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Table of Contents
Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
Produced by Don Kostuch	1
ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.	1
McGuffey Edition and Colophon are Trademarks of	1
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PUNCTUATION MARKS. (7)	4
ARTICULATION. (9)	5
VOCALS.	5
TABLE.	5
SUBVOCALS AND ASPIRATES.	5
COGNATE SOUNDS.	6
TABLE OF SUBSTITUTES.	6
VOCALS.	6
SUB VOCALS.	7
ASPIRATES.	7
SUBVOCALS COMBINED.	8
EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION.	10
A	10
E	10
I	10
O	10
U	10
Incorrect Correct	11
H	11
R	11
T Final	11
TS Final	11
W for Wh	12
SENTENCES FOR PRACTICE	12
ACCENT.	12
INFLECTION.	12
MCGUFFEY’S FOURTH READER.	13
II. TRY, TRY AGAIN. (28)	14
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V. POPPING CORN. (34)	17
VI. SMILES. (35)	18
VII. LAZY NED. (38)	19
VIII. THE MONKEY. (39)	19
IX. MEDDLESOME MATTY. (42)	21
X. THE GOOD SON. (44)	22
XI. TO-MORROW. (45)	22
XII. WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY. (47)	23
XIII. PICCOLA. (48)	24
XIV. TRUE MANLINESS. (50)	24
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XVI. THE BROWN THRUSH. (54)	26
XVII. A SHIP IN A STORM. (55)	27
XVIII. THE SAILOR’S CONSOLATION. (58)	28
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XX. FREAKS OF THE FROST. (63)	30
XXI. WASTE NOT, WANT NOT. (64)	31
XXII. JEANNETTE AND JO. (67)	32
XXIII. THE LION. (69)	33
XXIV. STRAWBERRIES. (71)	34
XVV. HARRY’S RICHES. (74)	35
XXVI. IN TIME’S SWING. (77)	37
XXVII. HARRY AND HIS DOG. (79)	38
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XXIX. THE EAGLE. (84)	40
XXX. THE OLD EAGLE TREE. (86)	41
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XXXII. CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES. (89)	43
XXXIII. THE NOBLEST REVENGE. (94)	45
XXXIV. EVENING HYMN. (97)	47
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XXXVI. THE CHILD’S WORLD. (103)	49
XXXVII. SUSIE’S COMPOSITION. (104)	50
XXXVIII. THE SUMMER SHOWER. (109)	52
XXXIX. CONSEQUENCES OF IDLENESS. (110)	52
XL. ADVANTAGES OF INDUSTRY. (113)	54
XLI. THE FOUNTAIN. (116)	56
XLII. COFFEE. (117)	56
XLIII. THE WINTER KING. (120)	57
XLIV. THE NETTLE. (121)	58
XLV. THE TEMPEST. (125)	60
XLVI. THE CREATOR. (126)	61
XLVII. THE HORSE. (128)	62
XLVIII. EMULATION. (132)	64
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L. THE RIGHT WAY. (136)	65
LI. THE GOLDEN RULE. (139)	67
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LIII. ROBINSON CRUSOE’S HOUSE. (144)	70
LIV. ROBINSON CRUSOE’S DRESS. (147)	71
LV. SOMEBODY’S DARLING. (150)	73
LVI. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. (151)	73
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LVIII. A CHINESE STORY. (156)	76
LXX. THE WAY TO BE HAPPY. (159)	77
LX. THE GIRAFFE, OR CAMELOPARD. (162)	79
LXI. THE LOST CHILD. (165)	80
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LXIII. THE PET FAWN. (172)	83
LXIV. ANNIE’S DREAM. (175)	85
LXV. MY GHOST. (178)	87
LXVI. THE ELEPHANT. (180)	88
LXVII. DARE TO DO RIGHT. (183)	89
LXVIII. DARE TO DO RIGHT. (Concluded.) (186)	91
LXIX. THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. (190)	93
LXX. ANECDOTES OF BIRDS. (193)	94
LXXI. THE RAINBOW PILGRIMAGE. (197)	96
LXXII. THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. (202)	99
LXXIII. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. (204)	99
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LXXV. KING SOLOMON AND THE ANTS. (211)	103
LXXVI. RIVERMOUTH THEATER. (213)	104
LXXVII. ALFRED THE GREAT. (217)	106
LXXVII. LIVING ON A FARM. (220)	108
LXXIX. HUGH IDLE AND MR. TOIL. (221)	108
LXXX. HUGH IDLE AND MR. TOIL. (Concluded.) (224)	110
LXXXI. BURNING THE FALLOW. (227)	111
LXXXII. THE DYING SOLDIERS. (230)	113
LXXXIII. THE ATTACK ON NYMWEGEN. (233)	114
LXXXIV. THE SEASONS. (237)	116
II. SUMMER.	117
III. AUTUMN.	117
IV. WINTER.	117
LXXXV. BRANDYWINE FORD. (239)	117
LXXXVI. BRANDYWINE FORD. (Concluded.) (242)	119
LXXXVII. THE BEST CAPITAL (245)	121
LXXXVIII. THE INCHCAPE ROCK.	123
LXXXIX. MY MOTHER’S GRAVE. (253)	124
XC. A MOTHER’S GIFT-THE BIBLE. (255)	125

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