"About Edwin Finley" (PP; 20 June 1835)
"About Labor & Property" (MM; Jan 1841)
"About the Slave Trade" (SL; 1836, #2)
"Address of a Little Slave Boy to His Master's Son" (SL; 1836, #10)
"Address to the Reader" (MM; Jan 1841)
adoption ads (1856)
"Adventures of a 'Merry' Boy" (MM; Feb 1865)
"Adventures of Billy Bump" (MM; 1848-1850)
"The Adventures of Gilbert Go-ahead" (MM; 1851-1856)
"Adventures with Ghosts," by Mrs. Hall (Cab; May 1850)
advertisements for Dr. Brown's Baby-Tender (MM; June & July 1865)
advertisement for The New York Tribune (MM; Oct 1857)
advertisements for Our Young Folks & Robert Merry's Museum (YC; 12 Jan 1865)
advertisement for Tuttle's Emporium (Cab; Jan 1854)
"Advice to a Young Lady," in The Pearl (1837)
"Aesop" (SL; 1836, #8)
"The Afflicted Mother (SL; 1836, #8)
"The African Princess" (SL; 1836, #2)
"Against Anger, and Impatience" (SL; 1839, #38)
"The Age of a Turtle," in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
"Alfred Poole" (MM; May 1845)
"Allie's Christmas Eve," by "Lillie Linden" (MM; Feb 1865)
American Children's Periodicals, 1789-1872, by Pat Pflieger
"The American Flag," by Mrs. P. A. Hanaford (S&S; July 1865)
The American Spelling Book, by Noah Webster (1800?)
"Among the Studios, no. 3," by T. B. Aldrich & Winslow Homer (OYF; July 1866)
"Amy's Holiday" (Cab; Sept 1850)
"Anna's Picture," by "Florence," in The Token (1836)
announcement of merger (MM; Nov 1872)
"Another Story for Boys," by Orpha (YC; Jan 7, 1846)
"The Apple and the Chestnut" (SL; 1836, #2)
"The Arabian Nights" (Cab; Sept 1850)
"The Army of the American Eagle" (LC; July 1865)
"Art of Pen Making" (PP; 13 Sept 1834)
"At Grandma's Bedside," by Edgar Fawcett & Mary Ann Hallock (OYF; May 1870)
assassination of Abraham Lincoln (YC; 1865)
"The Atlantic Telegraph" (MM; Oct 1858)
"The Atlantic Telegraph" (S&S; Oct 1858)
"The Aurora Borealis," by "Francis" (YMAG; April 14, 1837)
"Authorcraft" (Littell's Living Age; 1846)

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"Baby Education" (1861)
"Bayler Cooley's Family" (SL; 1836, #11)
"Beadle's Dime Books" (1864; North American Review)
"The Beautiful Slave" (YMAG; Sept 1837)
"The Beautiful School-Girl," by Caroline Gilman, in The Pearl (1837)
The Behaviour Book, by Eliza Leslie (1853)
"Benevolence" (SL; 1837?, #16)
"The Best Girl in School," by Phoebe H. Phelps (S&S; Oct 1864)
annotated bibliographies on various subjects, including 19th-century children, their books, and social history; works by Jacob Abbot; and works on and by Samuel Griswold Goodrich
"Bird-Catching," by R. H. Stoddard & Winslow Homer (OYF; Aug 1867)
"Birth, Nursing, & Education of Infants; Education & Amusements of Youths," by John Dunn Hunter (1824)
extract from Blair's Outlines of Chronology (1825)
"Blessings of Work," by Julia E. McConaughy (MM; May 1863)
"The Blind Boy," by M. E. L., in The Pearl (1837)
"The Bond Slave" (SL; 1836, #1)
"Bones of a Mastodon" (Cab; July 11, 1839)
"Books," by Lydia Maria Child (1831)
Books by Jacob Abbott
Books by Samuel Goodrich
"Books for Children" (1828; American Annals of Education)
"Booth and Bad Literature" (YC; 11 May 1865)
"The Boy Who Loved Truth," by Julia A. Fletcher (YC; 26 June 1846)
"The Boys' Fourth-of-July," by Julia Pratt Ballard (MM; July 1865)
"Boys of Sixteen" (YC; Aug 19, 1847)
"The Boys We Want" (SL; 1837?, #16)
"Bread Upon the Water," by T.S. Arthur (YC; Nov 30, 1848)
"The Bride," by Lydia Sigourney, in The Token (1836)
"The Brothers," by Lydia H. Sigourney, in The Pearl (1837)
Buds, Blossoms, and Leaves, by "Eulalie" [Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon] (1854)
"The Burial Place," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
The Business of Robert Merry's Museum
"The Busy Bee" (YC; Aug 10, 1831)
"The Busy Knitter," by William Oland Bourne (Cab; Aug 1851)

