McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader

William Holmes Mcguffey

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[Transcriber's Notes: 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 form of contractions includes a space. The contemporary word "don't" was rendered as "do n't". The author, not listed in the te xt, is William Holmes McGuffey. Passages using nonASCI characters are approximately rendered in the text version. The DOC and PDF versions include the original images. The section numbers are decimal in the Table of Contents but are in Roman Numerals in the body.

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She sits, inclining forward as to speak, Her lips halfopen, and her finger up, As though she said, "Beware!"

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ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.

McG UFFEY'S®

SIXTH

ECLECTIC READER.

REVISED EDITION.

McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of

 JOHN WILEY & SONS. INC. NEW YORKCHICHESTERBRISBANESINGAPORETORONTO

S U P P L E ME N T A R Y R E A D I N G F O R

G R A M M A R A N D H I G H S C H O O L G R A D E S ECLECTIC ENGLISH CLASSICS. Arnold's (Matthew) Sohrab and Rustum Burke's Conciliation with the American Colonies Carlyle's Essay on Burns Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner Defoe's History of the Plague in London De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars Emerson's The American Scholar, SelfReliance and Compensation Franklin's Autobiography "George Eliot's" Silas Marner Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield Irving's Sketch Book (Ten Selections) Irving's Tales of a Traveler Macaulay's Second Essay on Chatham Macaulay's Essay on Milton Macaulay's Essay on Addison Macaulay's Life of Johnson Milton's L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus Lycidas, Milton's Paradise Lost, Books I and. II Pope's Homer's Iliad, Books I, VI, XXII, XXIV, Scott's Ivanhoe Scott's Marmion Scott's Lady of the Lake Scott's The Abbot Scott's Woodstock. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice Shakespeare's MidsummerNight's Dream Shakespeare's As You Like It Shakespeare's Macbeth Shakespeare's Hamlet, Sir Roger de Coverley Papers (The Spectator), Southey's Life of Nelson Tennyson's The Princess, Webster's (Daniel) Bunker Hill Orations,  Sent, postpaid on receipt of price.

COPYRIGHT, 1879, BY VAN ANTWERP, BRAGG & COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. COPYRIGHT, 1907 AND 1921, BY HENRY H. VAIL.

M'G REV. 6TH EC. EP 118

Preface In the SIXTH READER, the general plan of the revision of McGUFFEY'S SERIES has been carefully carried out to completion. That plan has been to retain, throughout, those characteristic features of McGUFFEY'S READERS, which have made the series so popular, and caused their widespread use throughout the schools of the country. At the same time, the books have been enlarged; old pieces have been exchanged for new wherever the advantage was manifest; and several new features have been incorporated, which it is thought will add largely to the value of the series. In the revision of the SIXTH READER, the introductory matter has been retained with but little change, and it will he found very valuable for elocutionary drill. In the preparation of this portion of the work, free use was made of the writings of standard authors upon Elocution, such as Walker, McCulloch, Sheridan Knowles, Ewing, Pinnock, Scott, Bell, Graham, Mylins, Wood, Rush, and many others.

In making up the Selections for Reading, great care and deliberation have been exercised. The best pieces of the old book are retained in the REVISED SIXTH, and to the these been added a long list of selections from the best English and American literature. Upwards of one hundred leading authors are represented (see "Alphabetical List. of Authors," page ix), and thus a wide range of specimens of the best style has been secured. Close scrutiny revealed the fact that many popular selections common to several series of Readers, had been largely adapted , but in McGUFFEY'S REVISED READERS, wherever it was possible to do so, the selections have been compared, and made to conform strictly with the originals as they appear in the latest editions authorized by the several writers.

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iv P R E F A CE . The character of the selections, aside from their elocutionary value, has also been duly considered. It will be found, upon examination, that they present the same instructive merit and healthful moral tone which gave the preceding edition its high reputation. Two new features of the REVISED SIXTH deserve especial attention the explanatory notes, and the biographical notices of authors. The first, in the absence of a large number of books of reference, are absolutely necessary, in some cases, for the intelligent reading of the piece; and it is believed that in all cases they will add largely to the interest and usefulness of the lessons. The biographical notices, if properly used, are hardly of less value than the lessons themselves. They have been carefully prepared, and are intended not only to add to the interest of the pieces, but to supply information usually obtained only by the separate study of English and American literature.

The illustrations of the REVISED SIXTH READER are presented as specimens of fine art. They are the work of the best artists and engravers that could be secured for the purpose in this country. The names of these gentlemen may be found on page ten. The publishers would here repeat their acknowledgments to the numerous friends and critics who have kindly assisted in the work of revision, and would mention particularly President EDWIN C. HEWETT, of the State Normal University, Normal, Illinois, and the HON. THOMAS W. HARVEY, of Painesville, Ohio, who have had the revision of the SIXTH READER under their direct advice. 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. January, 1880.

I. II. III. IV. V. VI.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.

SUBJECT. ARTICULATION INFLECTION ACCENT AND EMPHASIS INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING VERSE THE VOICE GESTURE

SELECTIONS FOR READING.

PAGE 11 18 33 39 40 55

TITLE. AUTHOR. P A GE. 63 67 68 70 72 73 78 81 82 88 90

1. Anecdote of the Duke of Newcastle Blackwood's Magazine. 2. The Needle Samuel Woodworth. 3. Dawn Edward Everett. 4. Description of a Storm Benjamin Disraeli. 5. After the Thunderstorm James Thomson. 6. House Cleaning Francis Hopkinson. 7. Schemes of Life often Illusory Samuel Johnson. 8. The Brave Old Oak Henry Fothergill Chorley. 9. The Artist Surprised 10. Pictures of Memory Alice Cary. 11. The Morning Oratorio Wilson Flagg. 12. Short Selections in Poetry:

I. II. III. V. V. VI.

The Cloud My Mi n d A Good Name Sunrise Old Age and Death Milton

John Wilson. William Byrd. William Shakespeare. James Thomson. Edmund Waller. John Dryden.

