Reader V of VI · Sixth to eighth grade
McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
A course in elocution, followed by 117 selections in prose and verse.
- Pages
- 354
- Ages
- 11–14
- Edition
- 1879 Revised
- Format
- PDF, 6 × 9
- Price
- Free
About this reader
What’s inside
The Fifth Reader opens with about sixty pages on reading aloud (articulation, inflection, accent, emphasis, modulation, and poetic pauses) and then applies them to 117 selections. Rip Van Winkle, The Village Blacksmith, Hamlet's soliloquy, and Bryant's Thanatopsis appear alongside sermons and Scripture.
- One hundred and seventeen selections in prose and verse
- An introductory course in elocution
- Biographical notes and defined words for every author
- Full-page engravings, restored
Sample pages
Pages from the restored edition
Reduced for the web. The PDF is full resolution.
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