McGuffey's Readers

Cultural  

1. A series of books prepared principally by William H. McGuffey, a midwestern teacher, and designed to teach reading to schoolchildren. The series began to appear in the 1830s. It was widely used in the nineteenth century and is still used by some schools today.

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Robert Houghwout Jackson, onetime Attorney General, collector of McGuffey's Readers, ardent horseman, an eloquent, incisive writer who, when he dissents, dissents in vitriol; considered by corporation lawyers to be the most consistent of the justices.

From Time Magazine Archive

McGuffey's Readers marked a milestone in U.S. education.

From Time Magazine Archive

The campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, is usually known as the place where McGuffey's Readers were launched, and where Red Blaik and Ara Parseghian got their starts in football.

From Time Magazine Archive

Principal Raymond Oestreich attacked the McGuffey's Readers because of "antiquated grammar, misspelled words and poor punctuation."

From Time Magazine Archive

As business men, the publishers of McGuffey's Readers desired to learn the truth about the situation of the South and its probable future.

From A History of the McGuffey Readers by Vail, Henry Hobart