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ART, ARTWORK, & ARTISTS
ROGERS GROUPS; JOHN ROGERS (artist)
AMATEUR ART
ASTRONOMY; ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS
AURORA BOREALIS; NORTHERN LIGHTS
MOON
COMETS
DONATI’S COMET; COMET DONATI
HALLEY’S COMET; COMET HALLEY
METEORS; LEONIDS
APPAREL
CLOTHING
CLOTHING OF GIRLS
CLOTHING IN LITERATURE
MAKING CLOTHING
KNITTING
SEWING
SEWING IMPLEMENTS: STRAIGHT PIN
WEAVING; HOMESPUN
JEWELRY
CONCEPTS
DEFINING BEAUTY
DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION
COMMUNITY; COMMUNITIES; COMPUTERS & CYBERCOMMUNITIES
COUNTRY LIFE & CITY LIFE; RURAL LIFE & URBAN LIFE
FREEDOM
WAR
- “Passage of the Beresina,” by Lydia Sigourney, in The Token (1833)
- “The Three Sceptres,” by Sarah Josepha Hale, in The Token (1836)
- “The Brothers,” by Lydia H. Sigourney, in The Pearl (1837)
- “War and Glory,” by Samuel Johnson (YMAG; July 7, 1837)
- “The Farmer and Soldier,” by Lydia Sigourney (YC; Feb 12, 1846)
MILITARY LIFE; SOLDIERS; ARMY
ECONOMICS
BAD USE OF MONEY
GOOD USE OF MONEY
PAYING WHAT IS OWED
POVERTY & THE POOR
- “Visit of Poor Relations,” by Frances E. I. Calderon de la Barca, in The Token (1833)
- Parley’s Story of the Little Gardener, by Samuel Goodrich (1833)
- “The Cobbler of Brusa: A Turkish Tale,” in The Token (1835)
- “The Protegee,” by Eliza Leslie, in The Pearl (1837)
- “The Snow Storm” (YC; Feb 12 1846)
- “Little Susan, the Poor-House Girl,” by J. A. (YC; Aug 12, 1847)
- Fern Leaves from Fanny’s Portfolio (series one & two), by “Fanny Fern” (1853)
- “Uncle Hiram’s Pilgrimage,” by William C. Cutter (M; 1857-1860)
- Stories of Rainbow and Lucky: Handie, by Jacob Abbott (1859)
- “Living in an Omnibus,” by Louisa May Alcott (MM; Oct 1867)
- Cousin Tribulation’s story, by Louisa May Alcott (MM; Jan 1868)
- “Young Italy in Boston,” by “Stella” (MM; Jan 1870)
- “Lines,” by “Cleon,” in “The Ladies Wreath”
WEALTH
IMPERMANENCE OF WEALTH
EDUCATION; SCHOOLS; SCHOOL LIFE
- “The Schoolboy” (JuvMag; April & June 1788)
- “The Schoolboy” (CMag; April 1789)
- “Prospectus” (PP; 16 Mar 1833)
- “To the Public” (PP; 16 March 1833)
- “Duties of Winter,” by F. W. P. Greenwood, in The Token (1835)
- “The Reading of Young Ladies” (1836; American Magazine of Useful Knowledge)
- “To A. S.,” in The Pearl (1837)
- “Alfred Poole” (MM; May 1845)
- “Confinement of Children in School,” by Dr. James Jackson (1845)
- “Treatment of Children at School,” by Dr. S. B. Woodward (1845)
- “Female Education” (1848)
- “School Learning,” by Helen C. Knight (1849)
- Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York, by Catherine Elizabeth Havens (1849-1850; published 1920)
- “Conversation. To Young Ladies” (1853)
- “Love of Nature (1853; The Mother’s Assistant)
- “Parental Duties,” by J. W. Guernsey (1853; The Mother’s Assistant)
- rewards of merit
- “Education,” in “The Literary Gazette,” Emaline Wicks & J. V. H. Scoville (1861)
- The Good Scholar (1863)
- “How to Go to School,” by H. E. B. (LC; Dec 1866)
- “A Young Savage,” by A. Perry (MM; Nov 1870)
IN LITERATURE
- “Story of Peter Brown” (PP; 20 June 1835)
- “About Edwin Finley” (PP; 20 June 1835)
- “The Sweep and the Tombstones” (SL; 1836, #8)
- “The Protegee,” by Eliza Leslie, in The Pearl (1837)
- “Reading for Young Ladies” (YMAG; July 7, 1837)
- The Ladder of Learning (1839)
- “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)