94 94 95 95 95 96

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13. Death of Little Nell Charles Dickens. 14. Vanity of Life Johann Gottfried von Herder. 15. A Political Pause Charles James Fox. 16. My Experience in Elocution John Neal. 17. Elegy in a Country Churchyard Thomas Gray. 18. Tact and Talent 19. Speech before the Virginia Convention Patrick Henry. 20. The American Flag Joseph Rodman Drake. 21. Ironical Eulogy on Debt 22. The Three Warnings Hester Lynch Thrale. 23. The Memory of Our Fathers Lyman Beecher. 24. Short Selections in Prose: I. Dryden and Pope Samuel Johnson. II. Las Casas Dissuading from Battle R.B. Sheridan.

TITLE. A U T H O R . PAGE. 96 100 102 104 108 113 115 119 121 124 128 130 130 III. Action and Repose John Ruskin. 131 131 132 132 133 135 141 143 146 148 151 152 154 156 158 160 161 163 167 171 176 178 43. The Baptism John Wilson. 180 185 186 189 192 195 197 202

IV. Time and Change Sir Humphry Davy. V. The Poet William Ellery Channing. VI. Mountains William Howitt. 25. The Jolly Old Pedagogue George Arnold. 26. The Teacher and Sick Scholar. Charles Dickens. 27. The Snow Shower William Cullen Bryant. 28. Character of Napoleon Bonaparte Charles Phillips. 29. Napoleon at Rest John Pierpont. 30. War Charles Sumner. 31. Speech of Walpole in Reproof of Mr. Pitt Sir R. Walpole. 32. Pitt's Reply to Sir Robert Walpole William Pitt. 33. Character of Mr. Pitt Henry Grattan. 34. The Soldier's Rest Sir Walter Scott. 35. Henry V. to his Troops William Shakespeare. 36. Speech of Paul on Mars' Hill Bible. 37. God is Everywhere Joseph Hutton. 38. Lafayette and Robert Raikes Thomas S. Grimke'. 39. Fall of Cardinal Wolsey William Shakespeare. 40. The Philosopher John P. Kennedy. 41. Marmion and Douglas Sir Walter Scott. 42. The Present Adelaide Anne Procter.

44. Sparrows Adeline D. Train Whitney. 45. Observance of the Sabbath Gardiner Spring. 46. God's Goodness to Such as Fear Him Bible. 47. Character of Columbus Washington Irving. 48. "He Giveth His Beloved Sleep." Elizabeth B. Browning. 49. Description of a Siege Sir Walter Scott 50. Marco Bozzaris FitzGreene Halleck.

C O N T E N T S .

51. Song of the Greek Bard Lord George Gordon Byron.

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TITLE. A U T H O R . PAGE. 205 52. North American Indians Charles Sp rague. 209 211 215 218 221 223 226 228 231 284 238 242 240 249 251 253 255 256 257 259 262 266 269 275 278 281 286 290 292 295 301 303 310 312 315 317 321 322 325 327 332 334 339

53. Lochiel's Warning Thomas Campbell. 54. On Happiness of Temper Oliver Goldsmith. 55. The Fortune Teller Henry Mackenzie. 56. Renzi's Address to the Romans Mary Russell Mitford. 57. The Puritan Fathers of New England F. W. P. Greenwood. 58. Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers Felicia Dorothea Hemans. 59. Necessity of Education Lyman Beecher. 60. Riding on a Snowplow Benjamin Franklin Taylor. 61. The Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius William Shakes peare. 62. The Quack John Tobin. 63. Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving. 64. Bill and Joe Oliver Wendell Holmes. 65. Sorrow for the Dead Washington Irving. 66. The Eagle James Gates Percival. 67. Political Toleration Thomas Jefferson. 68. What Constitutes a State? Sir William Jones. 69. The Brave at Home Thomas Buchanan Read. 70. South Carolina Robert Young Hayne. 71. Massachusetts and South Carolina Daniel Webster. 72. The Church Scene from Evangeline H. W. Longfellow. 73. Song of the Shirt Thomas Hood. 74. Diamond cut Diamond. E'douard Rene' LefebvreLaboulaye. 75. Thanatopsis William Cullen Bryant. 76. Indian Jugglers William Hazlitt. 77. Antony over Caesar's Dead Body William Shakespeare. 78. The English Character William Hickling Prescott. 79. The Song of the Potter. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 80. A Hot Day in New York William Dean Howells. 81. Discontent.An Allegory Joseph Addi son. 82. Jupiter and Ten. James T. Fields. 83. Scene from "The Poor Gentleman" George Colman. 84. My Mother's Picture William Cowper. 85. Death of Samson John Milton. 86. An Evening Adventure 87. The Barefoot Boy John Greenleaf Wittier. 88. The Glove and the Lions James Henry Leigh Hunt. 89. The Folly of Intoxication William Shakespeare. 90. Starved Rock Francis Parkman. 91. Prince Henry and Falstaff. William Shakespeare. 92. Studies. Sir Francis Bacon. 93. Surrender of Granada. Sir Edward George BulwerLytton. 94. Hamlet's Soliloquy. William Shakespeare.