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"Caesar and Jubal" (SL; 1837?, #16)
"The Capture of Savannah" (YC; Jan 5, 1865
"Carrier's Address" (MM; Jan 1855)
"Carrier's Address" (MM; Jan 1856)
"The Cart-Whip" (SL; 1837?, #16)
"Case of Conviction," by Francis Wayland (1831)
"Caspar Hauser" (PP; 30 Mar 1833)
"Caspar Hauser" (MM; Oct 1850)
"The Change of the Seasons" (MM; Nov 1850)
"Charles Ball's Mother" (SL; 1837?, #16)
charts for speakers, from The Schoolmate (SC)
editorial on the Chicago Fire (MM; Nov 1871)
"Child's Creed" (SL; 1836, #2)
"Child's Grief," by Mary Ann (YC; April 2, 1846)
"Children, from One to Three Years of Age" (1861)
Children & changing times (YC; 1865)
"Children and Children's Parties," by S.B.S. (1853)
"Children's Books of the Year" (1866; North American Review)
"Children's Magazines" (1873)
"Children's Rights," by "Fanny Fern" (1853)
"The Children's 'Robert Merry' and the Late John N. Stearns, by William Hoyt Coleman (1895)
"The Chinese in California," by Lucy St. John (MM; Feb 1870)
"The Choice of Companions" (repr Sunday School Journal; YC; October 12, 1831)
"Choosing the Right Path: Didacticism in the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Books," by Pat Pflieger (1986)
"The Christmas Tree," by Mrs. G., in The Pearl (1837)
"City and Country," by A. D. Woodbridge, in The Pearl (1837)
"The City Girl," by "Gail Hamilton" (Abigail Dodge) (OYF; March 1865)
"Clara Sinclair," by Caroline Gilman (Cab; Sept 1850)
"Clara's Medal," by Christie Pearl (S&S; Sept 1864)
"Clement Clarke Moore and 'A Visit from St. Nicholas,'" by Pat Pflieger (2001)
"Clothing for Girls," by G. M. J. (1853)
Titus Munson Coane reads Peter Parley (1877)
"The Cold Snap of January 10th," by William Hoyt Coleman (MM; Mar 1859)
"The Collection Box" (SL; 1836, #1)
"The Color-Bearer," by John Townsend Trowbridge (OYF; Jan 1865)
"The Comet" [Comet Donati] (MM; Oct 1858)
"The Comet" [Comet Donati] (MM; Nov 1858)
"Confectioners" (PP; July 1836)
"Confessions of a Novel Reader," by "A." (1839; Southern Literary Messenger)
"Confinement of Children in School," by Dr. James Jackson (1845)
"The Conspirators" (YC; 6 July 1865)
"Conversation. To Young Ladies" (1853)
"A Correction" (Cab; Sept 1848)
Cousin Tribulation's story, by Louisa May Alcott (MM; January 1868)
"Crooked Spines in Girls," by Helen C. Lewis (1861; Arthur's Home Magazine)
"A Crooked Tree (MM; Feb 1857)
"Cross Questions and Crooked Answers," by Susanna Newbould (Cab; February 1856)
"Curious Rhymes" (MM; March 1854)

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"Daguerreotypes of the Moon" (SMate; January 1854)
"Dangers of Childhood, and Means of Obviating Them," by George Whippel (1845; The Mother's Assistant)
"Death and the Readers of Robert Merry's Museum," by Pat Pflieger (1994)
"Death of Samuel Goodrich"
"Death of the President" (MM; April 1841)
"Deaths" (SL; 1837?, #16)
"Declamation--Relief for Chicago," by Edward Everett Hale (MM; Nov 1871)
"Deer Hunting," by "Simon Sassafras" (MM; May 1850)
"Degeneracy of Stature", by Thrace Talmon (1856; The National Era)
"Devouring Books" (1835; American Annals of Education)
Dictionary of Americanisms, by John Russell Bartlett (1848)
Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York, by Catherine Elizabeth Havens (1849-1950; published 1920)
"Diligent David," by Francis Forrester (Cab; February 1856)
"Dirk Heldriver" (MM; 1844)
"Distant Worlds" (MM; July 1852)
Ditties for Children, by Nancy Sprout (1828-1843?)
"The Doctor's Little Girl," by C. Alice Baker (MM; 1870)
"Do Your Duty to Your Brothers and Sisters," by Lydia Sigourney (YMAG; July 7, 1837)
"Double Vision: Recycling Illustrations in 19th-Century American Magazines"
"Dr. Kane's Boat--the Faith," by William Hoyt Coleman (MM; Jan 1859)
"Dreaming and Doing," by Mrs. N. McConaughy (MM; Dec 1863)
"Dress and Address," by Nathan Sargent (YC; Dec 30, 1847)
"The Dying Boy," by Mrs. Larned (PP; Jan 1839)
"The Dying Child," by Lydia H. Sigourney, in The Pearl (1837)

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"Early Culture of Children," by G. M. J. (1853)
"Early Training of Children" (1854; Fireside Miscellany)
"Editor's Address to Her Young Readers" (JuvMag; Jan 1788)
editorial (MM; Nov 1872)
editorial comment on July 4, 1865 (MM; July 1865)
editorial from "The Teacher's Desk" (S&S; Feb 1863)
editorial from "The Teacher's Desk" (S&S; July 1865)
editorial on the Chicago Fire (MM; Nov 1871)
"Effie Somers," by W. (YC; May 30, 1850)
"Elva Seeking Her Fortune," by Sophie May (MM; 1865)
"The Elves of the Forest Centre," by Pansy (MM; Jan 1858)
"Epigram," by William Cowper (SL; 1836, #8)
"The Execution" (20 July 1865)
"Exemplary" (YMAG; Oct 1837)
Eye and Ear Notes, by "Uncle James" (James Redpath) (YC; 1865)

