mechanic or artist, if you would expect the best result from their labors, with proper tools and materials : that is to say, with the best books. Money lavished in the purchase of inferior books, is not only lost, but that time, which is the most precious to the young for improvement, is gone, and can not be redeemed. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers are entitled to the approbation of all who wish good Books. Electrotyped at the Franklin Type Foundry, Cincinnati, Ohio. -® ©- PREFACE. This book is intended as a regular successor to the "Eclectic Second Reader ; " and to such other lessons in reading and spelling as form an ' equivalent to the first and second volumes in the ' Eclectic Series." Teachers, however, and pupils also, will find it best to use the series entire, as the several numbers are constructed on a uniform plan, and involve an identityof principle in more respects thaa would readily occur to a superficial observer. To those who may have used the Readers intended to precede the present work, little need be said in explanation of the method pursued in the arrangement of this volume. It only carries out still further the principles on which they were composed, and which will be found to characterize the Fourth Reader. In making his selections, the Compiler has drawn from the purest fountains of English literature, and has aimed to combine simplicity with sense, elegance with simplicity, and piett with both, so far as these qualities can be combined with that which is transferable to a printed page. For the copious extracts made from the Sacred Scriptures, he makes no apology. Indeed, upon a review of the work, he is not sure but an apology may be due for his not having still more liberally transferred to his pages, the chaste simplicity, the thrilling pathos, the living descriptions, and the matchless sublimity of the sacred writings. CT The rapid sale of the series gives additional confidence both in the principles and plan of arrangement. The renewal of the stereo- type plates has furnished an opportunity of thoroughly revising, improv- ing, and enlarging the work. This thorough revision has been very carefully made ; and the large amount of new matter which has been added, will, it is hoped, render the book still more worthy of the approbation of educators. -9 — — ®- ® CONTENTS. PAGE. Stops used iu Reading and Writing ....8 Articulation 8 to 21 ' Suggestions to Teachers . 22 PROSE LESSONS. LESSON. PAGE. 1 Harry and his Dog, with an engraving Miss Mitford. 23 2 Perseverance • Charlotte Elizabeth. 27 4 The Peaches Krummache.r. 31 5 The Little Philosopher Dr. Aiken. 33 7 The Song of the Dying Swan Todd. 38 9 Knowledge is Power Anonymous. 42 10 The Nettle Dr. Walsh. 44 11 The Horse, — with an engraving Bingley. 46 13 Effects of Rashness • Anonymous. 52 14 The Consequences of Idleness Abbott. 55 15 Advantages of Industry do. 58 16 The Colonist Dr. Ailcin. 61 17 Alexander the Great Anonymous. 65 19 Things by their Right Names Jane Taylor. 71 20 The Eagle, — with an engraving Compiled. 73 21 The Old Eagle Tree Todd. 75 22 Conflagration of an Amphitheater Croly. 77 23 The Way to be Happy Citild at Home. 80 25 How a Fly Walks on the Ceiling Pearl. 85 26 A Contest with Tigers, — with an engraving Ed. Lit. Journal. 89 27 The Thunder Storm Scrap Book. 93 30 Murderer's Creek Paulding. 100 31 The Lion, with an engraving Compiled. 104 32 Short Sentences John Mason. 109 83 Musical Mice German Stories 111 34 Character of Jesus Christ Bishop Porleus. 114 36 The Golden Rule • . Mrs. Embury. 117 37 The Elephant, — with an engraving Compiled. 120 38 The Lost Child Abbott. 123 40 Little Victories , Miss Martineau. 128 41 Extract from the Sermon on the Mount Bible. 134 42 Stories about the Bear, — with an engraving Anonymous. 137 43 The Rainbow • Sturm. 141 45 A Wonderful Instrument Jane Taylor. 145 46 Solomon's Wise Choice Bible. 148 ©- -0 A i.0 CONTENTS. 5 LESSON. PAGE. 47 The Noblest Revenge- Eng. Magazine. 150 4S Character of the Icelanders Henderson. 154 50 Bonaparte Crossing the Alps, — with an engraving Scott. 159 51 Description of Pornpey's Pillar Irving. 1G2 52 Anecdotes of Birds Hall. 1S5 54 The Goodness of God Bible. 170 55 Works of the Coral Insect Univ. Review. 172 57 Giraffe, — with an engraving Compiled. 177 59 Value of Time and Knowledge Hawes. 1S2 61 Consequences of Bad Spelling London Gift. 187 62 Bad Spelling, continued do. 190 63 The Importance of Well Spent Youth Y. Magazine. 192 65 Metaphysics Anonymous. 1 95 66 The World of Chance • . Todd. 197 07 The World of Chance, continued . do. 20() C8 The Wild Goose, — with an engraving Booh of Animals. 203 69 Difference between Man and the Inferior Animals .... Jane Taylor. 200 7L The Generous Russian Peasant Karamsin. 210 73 Touch Not— Taste Not — Handle Not Beecher. 214 77 Gospel Invitation Isaiah lv. £22 POETICAL LESSONS. LESSON. PAGE. 3 Try, Try Again Palmer. 29 6 We are Seven Wordsworth. 35 8 Children's Wishes . ." Mrs. Oilman. 40 12 Christian Light and Hope Bowring. 50 18 The Child's Inquiry Anonymous. 68 24 Hollow, Hollow Anonymous. 83 28 The Thunder Storm Mrs. Hemans. 97 29 The Sky Lark Mrs. Hemans. 99 35 Passing Away Mrs. Hemans. 115 39 The Dead Mother Anonymous. 126 44 The Rainbow Campbell. 142 49 Freaks of the Frost Miss Gould. 157 53 The Boy and Butterfly Mrs. Wilson. If 8 56 The Coral Insect Mrs. Sigoufney. 175 58 Consolation of Religion to the Poor Percival. 1£0 60 The Knell of Time Anonymous. 185 04 The Moss Covered Bucket Woodworth. 194 70 The Winter King Miss Gould. 208 72 A Mother's Gift W. Ferguson. 212 74 The Festal Board Anonymous. 217 75 Awake, Zion Isaiah iii. 219 76 The Destruction of Senuacherib Byron. 221 78 On Prayer Literary Journal. 224 79 The Dying Boy Mrs. Sigourney. 225 ®- .& <> STOPS USED IN READING AND WRITING. TO BK COMMITTED TO MEMORY BY THE PUPIL. Punctuation is designed to assist the reader to discern the grammatical construction, to relieve the voice, and to add force and clearness to expression. A Comma [ , ] is the shortest pause, and the voice should stop, the time of pronouncing one syllable. A Semicolon [ ; ] requires that the reader's voice should stop, about the time of pronouncing two syllables. A Colon [ : ] is a pause, at which the reader's voice should stop, the time of pronouncing four syllables. A Period [ . ] is a full stop, requiring, generally, a depression of the voice, and the reader's voice should stop, the time of pro- nouncing six syllables. A note of Interrogation [ 1 ] shows that a question is asked, and the sentence preceding it should be closed with a raised or elevated tone of voice, except when a question is asked by who, which, what, how, why, when, where, wherefore, which sentences should be read with a depression of the voice at the end of them. A note of Exclamation [ ! ] is a mark of wonder, surprise, or admiration. The reader's voice should stop as long at a note of exclamation and interrogation as at a colon. - A Hyphen [ ] is used in connecting compound words ; it is also used when a word is divided, and the former part of the word is written at the end of one line, and the latter part of it at the beginning of another. In this case, it always should be placed at the end of the first line.