A HISTORY
OF THE
McGUFFEY READERS.

William H. McGuffey
William H. McGuffey

A HISTORY
OF THE
McGUFFEY READERS.

By
HENRY H. VAIL.

WITH THREE PORTRAITS.

THE BOOKISH BOOKS—IV.
New Edition.

CLEVELAND
THE BURROWS BROTHERS CO.
1911

Copyright, 1911, by Henry H. Vail.

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A History of the McGuffey Readers

THE BOOKS.

Before me are four small books roughly bound in boards, the sides covered with paper. On the reverse of the title pages, two bear a copyright entry in the year 1836; the others were entered in 1837. They are the earliest editions of McGuffey's Eclectic Readers that have been found in a search lasting forty years.