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"'Faithful Nellie,'" by F. P. C., in Animals in the Civil War (YC; 1861, 1865)
"Family & Social Reading" (1848; The Mother's Magazine)
"Family Education," by Lavinia Pillsbury (1845; Mother's Assistant)
"The Farmer and Soldier," by Lydia Sigourney (YC; Feb 12, 1846)
February serials (JuvMag; Feb 1788)
"The Female Adviser" (JuvMag; Feb & March 1788)
"Female Education" (1848)
"Female Resources for Writing," by "P. P." (1827; Boston Lyceum)
Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio (series one & two), by "Fanny Fern" (1853)
Review of Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio (ST; Sept 1853)
"Fifteen Young Men" (YC; Sept 13, 1848)
"The Fireside" (PP; March 1839)
"The First Frost of Autumn," by Samuel G. Goodrich, in The Token (1836)
"For My Youngest Readers" (PP; 14 Sept 1833)
"A Former State of This Earth": Fossils in Early American Works for Children (online exhibit; 2008)
"Fossil Foot-Prints" (Mirror; Dec 1849)
"Fossil Shells" (PP; June 7, 1834)
"Fossil Tree in the Coal Rocks" (MM; Dec 1852)
Review of The Fountain (SL; 1836, #10)
The Four Faces of The Student
"The Four Wills" (Cab; Sept 1854)
"Frightened into Seeing," in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
"A Frightened Tiger" (YC; 29 July 1869)
"The Funeral at Sea" (SL; 1836, #8)

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Gala Days, by "Gail Hamilton" (1863)
The gale of September 22-23, 1815 (Connecticut Mirror)
The gale of September 3, 1821 (Connecticut Mirror)
A gallery of magazine covers (1833-1872)
"Gardening for Ladies" (MM; Nov 1863)
"Geology" (Mirror; March 1849)
"George Thompson" (SL; 1836, #8)
"Gertrude of Wyoming," by Thomas Campbell (1809)
"Girl Stealing" (YC; Dec 30, 1847)
"Give Your Child a Paper" (YC; Aug 23, 1855)
"Gleanings and Recollections: The New York Fire," by Eliza Leslie (PP; Jan 1838)
"God, All and in All," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
"God's Knowledge," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
"God's Omnipresence," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
"God is Mighty in Power" (SL; 1837?, #16)
"Going into Business for Himself," by Mrs. P. P. Bonney (YC; 31 Aug 1865)
"The Good Boy" (SL; 1836, #11)
"A Good Girl at School" (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
"The Good Little Girl" (SL; 1836, #1)
"Good Men" (SL; 1836, #11)
"Good Night," by Samuel Goodrich (MM; Oct 1848)
"The Good Old Man" (SL; 1836, #11)
The Good Scholar (1863)
"Gossip of the Month" (1847; Democratic Review)
"The Grateful Indian," by Martha G. (MM; Aug 1862)
"The Great National Tragedy" (YC; 27 April 1865)
"Green Apples" (OYF; Aug 1868), by John Townsend Trowbridge & Winslow Homer

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"Hail, Columbia!" (S&S; Aug 1861)
"Happiest Days," by "Gail Hamilton" (1863)
"A Happy New Year," by Francis Forrester (Cab; Jan 1856)
The Harper Establishment, by Jacob Abbott (1855)
"Hay-Making" (YC; July 23, 1846)
"Heroism" (YC; 12 Oct 1831)
"Hieroglyphical Letter to the Editor" (Cab; Feb 1851)
"Hints for Children" (YC; April 12, 1849)
"Hints to Young Men" (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
The Holiday Book, by Francis C. Woodworth (1853)
"The Horse & the Bells" (MM; June 1841)
"A Horse-car Incident," in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
"How a Man Feels When He is Shot" (YC; Oct 3, 1861)
"How Children Become Slaves" (SL; 1836, #2)
"How Engravings are Made" (LC; Aug 1866)
"How Lead Pencils are Made," in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
"How the Boston Boys Talk," by Oliver Onley (MM; Feb 1859)
"How to Go to School," by H. E. B. (LC; Dec 1866)
"How to Get Up a Mob" (SL; 1839, #38)
"How to Make Boys Love Home" (1861; Arthur's Home Magazine)
"Human Hyaenas" (SL; 1839, #38)
"Hunting Eggs," by Mary Ann Hallock (OYF; Jan 1870)
"Hymn" (SL; 1837?, #16)

