I don’t propose to be a Meddlesome Mattie, but . . . When in 1910 Theodore Roosevelt thus roared at his rebellious protégé, William Howard Taft, most U. S. citizens knew instantly what he meant.

Early in the 20th century, the sternly preachy anthologies called McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers faded out of the American classroom. Ever since, many elementary-school teachers have been stumped by the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The McGuffey Readers were a series of ...

The McGuffey Readers were a series of language arts textbooks that included a primer, a speller, and readers for grade levels 1-6, each successively building on the student's skills. They were widely ...