- “The Boy Who Loved Truth,” by Julia A. Fletcher (YC; 26 June 1846)
- “My Schoolmates: Kate Kennedy,” by Abby (YC; July 2, 1846)
- “My Schoolmates: The Sensitive Plant,” by Abbie (YC; July 9, 1846)
- “The School-Mistress,” by M. W. D. (YC; Sept 13, 1849)
- “Amy’s Holiday” (Cab; Sept 1850)
- “The Spelling Lesson” (Cab; Feb 1851)
- “Placing a Daughter at School,” by Motte Hall (ST; Nov 1853)
- “True Courage,” by “Aunt Kate” (YC; 3 Aug 1854)
- “Mrs. Warner’s Prejudice,” by Lesina (YC; Aug 16, 1855)
- “Clara’s Medal,” by Christie Pearl (S&S; Sept 1864)
- “The Best Girl in School,” by Phoebe H. Phelps (S&S; Oct 1864)
- “Industry & Idleness,” by William L. Williams (S&S; Nov 1864)
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS
EDUCATION OF THE HEARING IMPAIRED
EDUCATION OF NATIVE-AMERICANS
SUBJECTS STUDIED
STUDYING
TEACHERS
FEELINGS
ANTICIPATION
FRIENDS; FRIENDSHIP
FALSE FRIENDS
PEER PRESSURE
LOVE & ROMANCE
- Love Triumphant; or, Constancy Rewarded, by Abner Reed (1797)
- “Love and Care,” in The Token (1832)
- “Philosophy,” by John O. Sargent, as Charles Sherry, in The Token (1832)
- “The Fountain of Love,” in The Token (1833)
- “Life,” in The Token (1833)
- “The Philosopher to His Love,” by Oliver Wendell Holmes, in The Token (1833)
- “Consolation,” by John O. Sargent as Lawrence Manners, in The Token (1835)
- “The Cottage Girl,” by John O. Sargent as V. V. Ellis, in The Token (1835)
- “Sonnet,” by John O. Sargent, in The Token (1835)
- “To a Lady Who Called Me Capricious,” by John O. Sargent, in The Token (1835)
- “To E.,” in The Token (1835)
- “I will Forget Thee”—By B. B. Thatcher, in The Token (1836)
- “Wealth and Fashion,” in The Token (1836)
- “The Wedding Knell,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1836)
- “New Year’s Day,” by Catherine Sedgwick, in The Token (1836)
- “Reminiscences of a Rag” (MM; 1844)
- “The School-Mistress,” by M. W. D. (YC; Sept 13, 1849)
- “Unhappy Elopement” (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
- “The Four Wills” (Cab; Sept 1854)
- Norwood, by Henry Ward Beecher (1868)
GENDER
FEMALE; GIRLS & WOMEN
- “The Female Adviser” (JuvMag; Feb & March 1788)
- “Female Resources for Writing,” by “P. P.” (1827; Boston Lyceum)
- “Lucy Nelson, the Boy-Girl,” by Eliza Leslie (YC; Nov 30, 1831)
- “Joan of Arc,” by Frances E. I. Calderon de la Barca, in The Token (1833)
- Sarah Tuttle’s scrapbook (1834-1860s)
- “The Broken Merchant,” by Sarah Josepha Hale, in The Token (1835)
- “The Reading of Young Ladies” (1836; American Magazine of Useful Knowledge)
- “To Our Young Female Readers” (PP; Feb 1836)
- “To a Little Girl,” in The Pearl (1837)
- “My Gentle Girl,” by James Nack, in The Pearl (1837)
- “The Beautiful School-Girl,” by Caroline Gilman, in The Pearl (1837)
- “Wishes,” by Anna Bache, in The Pearl (1837)
- “Advice to a Young Lady,” in The Pearl (1837)
- “To a Little Girl,” in The Pearl (1837)
- “Reading for Young Ladies” (YMAG; July 7, 1837)
- “The Untidy Girl” (Cab; Feb 1847)
- “Tearing Open the Rosebud” (YC; June 8, 1848)
- “A Good Girl at School” (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
- Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York, by Catherine Elizabeth Havens (1849-1850; published 1920)
- “Who Will Make a Good Wife” (YC; May 30, 1850)
- “Clothing for Girls,” by G. M. J. (1853)
- The Behaviour Book, by Eliza Leslie (1853)
- Working, in The Harper Establishment (1855)