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"I Love you, Flowers," by J. H. Mifflin, in The Token (1836)
"I Think I Will Not Change" (YC; April 13, 1848)
"I will Forget Thee"--By B. B. Thatcher, in The Token (1836)
"I'd be a Butterfly" (PP; 28 May 1833)
"Illusions of Earth," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
"Imagination or Affectation" (YC; 13 July 1865)
"In Water Without Wet," in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
"The Inauguration of President Lincoln" (YC; March 9, 1865)
"Independence" (SL; 1837?, #16)
two celebrations of American Independence Day (YC; July 23, 1846)
"Independence Day" (MM; July 1863)
index to Robert Merry's Museum
index to Our Young Folks, 1865-1872
"Indian Youth's Newspaper" (YC; 7 Sept 1854)
"The Indian's Story" (MM; Jan 1850)
"The Indian Arrow-Head," by Mrs. G., in The Pearl (1837)
"The Indians: Week Day School," by Sarah (YC; Aug 12, 1847)
"Industry & Idleness," by William L. Williams (S&S; Nov 1864)
"Interesting Anecdote" (SL; 1836, #11)
"Interview of the Blind with the Deaf and Dumb" (YMAG; April 14, 1837)
"Introduction," by A. D. W., in The Pearl (1837)

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"January" (MM; Jan 1844)
"January" (MM; Jan 1851)
"Join in the Recreation of Your Children," by Stephen T. Allen (1851; The Mother's Magazine)
"John Dunn Hunter," by Samuel Goodrich (1843; Curiosities of Human Nature)
"John Woolman" (SL; 1836, #10)
joke (PP; June 1836)
"Joseph" (SL; 1836, #1)
"July 4, 1865," by "Lulie" (S&S; July 1865)
"Jumping Rabbit's Story" (MM; 1843)
"Juvenile Celebration of Independence" (PP; Aug 1836)

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"A Keen Retort," in Children & changing times (YC; 1865)
"The King of Ashantee" (MM; Mar 1850)
"The Knitters" (YC; Dec 26, 1861)
"Knitting-Work," by Genie M. Wilde (OYF; March 1872)

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The Ladder of Learning (1839)
"The Ladies Wreath"
"Laughing Bill" (Cab; Nov 1850)
Eli Harrison Lee's copybook" (1850s?)
"Left-Handed Billy" (MM; Dec 1850)
The Legendary (1828)
"Letter from an Infant Slave to the Child of Its Mistress" (SL; 1836, #11)
"Letter to My Daughter Margaretta, with a Set of Merry's Museum," by William Ross Wallace (April 1860)
"Letter to the Editor" (YC; Dec 28, 1848)
"Letters About Geology," by "Professor Pickaxe" (ST; 1853)
letters in The Little Corporal about the Chicago Fire (LC)
letters from subscribers to Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet (1856-1857)
"Liberty" (MM; Dec 1842), by Samuel Goodrich
"The Liberty Bell" (SL; 1836, #2)
"Life; its Seasons," by C. W. Everett, in The Token (1836)
"Life & the Seasons" (Boston Pearl; March 1, 1834)
"Life beyond the Mountains," in The Token (1836)
"Life in the Woods" (YC; July 19, 1849)
"Lines, on the Death of W.," by S. (YC; Jan 14, 1846)
"The Literary Gazette," Emaline Wicks & J. V. H. Scoville (1861)
"A Literary Man in Distress," by "Literatus" (1856; New-York Daily Tribune)
"The Little Archer," by Anna Bache, in The Pearl (1837)
"The Little Colored Boy" (SL; 1836, #8)
"Little Edward" (YC; Feb 8, 1832)
"A Little Girl Who was Burned to Death" (YC; Jan 11, 1832)
"The Little Prisoners" (SL; 1836, #2)
"Little Richard" (SL; 1836, #1)
"The Little Sailor" (SL; 1836, #2)
"Little Slave's Complaint" (SL; 1836, #11)
"Little Susan, the Poor-House Girl," by J. A. (YC; Aug 12, 1847)
"The Little Thief" (SL; 1836, #10)
"The Little Wood-Cutter" (PP; April 13, 1833)
"Living in an Omnibus," by Louisa May Alcott (MM; Oct 1867)
"The Lottery Ticket" (MM; 1844)
"Love of Nature (1853; The Mother's Assistant)
Love Triumphant; or, Constancy Rewarded, by Abner Reed (1797)
"Lucy Nelson, the Boy-Girl," by Eliza Leslie (YC; Nov 30, 1831)

