Tag Archives: Children’s Magazines

Reviewing an obscure 19th century sport, as described in an 1882 issue of Harper’s Young People.

A poem about noses out of joint.

Be led by truth, / And in your youth / Be sure how you begin.

A poem by Margaret E. Sangster about robins and unfinished food.

“We find the best charm of the beautiful spring-time, / And welcome the touch of the sweet-scented breeze.”

On the “dainty weee blue flowers” that serve as “gentle messengers of spring”

A poem by the elder Oliver Wendell Holmes.

A poem within a short story.

Reprinting an 1882 Margaret E. Sangster poem called “A Little Gentleman.” The poem is about a little gentleman (what did you expect?).

Reprinting an 1896 poem by Clinton Stollard about a “fradie-cat” along with a short biography of the poet.

“Then close to the organ stealing, / With awe-struck eyes they gaze / At the player, and listen mutely / To the deep clear notes of praise.”

“A delightful occupation that will grow dearer to your heart every day of your life.”