《美国语文4(英汉双语全译版)》内容简介：This series of schoolbooks teaching reading and moral precepts, was originally prepared by William Holmes McGuffey, who was a professor at Miami University. They had a profound influence on public education in the United States. The eclectic readers, meaning that the selections were chosen from a number of sources, were considered remarkably literary works and probably exerted a greater influence upon literary tastes in the United States more than any other book, excluding the Bible.It is estimated that at least 125 million copies of this Eclectic Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Websters Dictionary. Since 1961 they have continued to sell at a rate of some 30,000 copies a year. No other textbook bearing a single persons name has come close to the mark. This Eclectic Readers are still in use today in some school systems, and by parents for homeschooling purposes.