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"The Mammoth" (MM; Nov 1841)
marriages & deaths in Providence, Rhode Island (JG; 1827-1828)
Mary Newell's letter (1850)
"The May Pole of Merry Mount," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1836)
"Meekness" (SL; 1836, #8)
Memoirs of a Captivity Among the Indians of North America, by John Dunn Hunter (3rd. ed, 1824)
memorial page for Adelbert Older (Feb 1865), with poetry by Belle P. R. and Adelbert Older
Meteors and the Leonids of 1833, by Samuel Goodrich (1843)
"The Mico Schools" (SL; 1839, #38)
"Midnight," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
"The Minister's Black Veil," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1836)
"The Miser and His Dinner" (Cab; Sept 1854)
"Miss Before Teens," by Giles M'Quiggen (YC; Sept 23, 1847)
"Mob in Philadelphia" (SL; 1839, #38)
"Mobs" (SL; 1839, #38)
"The Moon" (MM; June 1841)
"Moral Poisons: The Antidote" (1845; The Mother's Magazine), by F. C. W.
"The Morality of Pictures" (1845; The Mother's Assistant and the Young Lady's Friend), by William A. Alcott
"More About the Fire" (LC; Dec 1871)
"The Mother and Babe" (SL; 1837?, #16)
"A Mother's Anger," by Caroline Gilman, in The Pearl (1837)
"Mr. Durant" (PP; 14 Sept 1833)
"Mrs. Warner's Prejudice," by Lesina (YC; Aug 16, 1855)
"My First Whistle" (MM; Jan 1841), by Samuel Goodrich
"My Fortune's Made," by Mary Alexina Smith (YC; Nov 23, 1848)
"My Gentle Girl," by James Nack, in The Pearl (1837)
"My Mother," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
"My Own Life & Adventures," by "Robert Merry" (MM; 1841-1842)
"My Schoolmates: The Contrast," by Abby (YC; June 5, 1846)
"My Schoolmates: The Inquirer," by Abbie (YC; June 12, 1846)
"My Schoolmates: The Victim," by Abbie (YC; June 19, 1846)
"My Schoolmates: The Widow," by Abbie (YC; June 26, 1846)
"My Schoolmates: Kate Kennedy," by Abby (YC; July 2, 1846)
"My Schoolmates: The Sensitive Plant," by Abbie (YC; July 9, 1846)

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"Names of Different Kinds of Type" (MM; Mar 1842)
"Narrow Escape from a Bear" (PP; 27 April 1833)
"Natural history plates" (MM; 1841)
"Near 307 Stolen Children" (SL; 1837?, #16)
"Neglected Children" (YC; Feb 23, 1865)
"The Negro Boy's Petition" (SL; 1836, #2)
"Negro Quickness to Learn," in Children & changing times (YC; 1865)
"Negro Songs--American Music," by Ser. Longley (Western Gem; Oct 1853)
"The New Year" (MM; Jan 1842)
New Year's address (PP; Jan 1838)
"A New Year's Address" (MM; Jan 1846)
"A New-Year's Bow" (MM; Jan 1843)
"New Year's Day," by Catherine Sedgwick, in The Token (1836)
"New Year's Morning" (MM; Jan 1859)
"A New Year's Salutation" (MM; Jan 1849)
"A New-Year's Welcome" (MM; Jan 1864)
"Gleanings and Recollections: The New York Fire," by Eliza Leslie (PP; Jan 1838)
"Niagara River," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
"Night," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
"The Nine Mothers" (SL; 1836, #10)
"The Noble Negro," by Hannah More (SL; 1836, #1)
"The Noble Negro," by Hannah More (YMAG; Sept 1837)
"Not Complimentary to Utah" (YC; Oct 28, 1869)
Notices of Robert Merry's Museum in other periodicals
"Novel Reading" (1853; The Western Gem)
"Novel Writers and Publishers," by M. M. Backus (1844; Christian Parlor Magazine)
"Novels, Their Meaning and Mission" (1854; Putnam's Monthly)
"Novels and Novel-Reading," by Rev. J. T. Crane (1869)
"Novels and Romances" (1820; The Guardian; or Youth's Religious Instructor)
"Nursery Rhymes: A Dialogue" (MM; Aug 1846)

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"Of What is the Alphabet Composed?," by Mattie Bell (MM; July 1858)
"The Old School House," by J. A. (YC; Nov 15, 1849)
"Old Times & New," by Margaret (MM; Aug 1858)
"On Novel Reading" (1820; The Guardian; or Religious Instructor)
"An 'Online Community' of the Nineteenth Century," by Pat Pflieger (2001)
"The Opera Cloak" (YC; 6 June 1861)
"The Picture Gallery: Organic Remains" (Cab; Dec 9, 1841)
Other people's web sites
"Our Exchanged Prisoners" (YC; Jan 5, 1865)
"Our Heroic Dead" (S&S; Feb 1863)

