This is the revised 1879 edition. The McGuffey Readers are among the best known schoolbooks in the history of American education, having sold more than 120 million copies since the time of their first publication in 1836.

The revised 1879 edition of the popular speller includes a pictorial alphabet plus 248 individual lessons on grammar, pronunciation, abbreviation, usage, and more.

The book includes "slate exercises" of the script alphabet and charming 19th-century illustrations throughout. This is the revised 1881 edition.

Since 1836, children have been delighted by these volumes filled with exotic adventures, exciting stories, beautiful poems, and funny fables.

The fourth reader in the set, substantially edited and enlarged and illustrated by American artists.