The KISS Presentation and Analysis
of
McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader
Revised Edition. N.Y. American Book Company, 1879, 1896,
1907, 1920.
Links from the Lesson Column lead to the texts.*
The "#" column indicates the lesson number in the original.
"Page" indicates the beginning page in the original.
The "Stats" column links to a statistical analysis of the text.
"L" columns link to KISS levels of analyzed text. |
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Stats |
L1 |
L1A |
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L3 |
L4 |
L5 |
1. |
Perseverance |
25 |
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2. |
Try, Try Again |
28 |
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3. |
Why the Sea is Salt |
29 |
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4. |
Why the Sea is Salt |
32 |
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5. |
Popping Corn |
34 |
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6. |
Smiles |
35 |
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7. |
Lazy Ned |
38 |
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8. |
The Monkey |
39 |
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9. |
Meddlesome Matty |
42 |
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10. |
The Good Son |
44 |
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11. |
To-morrow |
45 |
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12. |
Where there is a Will |
47 |
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13. |
Piccola |
48 |
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14. |
True Manliness |
50 |
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15. |
True Manliness |
52 |
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16. |
The Brown Thrush |
54 |
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17. |
A Ship in a Storm |
55 |
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18. |
The Sailor's Consolation |
58 |
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19. |
Two Ways of Telling a Story |
60 |
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20. |
Freaks of the Frost |
63 |
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21. |
Waste not, Want not |
64 |
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22. |
Jeannette and Jo |
67 |
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23. |
The Lion |
69 |
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24. |
Strawberries |
71 |
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25. |
Harry's Riches |
74 |
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26. |
In Time's Swing |
77 |
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27. |
Harry and his Dog |
79 |
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28. |
The Voice of the Grass |
83 |
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29. |
The Eagle |
84 |
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30. |
The Old Eagle Tree |
86 |
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31. |
Alpine Song |
88 |
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32. |
Circumstances alter Cases |
89 |
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33. |
The Noblest Revenge |
94 |
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34. |
Evening Hymn |
97 |
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35. |
How Margery Wondered |
99 |
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36. |
The Child's World |
103 |
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37. |
Susie's Composition |
104 |
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38. |
The Summer Shower |
109 |
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39. |
Consequences of Idleness |
110 |
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40. |
Advantages of Industry |
113 |
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41. |
The Fountain |
116 |
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42. |
Coffee |
117 |
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43. |
The Winter King |
120 |
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44. |
The Nettle |
121 |
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45. |
The Tempest |
125 |
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46. |
The Creator |
126 |
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47. |
The Horse |
128 |
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48. |
Emulation |
132 |
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49. |
The Sandpiper |
134 |
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50. |
The Right Way |
136 |
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51. |
The Golden Rule |
139 |
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52. |
The Snow Man |
143 |
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53. |
Robinson Crusoe's House |
144 |
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54. |
Robinson Crusoe's Dress |
147 |
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55. |
Somebody's Darling |
150 |
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56. |
Knowledge is Power |
151 |
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57. |
Good Will |
153 |
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58. |
A Chinese Story |
156 |
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59. |
The Way to be Happy |
159 |
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60. |
The Giraffe |
162 |
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61. |
The Lost Child |
165 |
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62. |
Which? |
168 |
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63. |
The Pet Fawn |
172 |
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64. |
Annie's Dream |
175 |
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65. |
My Ghost |
178 |
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66. |
The Elephant |
180 |
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67. |
Dare to do Right |
183 |
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68. |
Dare to do Right |
186 |
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69. |
Wreck of the Hesperus |
190 |
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70. |
Anecdotes of Birds |
193 |
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71. |
The Rainbow Pilgrimage |
197 |
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72. |
The Old Oaken Bucket |
202 |
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73. |
The Sermon on the Mount |
204 |
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74. |
The Young Witness |
207 |
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75. |
King Solomon and the Ants |
211 |
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76. |
Rivermouth Theater |
213 |
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77. |
Alfred the Great |
216 |
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78. |
Living on a Farm |
220 |
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79. |
Hugh Idle and Mr. Toll |
221 |
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80. |
Hugh Idle and Mr. Toll |
224 |
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81. |
Burning the Fallow |
227 |
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82. |
Dying Soldiers |
230 |
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83. |
The Attack on Nymwegen |
233 |
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84. |
The Seasons |
237 |
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85. |
Brandywine Ford |
239 |
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86. |
Brandywine Ford |
242 |
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87. |
The Best Capital |
245 |
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88. |
The Inchcape Rock |
249 |
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89. |
My Mother's Grave |
253 |
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90. |
A Mother's Gift |
255 |
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* Because these are intended as instructinal material
for young students, minor changes in punctuation have been made in some
of the text to reflect current practice. |