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Parley's Story of the Little Gardener, by Samuel Goodrich (1833)
"Patriotic Eagle" (YC; 9 Aug 1866)
The Pearl; or, Affection's Gift (1837)
"Peter Parley," by L.H. Martin (1897; The Congregationalist)
"Peter Parley," by Donald G. Mitchell (1897)
"'Peter Parley'--As Known to His Daughter," by Emily Goodrich Smith
Peter Parley's Juvenile Tales, by Samuel Goodrich (1836; revised)
Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children, by Samuel Goodrich (1831)
Peter Parley's Short Stories for Long Nights, by Samuel Goodrich (1834)
Peter Parley's Story of the Trapper, by Samuel Goodrich (1829)
Peter Parley's Tales of the Elephant, by Samuel Goodrich (1829)
Peter Parley's Winter Evening Tales, by Samuel Goodrich (1830 & 1855)
"Petrified Forest on the Nile" (YPMag; March 1846)
"Petrified Forests" (JR; May 16, 1832)
photos of children
"Physical Education of Children" (1853)
Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
"The Picture Gallery: Organic Remains" (Cab; Dec 9, 1841)
"A Picture Story of the Chicago Fire" (Jan 1872)
"Pictures of Various Nations (MM; 1844)
Places to visit early 19th-century America
"Placing a Daughter at School," by Motte Hall (ST; Nov 1853)
a planetary alignment (MM; June 1871)
"Pleasant and Profitable" (YC; Aug 27, 1846)
poem (MM; Jan 1846)
poem about Sarah Bishop, by Samuel G. Goodrich (1823)
two poems for July 4, 1865) (MM; July 1865)
"The Poor Innocents" (SL; 1836, #2)
"The Poor Little Slave" (SL; 1839, #38)
"The Poor Mother" (SL; 1836, #11)
Popular Amusements, by J. T. Crane (1869)
"Popular Similes" (YC; Nov 30, 1848)
"The Prairies of Kansas," by Francis Woodworth (Cab; Nov 1856)
"The Praying Child" (SL; 1836, #10)
"The Praying Children" (SL; 1837?, #16)
"Precocious Children," by Samuel Goodrich (1844)
"Preface" (CMag; Jan 1789)
"Prejudice Against Color" (SL; 1836, #10)
"The Pretty Robin" (SL; 1836, #8)
"Pretty Sight" (SL; 1839, #38)
"Professor Morse" (Cab; April 1848)
"Prognostications of the Weather" (MM; Nov 1844)
"'Property'" (SL; 1839, #38)
"Prospectus" (PP; 16 Mar 1833)
"The Protegee," by Eliza Leslie, in The Pearl (1837)
"Public Auction!" (SL; 1836, #8)
"Pukkwana," by Susanna Newbould (MM; April 1858)
"Puss in the Mass. 27th," in Animals in the Civil War (YC; 1861, 1865)
Puzzles (1842-1871)

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Reaction to Felix Summerly's attack on Peter Parley (1844)
"Reading for Young Ladies" (YMAG; July 7, 1837)
"Reading is Not Thinking" (YMAG; May 26, 1837)
"The Reading of Young Ladies" (1836; American Magazine of Useful Knowledge)
Recipe for curds and whey (1828)
Recipes from The Kentucky Housewife, by Lettice Bryan (1839)
Recipes from The Virginia Housewife, by Mary Randolph (1860)
Recollections of a Lifetime, Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1856)
"'Relics of the Fire'" (LC; March 1872)
"Declamation--Relief for Chicago," by Edward Everett Hale (MM; Nov 1871)
"Remarks on Children's Play," by Oliver Kendall, jr (JG; 1828)
"Reminiscences of a Rag" (MM; 1844)
René, by Françoise-René Chateaubriand; translated by Samuel G. Goodrich (Connecticut Spectator; 1814)
"Renny's Uniform" (MM; 1862)
"Repining and Repentance" (YC; Feb 12, 1846)
Review of John Greenleaf Whittier's Illustrated Ballads of New England (YC; Nov 1869)
Contemporary reviews of some of Samuel Goodrich's books
Review of Oliver Optic's Books for Boys (1872)
rewards of merit
"Riddle," by Samuel Goodrich (MM; June 1853)
The Riddle Book (1826)
The Riddle Book (1828)
"Robert Merry's Museum and the Lure of the Sensational," by Pat Pflieger
"Robin Red-Breast" (SL; 1836, #8)
Rogers groups in the Little Corporal (1867)
Rollo Learning to Read, by Jacob Abbott (1835)
Rollo's Travels, by Jacob Abbott (1839; rev 1855)
"Rose and Miss Belle," by Catharine Sedgwick (SL; 1836, #10)
"Routed But Not Conquered" (LC; Dec 1871)
"Rules for Winter" (YC; Jan 3, 1861)
"Rules to Observe When You Take a Gun in Your Hand," in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
"Ruth and Naomi," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
Ruth Hall, by "Fanny Fern" (1854)