- “Crooked Spines in Girls,” by Helen C. Lewis (1861; Arthur’s Home Magazine)
- “What is a Darling?” (MM; Oct 1862)
- “Working Girls” (MM; Oct 1863)
- “Gardening for Ladies” (MM; Nov 1863)
- “The Best Girl in School,” by Phoebe H. Phelps (S&S; Oct 1864)
- Woman’s Rights, John Todd (1867)
- Woman’s Wrongs, “Gail Hamilton” (1868)
- “Too Good to Be True: 150 Years of Mary Sue,” by Pat Pflieger
IN LITERATURE
- “Uncle David,” by Catherine Sedgwick, in The Pearl (1837)
- “A Story of the Revolution” (MM; Aug 1844)
- “My Schoolmates: The Contrast,” by Abby (YC; June 5, 1846)
- “My Schoolmates: Kate Kennedy,” by Abby (YC; July 2, 1846)
- “My Schoolmates: The Sensitive Plant,” by Abbie (YC; July 9, 1846)
- “Skating—Woman’s Rights,” by William C. Cutter (MM; Feb 1857)
- “The Elves of the Forest Centre,” by Pansy (MM; Jan 1858)
- “Dreaming and Doing,” by Mrs. N. McConaughy (MM; Dec 1863)
- “The Best Girl in School,” by Phoebe H. Phelps (S&S; Oct 1864)
- “The Would-be Lady and the True One,” by Mrs. P. P. Bonney (YC; March 16, 1865)
- “Unella,” by Madge (MM; June 1865)
- “Imagination or Affectation” (YC; 13 July 1865)
- “A Frightened Tiger” (YC; 29 July 1869)
- “The Doctor’s Little Girl,” by C. Alice Baker (MM; 1870)
GIRLS, EDUCATION OF
IN LITERATURE
- “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)
- “Clara Sinclair,” by Caroline Gilman (Cab; Sept 1850)
- “Placing a Daughter at School,” by Motte Hall (ST; Nov 1853)
- “Mrs. Warner’s Prejudice,” by Lesina (YC; Aug 16, 1855)
- “The Doctor’s Little Girl,” by C. Alice Baker (MM; 1870)
MOTHERS & MOTHERHOOD
SUFFRAGE; WOMEN’S RIGHTS
MALE; BOYS & MEN
- “Story of Peter Brown” (PP; 20 June 1835)
- “About Edwin Finley” (PP; 20 June 1835)
- “The Good Boy” (SL #1; April 1835)
- “The Brothers,” by Lydia H. Sigourney, in The Pearl (1837)
- “Wishes,” by Anna Bache, in The Pearl (1837)
- “The Boys We Want” (SL; 1837?, #16)
- “Yankee Energy” (MM; Sept 1841)
- “Another Story for Boys,” by Orpha (YC; Jan 7, 1846)
- “The Boy Who Loved Truth,” by Julia A. Fletcher (YC; 26 June 1846)
- “Boys of Sixteen” (YC; Aug 19, 1847)
- “Fifteen Young Men” (YC; Sept 13, 1848)
- “The Old School House,” by J. A. (YC; Nov 15, 1849)
- “You Will Be Wanted” (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
- “Young Men,” by Charlotte Gilman (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
- “Hints to Young Men” (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
- “Diligent David,” by Francis Forrester (Cab; February 1856)
- “Industry & Idleness,” by William L. Williams (S&S; Nov 1864)
- “Going into Business for Himself,” by Mrs. P. P. Bonney (YC; 31 Aug 1865)
- “Two Ways of Being Manly,” by F. W. A. P. (MM; 1868)
- “What Does Johnny Read?” (LC; Jan 1872)
GOVERNMENT; POLITICS
POLITICAL POWER
HOLIDAYS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; TOYS & GAMES
HOLIDAYS
MAY DAY; MAY QUEEN
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
THANKSGIVING
CHRISTMAS
TWELFTH DAY
RIDDLES & PUZZLES & GAMES & SPORTS; PASTTIMES & PLAY
- The Riddle Book (1826)
- “Remarks on Children’s Play,” by Oliver Kendall, jr (JG; 1828)
- The Riddle Book (1828)
- “What is It?,” in The Token (1833)
- Puzzles (1842-1871)
- Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York, by Catherine Elizabeth Havens (1849-1850; published 1920)
- Mary Newell’s letter (1850)
- “Hieroglyphical Letter to the Editor” (Cab; Feb 1851)
- “Riddle,” by Samuel Goodrich (MM; June 1853)
