Forrester's Boys' & Girls' Magazine, Student and Schoolmate Magazine

Beschreibung

This is a lot of antique children's magazines from the 1850's. Content includes short stories (both fiction and non-fiction), poems, fables, letters from readers, puzzles, advertisements, speeches & dialogues, things worth knowing, and more. The following 6 issues are included: * Forrester's Boys' & Girls' Magazine (July 1854) * Forrester's Boys' & Girls' Magazine (March 1855) * Forrester's Boys' & Girls' Magazine (March 1856) * Student and Schoolmate and Forrester's Boys & Girls Magazine - A Reader for Schools & Families (June 1858) * Student and Schoolmate and Forrester's Boys & Girls Magazine - A Reader for Schools & Families (July 1858) * Student and Schoolmate and Forrester's Boys & Girls Magazine - A Reader for Schools & Families (August 1858) Here are a few examples of the contents: * Origins of Cinderella's Glass Slipper * Stories About Robin Hood * Martha Washington * The Comical History and Tragical End of Reynard the Fox * The Young Smokers * About Horses * Thanksgiving Memories * Henry W. Longfellow * The Ant and the Flea * The Village School * A Ramble in the Woods * The Land of the Sun; or What Kate and Willie Saw in Cuba * Principal Gestures Used in Declamation, or Prose Speaking * The Sultan of Turkey * My Pet Hector, the Greyhound * An Optical Illusion * The Cat and the Mouse * Grandfather Whitehead's Lessons About Philosophy * Anecdotes of Birds and Animals * Pencil Drawing - Simple Lessons for Practice * The Pygmies and the Giant * Summer in the Woods * The Faithful Dog * The Child Angel Condition: General wear as would be expected, including occasional stains, foxing and tears. All issues are intact with no loose pages. Five of the issues have a name written in pencil at the top edge of the front cover. March 1855 and August 1858 have some lines in ink on the back cover. A highly readable lot with only one page found with writing on it (page 87 of March 1856). The illustration on page 105 of March 1856 has been colored in with watercolor. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1565714551734

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Forrester's Boys' & Girls' Magazine, Student...

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: Illustrated Edition