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"S. G. Goodrich," by J. C. Derby (1884)
"Sabbath Scholar Drowned" (YC; Sept 13, 1849)
"The Sail-Boat," by Anna Bache, in The Pearl (1837)
"Samuel Griswold Goodrich" (Southern Literary Messenger; 1841)
Scenes in My Native Land, by Lydia H. Sigourney (1844)
"The School-Mistress," by M. W. D. (YC; Sept 13, 1849)
"The Schoolboy" (JuvMag; April & June 1788)
"The Schoolboy" (CMag; April 1789)
"Self-Denial, or, The Two Cousins" (YC; Jan 7, 1847)
"Selling Slaves by the Pound" (SL; 1836, #1)
"The Sewing-Machine" (MM; Jan 1857)
"Shine Yer Boots?" in Children & changing times (YC; 1865)
"The Shoes," by J. A. (YC; Sept 23, 1847)
"A Siberian Winter" (Cab; Aug 1851)
"Signers of the Declaration of Independence," by Ralph Wilson (Mar 1859)
"Silent Companion" (PP; 30 Mar 1833)
"Simple Gratitude," in Children & changing times (YC; 1865)
"Singular Adventure of a Lost Child" (YC; Aug 23, 1855)
"Sissy's Ride in the Moon," by Annette Bishop & Mary Ann Hallock (OYC; Nov 1869)
"The Skater's Song" (Cab; Jan 1849)
"Skating--Woman's Rights," by William C. Cutter (MM; Feb 1857)
"Slave-Holder" (SL; 1836, #10)
"A Slave Ship," by W. L. G. (SL; 1836, #10)
"The Slave Trader" (SL; 1836, #11)
"Slave Vessels" (SL; 1836, #11)
"A Slave's Cabin" (SL; 1837?, #16)
"A Slave's Dream" (SL; 1837?, #16)
"Snake Fascination" (YC; Aug 24, 1854)
"The Snow-Bird" (MM; Feb 1848)
"The Snow Storm" (YC; Feb 12 1846)
"A Soldier To-night is Our Guest" (YC; Aug 10, 1865)
"The Song of the Snow-Bird" (MM; Jan 1858)
"The Spelling Lesson" (Cab; Feb 1851)
"The Spendthrift Doll," by Sarah Orne Jewett (MM; Feb 1871)
"Spring Whistles," by Lucy Larcom & Mary Ann Hallock (OYF; May 1870)
"The Squirrel" (MM; Dec 1841)
"Statistics" (SL; 1836, #1)
"The Stars and Stripes," by John A. Andrews (S&S; July 1861)
"A Step from the Altar to the Tomb," by J. E. E. (YC; Sept 13, 1849)
"Stephen to Mary," by Stephen Ricks (SL; 1836, #10)
"The Stolen Girls" (YC; June 10, 1847)
Stories by Jack Mason, the Old Sailor, by Francis Woodworth (1851)
Stories for Children, by Cousin Sarah (1850-1853?)
Stories of Rainbow and Lucky: Handie, by Jacob Abbott (1859)
Stories of Rainbow and Lucky: Rainbow's Journey, by Jacob Abbott (1859)
Stories of Rainbow and Lucky: The Three Pines, by Jacob Abbott (1860)
Stories of Rainbow and Lucky: Selling Lucky, by Jacob Abbott (1860)
Stories of Rainbow and Lucky: Up the River, by Jacob Abbott (1860)
"Story of Peter Brown" (PP; 20 June 1835)
"Story of Philip Brusque" (MM; 1841-1842)
"A Story of the Revolution" (MM; Aug 1844)
"Strawberries," by John Townsend Trowbridge & Winslow Homer (OYF; July 1868)
"The Strawberry Woman," by T. S. Arthur (YC; Sept 9, 1847)
"Supporting One's Self" (SL; 1839, #38)
"The Sweep and the Tombstones" (SL; 1836, #8)
"Swimming," in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
"Swinging on a Birch-Tree," by Lucy Larcom & Winslow Homer (OYF; June 1867)

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"Tearing Open the Rosebud" (YC; June 8, 1848)
"The Telegraph Cable," by Laura Elmer (MM; Nov 1858)
"The Telegraph Foretells the Weather," in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
"The Terrified Sailors" (PP; Mar 16, 1833)
"Texts" (SL; 1836, #8)
"Texts on Slavery" (SL; 1836, #1)
"The Thankful Child" (SL; 1836, #1)
"Thanksgiving Memories," by Francis Woodworth (Cab; Oct 1856)
"Thief and Robber" (SL; 1836, #10)
Things We Know that Ain't Quite So, regarding 19th-century American culture
Thomas Nast pictures the Little Corporal (LC; Dec 1871)
"Three Little Boys in Prison," by Charles Holden (1844)
three little poems for little readers (MM; 1843)
"The Three Sceptres," by Sarah Josepha Hale, in The Token (1836)
"Thy Will Be Done," by W. (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
"To ***," in The Token (1836)
"To a Lady," by R., in The Token (1836)
"To a Lady," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
"To a Little Girl," in The Pearl (1837)
"To A. S.," in The Pearl (1837)
"To Our Young Female Readers" (PP; Feb 1836)
"To the Boy Who Will Be President of the United States A. D. 1900" (MM; April 1863), by Samuel Wilson
"To the Public" (PP; 16 March 1833)
"To the Departing Comet" (American Monthly Magazine; Jan 1836)
To the readers, by Oliver Kendall, jr (JG; 24 Nov 1827)
Reviews & contents of The Token (1828-1842)
The Token and Atlantic Souvenir (1836)
"Tomo and the Wild Lakes," by Rev. John Todd (YC; July 19, 1849)
"Too Good to Be True: 150 Years of Mary Sue," by Pat Pflieger
"Touching Expression" (YC; 19 July 1849)
"Treatment of Children at School," by Dr. S. B. Woodward (1845)
"True Courage," by "Aunt Kate" (YC; 3 Aug 1854)
"A True Story" (reprinted; YC; March 23, 1865)
"Trust in God" (SL; 1836, #10)
Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
"Turn About, Fair Play," by Augusta Moore (YC; April 13, 1865)
Sarah Tuttle's scrapbook (1834-1860s)
"The Two Burials," by Julia Pratt Ballard (MM; Nov 1867)
The Two Doves & the Owl, by Samuel Goodrich (1821)
Two pieces about books (ST; Feb 1854)
Two pieces about fireworks (PP; Sept & Oct 1836)
"Two Ways of Being Manly," by F. W. A. P. (MM; 1868)