- The Holiday Book, by Francis Woodworth (1854)
- Merry’s Book of Puzzles (1856)
- “Letter From Henry C. Wright: ‘Merry’s Museum’ the Handmaid of Slavery,” by Henry C. Wright (The Liberator; 20 March 1857)
- “Conundrums,” “Abbreviations,” in “The Ladies Wreath”
- Popular Amusements, by J. T. Crane (1869)
GAMBLING
GAMES
SEASONAL GAMES & ACTIVITIES
ARCHERY
BASEBALL
BIRCH-SWINGING
BLIND MAN’S BUFF; BLIND MAN’S BLUFF
CHESS
CRICKET
FISHING
FOOTBALL
HOOPS
HOPSCOTCH
HUNT THE SLIPPER
ICE SKATING
JUGGLING
JUMPING ROPE
KITES
MARBLES
SHUTTLECOCK
SWIMMING
SWINGING
THREAD THE NEEDLE
TOYS
BOATS
DOLLS
JACK STRAWS; JACK-STRAWS
SLEDS
WHISTLES
SOCIAL EVENTS; PARTIES
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS
FURNISHINGS; FURNITURE
MINNESOTA FARMHOUSE
- chapter 3-6, Wool-Gathering, by “Gail Hamilton” (Abigail Dodge) (1867)
HOUSEWORK
COOKING: FOOD; RECIPES
JOBS; PROFESSIONS; WORKING
BLACKSMITH; BLACKSMITHING
- Stories of Rainbow and Lucky: Up the River, by Jacob Abbott (1860)
CHIMNEY SWEEP
EXPLORER; EXPLORING
FACTORY WORKER
FARMER; FARMING
IN MINNESOTA
- chapter 3-6, Wool-Gathering, by “Gail Hamilton” (Abigail Dodge) (1867)
LETTER CARRIER; POSTAL WORKER
- Stories of Rainbow and Lucky: Up the River, by Jacob Abbott (1860)
PEDDLER
PRINTER; PRINTING; BINDER
SHOE-SHINE
SAILOR
TRAPPER
LIFE STAGES
STAGES OF LIFE
CHILDREN; CHILDHOOD
- Sarah Tuttle’s scrapbook (1834-1860s)
- “Children—What Are They?,” by John Neal, in The Token (1835)
- “Dear Friend Robert Merry”: Letters from 19th-century Children
- “Three Little Boys in Prison,” by Charles Holden (1844)
- “Dangers of Childhood, and Means of Obviating Them,” by George Whippel (1845; The Mother’s Assistant)
- “Hints for Children” (YC; April 12, 1849)
- “Touching Expression” (YC; 19 July 1849)
- “Unnatural Children” (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
- Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York, by Catherine Elizabeth Havens (1849-1850; published 1920)
- letters from subscribers to Woodworth’s Youth’s Cabinet (1856-1857)
- “An ‘Online Community’ of the Nineteenth Century,” by Pat Pflieger (2001)
- photos of children
- “What is a Darling?” (MM; Oct 1862)
- “What an Iron Bar Became,” in Children & changing times (YC; 1865)
CHILDREN IN PRISON
LOST CHILDREN; KIDNAPPED CHILDREN
NEGLECTED CHILDREN
SLAVE CHILDREN
WORKING CHILDREN
ADULT ATTITUDES TOWARD CHILDREN
“HURRIED CHILDREN”; CHILDREN GROWING UP TOO SOON; PRECOCITY
CHILD-REARING
- works on children & child-rearing
- “Birth, Nursing, & Education of Infants; Education & Amusements of Youths,” by John Dunn Hunter (1824)
- “Case of Conviction,” by Francis Wayland (1831)
- “Precocious Children,” by Samuel Goodrich (1844)
- “Unnatural Children” (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
- “Children and Children’s Parties,” by S.B.S. (1853)
- “Early Culture of Children,” by G. M. J. (1853)
- “Physical Education of Children” (1853)
- “Parental Duties,” by J. W. Guernsey (1853; The Mother’s Assistant)
- “Early Training of Children” (1854; Fireside Miscellany)
- “A Crooked Tree (MM; Feb 1857)
- “Children, from One to Three Years of Age” (1861)
- “Baby Education” (1861)
- advertisements for Dr. Brown’s Baby-Tender (MM; June & July 1865)
DISCIPLINING (also see under “OBEDIENCE”)
YOUTH
COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE & MARRIED LIFE
- marriages & deaths in Providence, Rhode Island (JG; 1827-1828)
