Tag Archives: Children’s Magazines

“Fast asleep fell Madeline, / Fairy-book held in one hand, / In the other slice of cake”

“She made it herself … Without the least bit of help … But in eating it she’ll have / Assistance enough.”

(Post)man’s best friend.

“Look at me here in my mistress’s muff; / My proper name is Vanity Puff”

“Here’s Christmas at the door again! / There’s never a day so dear”

〜”bumpkin fowl”〜

“The small size of the Saw-whet and the absence of ears, at once distinguish this species from any Owl of eastern North America…”

〜A seasonal children’s poem〜

“Bertie may not become a great artist, but his sisters evidently regard him as a little genius.”

“For see, as summer wanes, what beauty lies- / What consolation, too, within their sun-filled eyes.”

An 1899 list of mostly accessable recipies for those bedridden with ilnessess.

“And each broken reed of song / Grows into a flute.”