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"Uncle David," by Catherine Sedgwick, in The Pearl (1837)
"Uncle Frank in Kansas," by Francis Woodworth (Cab; June 1856)
"Uncle Hiram's Pilgrimage," by William C. Cutter (M; 1857-1860)
"'Uncle' Peter Parley," by William Oliver Stevens (1925)
"Unella," by Madge (MM; June 1865)
"Unhappy Elopement" (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
"The Union" (S&S; Jan 1861)
"Universal Prayer," in Eliza Piatt's copybook (1845)
"Unnatural Children" (YC; Nov 22, 1849)

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The Vagabond (1819)
"Vanity Punished" (YC; Sept 9, 1847)
"A Very Odd Grandfather" (MM; Nov 1852)
"The Veteran Eagle," by Maria S. Cummins (OYF; Oct 1866)
"The Veteran Eagle: A Correction" (LC; Nov 1866)
"The Veteran Eagle; and What the Children Did," by Alfred Sewell (LC; Dec 1866)
"The Veteran's Farewell," by "Blue-Eyed Lora" (MM; Feb 1865)
"Vicious Novels: Cause of Their Increase," by F. C. W. (1845; The Mother's Magazine)
"The Veritable Peter Parley" (Brother Jonathan; 12 Feb 1842)
"Victory at Last," by C. C. (MM; July 1865)
"A Visit from St. Nicholas," by Clement Clarke Moore (various)
"A Visit to 'Merry's Museum'; or, Social Values in a 19th-Century American Periodical for Children," by Pat Pflieger (1987; 2001)
"The Volunteer's Thanksgiving," by Lucy Larcom (OYF; Jan 1865)
"The Voyage of the Salt Mackerel," by Charles Barnard (MM; 1872)

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"Walks About Boston: The Indians" (PP; Jan 1836)
Lew Wallace reads Peter Parley (1906)
Wallpapers at merrycoz.org
"The Wanderer's Return," by M. W. D. (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
"War and Glory," by Samuel Johnson (YMAG; July 7, 1837)
"The War in Florida" (MM; Feb 1842)
"Washington" (SL; 1836, #2)
"Washington--A Dialogue" (SL; 1836, #10)
"Watching the Crows," by John Townsend Trowbridge & Winslow Homer (OYF; June 1868)
"The Water-melon Boats" (YC; Aug 12, 1847)
"The Waverly Novels" (Connecticut Mirror; Aug 23, 1824)
"Wealth and Fashion," in The Token (1836)
"The Wedding Knell," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1836)
"What a Bore!," by Helen C. Weeks (YC; Feb 2, 1871)
"What an Iron Bar Became," in Children & changing times (YC; 1865)
"What Ben and the Twins Did for Chicago," by Sara Conant (Dec 1871)
"What Books Shall I Read?" (1845; The Mother's Assistant and the Young Lady's Friend), by Simon Brown
"What Cashmere Shawls are Made Of," in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
"What Does Johnny Read?" (LC; Jan 1872)
"What is a Darling?" (MM; Oct 1862)
"What the Steam Engine Does" (YC; July 19, 1849)
What this site is about
"White and Colored Slaves (Harper's Weekly; Jan 30, 1864)
"White Slaves (YC; March 9, 1865)
"Who Filled the Coal Hole?" (PP; Feb 1843)
"Who Wants $4 a Day?" (MM; Mar 1862)
"Who was Peter Parley?," by Francis Parsons (1922)
"Who Will Make a Good Wife" (YC; May 30, 1850)
"Why Do They Treat the Slaves So?" (SL; 1836, #1)
"Why Have the Indians Disappeared?" (MM; Jan 1862)
William and Eliza; or, The Visit (1841-1844?)
"William, the Negro Boy," by Jane L. Gray (Cab; April 1849)
"Willie Lincoln," by Emily J. Bugbee (LC; July 1865)
"Wishes," by Anna Bache, in The Pearl (1837)
Woman's Rights, John Todd (1867)
Woman's Wrongs, "Gail Hamilton (1868)
"Wonders of Geology" (MM; Jan 1842)
extract from Wonders of Geology, by Samuel Goodrich (1845)
"Wonders of Geology," by William Buckland (MM; Dec 1848)
"Wonders of Geology" (SMate; March 1852)
"Wood Engraving" (Cab; April 1848)
Wool-Gathering, by "Gail Hamilton" [Abigail Dodge] (1867)
"Working Girls" (MM; Oct 1863)
"The Would-be Lady and the True One," by Mrs. P. P. Bonney (YC; March 16, 1865)

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"Yankee Energy" (MM; Sept 1841)
"The Year After the Fire" (LC; Nov 1872)
"You Will Be Wanted" (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
"Young Italy in Boston," by "Stella" (MM; Jan 1870)
"Young Men," by Charlotte Gilman (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
"The Young Phrenologist," by John Neal, in The Token (1836)
"A Young Savage," by A. Perry (MM; Nov 1870)