- “The Bridal Ring,” by Catharine Maria Sedgwick, in The Token (1833)
- “The Canterbury Pilgrims,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1833)
- “The Bride,” in The Token (1835)
- “The Broken Merchant,” by Sarah Josepha Hale, in The Token (1835)
- “The Old Elm of Newbury,” by Hannah F. Gould, in The Token (1835)
- “The Bride,” by Lydia Sigourney, in The Token (1836)
- “Wealth and Fashion,” in The Token (1836)
- “The Wedding Knell,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1836)
- “The Young Phrenologist,” by John Neal, in The Token (1836)
- “Jane Graham; or, ‘I Shant Marry That Man’ ” (YC; July 23, 1846)
- “My Fortune’s Made,” by Mary Alexina Smith (YC; Nov 23, 1848)
- “Unhappy Elopement” (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
- “Who Will Make a Good Wife” (YC; May 30, 1850)
- Fern Leaves from Fanny’s Portfolio (series one & two), by “Fanny Fern” (1853)
- “A new case of secession,” in “The Literary Gazette,” Emaline Wicks & J. V. H. Scoville (1861)
- Gala Days, by “Gail Hamilton” (1863)
FAMILIES & FAMILY LIFE
- Memoirs of a Captivity Among the Indians of North America, by John Dunn Hunter (3rd. ed, 1824)
- “Bayler Cooley’s Family” (SL #1; April 1835)
- “A Slave’s Cabin” & “A Slave’s Dream,” in Slave’s Friend” (SL; 1837?, #16)
- “Child’s Grief,” by Mary Ann (YC; April 2, 1846)
- “Repining and Repentance” (YC; Feb 12, 1846)
- “The Snow Storm” (YC; Feb 12 1846)
- “Family & Social Reading” (1848; The Mother’s Magazine)
- Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York, by Catherine Elizabeth Havens (1849-1850; published 1920)
- Stories of Rainbow and Lucky: The Three Pines, by Jacob Abbott (1860)
- Pictured on the covers of Demorest’s Young America (1867 & 1872)
- “At Grandma’s Bedside,” by Edgar Fawcett & Mary Ann Hallock (OYF; May 1870)
RESPECT FOR PARENTS
SIBLINGS
ORPHANS
IN LITERATURE
- Parley’s Story of the Little Gardener, by Samuel Goodrich (1833)
- Peter Parley’s Short Stories for Long Nights, by Samuel Goodrich (1834)
- “Little Susan, the Poor-House Girl,” by J. A. (YC; Aug 12, 1847)
- “Allie’s Christmas Eve,” by “Lillie Linden” (MM; Feb 1865)
- “Neglected Children” (YC; Feb 23, 1865)
- “Turn About, Fair Play,” by Augusta Moore (YC; April 13, 1865)
ADOPTION
DEATH
- The Two Doves & the Owl, by Samuel Goodrich (1821)
- marriages & deaths in Providence, Rhode Island (JG; 1827-1828)
- “Indian’s Burial of His Child,” by Lydia Sigourney, in The Token (1831)
- “The Last Request,” by B. B. Thatcher, in The Token (1831)
- “The Midnight Mail,” by Hannah F. Gould, in The Token (1831)
- “Remembrance,” by Charles West Thomson, in The Token (1831)
- “To the Moonbeam,” by Hannah F. Gould, in The Token (1831)
- “Weep not for the Dead,” by S. G. Goodrich, in The Token (1832)
- “The Wives of the Dead,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1832)
- “A Little Girl Who was Burned to Death” (YC; Jan 11, 1832)
- “Little Edward” (YC; Feb 8, 1832)
- “Dirge of a Young Poetess,” by Henry Pickering, in The Token (1833)
- “Life,” in The Token (1833)
- “The Mameluke,” by Grenville Mellen, in The Token (1835)
- “The Wreck,” by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, in The Token (1835)
- “Stephen to Mary,” by Stephen Ricks (SL #1; April 1835)
- “Anna’s Picture,” by “Florence,” in The Token (1836)
- “Life beyond the Mountains,” in The Token (1836)
- “The Wedding Knell,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1836)
