McGuffey, William Holmes 1800-1873 creator text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader" by William Holmes McGuffey is a graded textbook published in 1836–1837. Part of a revolutionary series that shaped American education, it was designed for advanced grammar school students and featured stories, poems, essays, and speeches from renowned writers. Using phonics and word repetition, the Reader taught vocabulary and formal public speaking while instilling moral values. Between 1836 and 1960, the series sold 120 million copies, influencing generations and bringing Shakespeare and classic literature to mass audiences across nineteenth-century America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGuffey_Readers Release date is 2005-02-02 Produced by Don Kostuch Original publication data not identified Readers PE Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14880 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14880 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133341.0 14880