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Cover of McGuffey's First Reader. The Eclectic Readers (commonly, but informally known as the McGuffey Readers) were a series of graded primers for grade levels 1–6. They were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and homeschooling.
William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 – May 4, 1873) was an American college professor and president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, the first widely used series of elementary school-level textbooks.
A Stanislaw Lem Reader [1] is a collection of writings by and about Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem, one of the world's most widely read science-fiction writers. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The book comprises an introduction by Canadian literary scholar Peter Swirski , two interviews by Swirski with Lem, and Swirski's translation of Lem's essay ...
Whole language is a philosophy of reading and a discredited [8] educational method originally developed for teaching literacy in English to young children. The method became a major model for education in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK in the 1980s and 1990s, [7] despite there being no scientific support for the method's effectiveness. [9]
The Eclectic Review; Edinburgh Review; The Egoist (periodical) Encounter (magazine) The End Is Nigh (fanzine) The English Illustrated Magazine; The English Intelligencer; The English Review; English Review (18th century) The Englishwoman's Review; Epilogue (periodical)
The Eclectic Review was a British periodical published monthly during the first half of the 19th century aimed at highly literate readers of all classes. Published between 1805 and 1868, it reviewed books in many fields, including literature, history, theology, politics, science, art, and philosophy.
[image 1] Cover – Leigh's Pronouncing Edition of Hillard's Primer. In 1864, Pronouncing Orthography was released as a simplified version of traditional English orthography to help children learn to read more quickly and easily; it became widely adopted by the United States public school system and incorporated into most basal reading schemes of the time.
An illustration of the "Blind men and elephant", from the Holton-Curry Reader (by Martha Adelaide Holton & Charles Madison Curry, 1914). [1]The Holton-Curry Reader is a basal reader in 8 volumes for the elementary grades, which was published by Rand McNally in 1914, compiled by Martha Adelaide Holton and Charles Madison Curry.