- “The Dying Child,” by Lydia H. Sigourney, in The Pearl (1837)
- “To a Little Girl,” in The Pearl (1837)
- “Deaths” (SL; 1837?, #16)
- “The Dying Boy,” by Mrs. Larned (PP; Jan 1839)
- “Death of the President” (MM; April 1841)
- Scenes in My Native Land, by Lydia H. Sigourney (1844)
- “The Burial Place,” in Eliza Piatt’s copybook (1845)
- “Lines, on the Death of W.,” by S. (YC; Jan 14, 1846)
- “The Two Houses” (YC; 12 Feb 1846)
- “Child’s Grief,” by Mary Ann (YC; April 2, 1846)
- “Little Susan, the Poor-House Girl,” by J. A. (YC; Aug 12, 1847)
- “Sabbath Scholar Drowned” (YC; Sept 13, 1849)
- “A Step from the Altar to the Tomb,” by J. E. E. (YC; Sept 13, 1849)
- “Unhappy Elopement” (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
- Buds, Blossoms, and Leaves, by “Eulalie” (Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon) (1854)
- “Willie Lincoln,” by Emily J. Bugbee (LC; July 1865)
- “The Two Burials,” by Julia Pratt Ballard (MM; Nov 1867)
- “At Grandma’s Bedside,” by Edgar Fawcett & Mary Ann Hallock (OYF; May 1870)
- “Sissy’s Ride in the Moon,” by Annette Bishop & Mary Ann Hallock (OYC; Nov 1869)
- “Death at Sea,” “Stanzas,” “Lines,” in “The Ladies Wreath”
- Horatio Lovejoy’s New Year’s Eve. 1863-1864 (published 1882)
- “Death and the Readers of Robert Merry’s Museum,” by Pat Pflieger (1994)
HEAVEN; AFTER-LIFE
MEDICINE & MEDICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH
DISEASES
CONSUMPTION
DISABILITY; DISABLED CHILD
AMPUTATION; AMPUTEE
BLINDNESS
- “The Blind Mother,” by Nathaniel Parker Willis, in The Token (1831)
- “The Blind Girl to her Mother,” by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, in The Token (1832)
- “Blind Grandfather,” by Timothy Flint, in The Token (1833)
- “The Little Blind Boy,” (SL #3; July 1835)
- “The Deaf, and Dumb, and Blind,” (SL #26; 1837?)
- “Interview of the Blind with the Deaf and Dumb” (YMAG; April 14, 1837)
IN LITERATURE
DEAFNESS; HEARING-IMPAIRED
MENTAL DISABILITY
MENTAL HEALTH
- “Monody,” by Lydia Sigourney, in The Token (1835)
HEALTH, IMPORTANCE OF
IN LITERATURE
- “The Haunted Quack,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne; as Joseph Nicholson, in The Token (1831)
MUSIC; SONGS
“YANKEE DOODLE”
BY STEPHEN FOSTER: “OLD UNCLE NED”; “THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME”
NATURAL HISTORY
GEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PREHISTORY; PREHISTORIC CREATURES; DINOSAURS
- “A Former State of This Earth”: Fossils in Early American Works for Children (online exhibit; 2008-2016)
- “Big Bone Lick,” in A Short But Comprehensive System of the Geography of the World, by Nathaniel Dwight (1802)
- “Teeth” (JGaz1819; Jan 1820)
- “Mammoth,” in Youth’s Companion; or An Historical Dictionary, by Ezra Sampson (1813)
- Peale’s mastodon skeleton, in The Child’s First Book of History (1832);
in The Child’s Own Book of American Geography (1832);
in Peter Parley’s Tales About the State and City of New York (1832);
- “Petrified Forests” (JR; May 16, 1832)
- “Fossil Shells” (PP; June 7, 1834)
- “The Fireside” (PP; March 1839)
- “Bones of a Mastodon” (Cab; July 11, 1839)
- extract from Peter Parley’s Wonders of the Earth, Sea, and Sky (1840)
- “The Mammoth” (MM; Nov 1841)
- “The Picture Gallery: Organic Remains” (Cab; Dec 9, 1841)
- Peale’s mastodon skeleton, in Peter Parley’s Visit to the City of New-York (1841-1844?)
