At merrycoz.org,
a hurrah for years ending in 1
Earth & sky take attention, as the New Madrid earthquake shifts the course of a river & a Great Comet
(aren’t they all?) is visible into 1812.
A hurricane hits Philadelphia & New York City; & Samuel Griswold Goodrich looks to nature for chapbook stories.
Francis Wayland shows some unnatural parental tendencies; the
Youth’s Companion tries to change the natural tendencies of its readers; Nathaniel Hawthorne debuts some stories; the printer of a collection of anecdotes shows an unnaturally poor grasp of proofreading; & Samuel Griswold Goodrich publishes a charming illustration of the mastodon skeleton displayed in Charles Willson Peale’s natural history museum.
- The Token
- Truth, 1st ed., William J. Snelling
- Beauties of Sentiment
- “Case of Conviction,” by Francis Wayland
- “Books,” Lydia Maria Child
- “The Busy Bee” (Youth’s Companion, August 10)
- “The Choice of Companions” (Youth’s Companion, October 12)
- “Heroism” (Youth’s Companion, October 12)
- “Lucy Nelson, the Boy-Girl,” by Eliza Leslie (Youth’s Companion, November 30)
- Peale’s mastodon skeleton, in The Child’s First Book of History
Robert Merry’s Museum gives readers a look at natural history & human frailties;
Youth’s Cabinet joins the
Museum in explaining prehistoric creatures; a lady from Boston show us the life of an unnaturally well-bred girl; & Samuel Griswold Goodrich proves that you can never have too much of a really good picture of a mastodon skeleton.
Gilbert begins his headlong travels through Asia; &
Woodworth’s Youth’s Cabinet makes the case for central
heating.
As the U. S. falls headlong into civil war, American periodicals for & by children sharpen their readers’ sense of patriotism.
A new American writer begins her career as the planets align, Chicago burns, former slaves create new lives, & New York City begins to shape a new environment underground; and—yay!—more about mammoths!
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