- “Wonders of Geology” (MM; Jan 1842)
- “Who Filled the Coal Hole?” (PP; Feb 1843)
- Wonders of Geology, by Samuel Goodrich (1845)
- “Petrified Forest on the Nile” (YPMag; March 1846)
- “Wonders of Geology,” by William Buckland (MM; Dec 1848)
- “Geology” (Mirror; March 1849)
- “Fossil Foot-Prints” (Mirror; Dec 1849)
- “Fossil Tree in the Coal Rocks” (MM; Dec 1852)
- “Wonders of Geology” (SMate; March 1852)
- “Letters About Geology,” by “Professor Pickaxe” (ST; 1853)
PLANTS
ANIMALS
ANTELOPE
BEAR; POLAR BEAR
BUFFALO
CAT; KITTEN
CROCODILE; ALLIGATOR
DOG
ELEPHANT
FOX
FROG
HORSE
HYENA
JAGUAR
RACCOON
RHINOCEROS
SNAKE
SQUIRREL
TIGER
TURTLE
BIRDS
CROW
BALD EAGLE; OLD ABE; WAR EAGLE
DOVE; PIGEON
OWL
ROBIN
SWALLOW
VULTURE
PEOPLE
IN GENERAL:
AFRICANS & AFRICAN-AMERICANS
- “The Wag-Water, a West Indian Sketch,” by S. Hazard, in The Token (1830)
- Beauties of Sentiment (1831)
- “A Cure for Dyspepsia,” in The Token (1833)
- The Slave’s Friend (1835-1839)
- “The Noble Negro,” by Hannah More (SL #1; April 1835)
- “The Beautiful Slave” (YMAG; Sept 1837)
- “The Noble Negro,” by Hannah More (YMAG; Sept 1837)
- “Exemplary” (YMAG; Oct 1837)
- “Pretty Sight” & “Supporting One’s Self,” in The Slave’s Friend (#38; 1839)
- “The Water-melon Boats” (YC; Aug 12, 1847)
- “William, the Negro Boy,” by Jane L. Gray (Cab; April 1849)
- “The King of Ashantee” (MM; Mar 1850)
- “Negro Songs—American Music,” by Ser. Longley (Western Gem; Oct 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)
- Eye and Ear Notes, by “Uncle James” (James Redpath) (YC; 1865)
- “Negro Quickness to Learn,” in Children & changing times (YC; 1865)
- “Simple Gratitude,” in Children & changing times (YC; 1865)
- “Frightened into Seeing,” in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
- Norwood, by Henry Ward Beecher (1868)
EDUCATION OF
SLAVERY
ABOLITION; ABOLITIONIST
CHARLES BALL
- “Charles Ball’s Mother,” “The Mother and Babe,” “A Slave’s Cabin,” & “A Slave’s Dream,” in The Slave’s Friend (1837?, #16)
SARAH M. GRIMKÉ; ANGELINA E. GRIMKÉ; JOSEPH HORACE KIMBALL
WILLIAM KNIBB
GEORGE THOMPSON
HENRY C. WRIGHT; HENRY CLARKE WRIGHT
NATIONAL FREEDMAN’S RELIEF ASSOCIATION
FREEDMEN; FORMER SLAVES; CIVIL WAR VETERAN
ELDERLY PEOPLE
HUGUENOTS
LEFT-HANDED PEOPLE
MORAVIANS
NATIVE AMERICANS
- Beauties of Sentiment (1831)
- “The Birth of Thunder,” by William Joseph Snelling, in The Token (1831)
- “The Captive’s Dream,” by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, in The Token (1831)
- “Indian’s Burial of His Child,” by Lydia Sigourney, in The Token (1831)
- “The Snow Shoe,” by William Joseph Snelling, in The Token (1831)
- “Te Zahpahtah,” by William Joseph Snelling, in The Token (1831)
- “David Whicher—A North American Story,” by John Neal, in The Token (1832)
- “The Indian’s Welcome to the Pilgrim Fathers,” by Lydia Sigourney, in The Token (1833)
- “Philip of Mount Hope,” by John O. Sargent, in The Token (1833)
- “The Quaker,” by Hannah F. Gould, in The Token (1833)
- “The Rescue,” in The Token (1833)
- “The Indian Arrow-Head,” by Mrs. G., in The Pearl (1837)
- “Pictures of Various Nations (MM; 1844)
- Scenes in My Native Land, by Lydia H. Sigourney (1844)
- “The Indians: Week Day School,” by Sarah (YC; Aug 12, 1847)
- “Deer Hunting,” by “Simon Sassafras” (MM; May 1850)
- “Samoset,” on Eli Harrison Lee’s copybook (1850s?)
- “The Indian,” a reward of merit (1860s)
- “Why Have the Indians Disappeared?” (MM; Jan 1862)
- “Sugar-Making by the Indians” (YC; May 18, 1865)
IN LITERATURE
- “Gertrude of Wyoming,” by Thomas Campbell (1809)
- René, Françoise-René Chateaubriand; translated, Samuel G. Goodrich (Connecticut Spectator; 1814)
- Peter Parley’s Story of the Trapper, by Samuel Goodrich (1829)
- “Chocorua’s Curse,” by Lydia Maria Child, in The Token (1830)
- “The Indian Fighter,” by Timothy Flint, in The Token (1830)
- Peter Parley’s Short Stories for Long Nights, by Samuel Goodrich (1834)
- “Fort Mystick,” by Lydia Sigourney, in The Token (1835)
- “A Legend of the Prairies,” by James Hall, in The Token (1835)
- “The Buffalo Hunt,” in The Token (1835)
- “The Departed Tribes,” in The Token (1835)
- “My Own Life & Adventures,” by “Robert Merry” (MM; 1841-1842)
- “Tomo and the Wild Lakes,” by Rev. John Todd (YC; July 19, 1849)
- “The Indian’s Story” (MM; Jan 1850)
- “Pukkwana,” by Susanna Newbould (MM; April 1858)
- “The Grateful Indian,” by Martha G. (MM; Aug 1862)
- “Unella,” by Madge (MM; June 1865)
- “A Young Savage,” by A. Perry (MM; Nov 1870)
IN MINNESOTA
EDUCATION OF
CHEROKEE
CHIPPEWA; OJIBWE; OJIBWA; ANISHINAABE
DAKOTA; LAKOTA
IN LITERATURE
INUIT
KICKAPOO
IN LITERATURE
MOHAWK
IN LITERATURE
MOHEGAN
IN LITERATURE
OSAGE, OMAHA, MISSOURI
PENOBSCOT
PEQUOD
SEMINOLE
SENECA
PURITANS
- “Departure of the Eagle,” by B. B. Thatcher, in The Token (1830)
- “Mary Dyre,” by Catharine Maria Sedgwick, in The Token (1831)
- “The Gentle Boy,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1832)
- ““The Indian’s Welcome to the Pilgrim Fathers,” by Lydia Sigourney, in The Token (1833)
- “Fort Mystick,” by Lydia Sigourney, in The Token (1835)
- “The May Pole of Merry Mount,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1836)
INDIVIDUALS
FRANCIS ABBOT (eccentric)
JACOB ABBOTT (writer)
JOHN ADAMS (president)
SAMUEL ADAMS (patriot)
AESOP; AESOP’S FABLES
ALEXANDER ANDERSON (wood engraver)
ANTONINUS PIUS
GEORGE ATZERODT/GEORGE ATZEROTT (assassin)
CHARLES BALL (ex-slave & abolitionist)
- “Charles Ball’s Mother,” “The Mother and Babe,” “A Slave’s Cabin,” & “A Slave’s Dream,” in The Slave’s Friend (1837?, #16)
JAMES N. BARKER (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
P. T. BARNUM; PHINEAS T. BARNUM (showman)
DELIGHT BENEDICT (Samuel Goodrich’s first teacher)
ROSALIE BENEDICT
SARAH BISHOP (Connecticut hermit)
JOHN WILKES BOOTH (actor & assassin)
AUGUSTA BOUJEY (ex-slave)
JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD; J. G. C. BRAINARD (editor & poet)
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING; ROBERT BROWNING (writer)
JACOB BURNET (Ohio judge)
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (writer)
CATHARINE, OF RUSSIA (empress)
BENVENUTO CELLINI (artist)
CHARLES, DUKE OF BOURBON
CHARLES XII, OF SWEDEN
SETH WELLS CHENEY (writer; 1810-1856)
WILSON CHINN (ex-slave)
CLARK BROTHERS (writers)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
BENJAMIN CLARKE FAMILY
HENRY CLAY (politician)
BAYLER COOLEY (ex-slave)
RICHARD H. DANA (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON (poet)
RUFUS DAWES (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
DOROTHEA DIX
ROSINA DOWNS (ex-slave)
CHARLES FERSON DURANT (balloonist)
MARY DYRE (Quaker minister)
- “Mary Dyre,” by Catharine Maria Sedgwick, in The Token (1831)
GOVERNOR ENDICOTT
EDWARD EVERETT (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
EUGENE H. FALES (Union soldier & New York publisher)
LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD (Irish patriot)
HENRY J. FINN (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
EDWARD H. FLETCHER (New York publisher)
EDWIN FORREST (actor)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (statesman & scientist)
JOHN C. FREMONT (explorer & presidential candidate)
ROBERT FULTON (inventor)
IN LITERATURE
SAMUEL GRISWOLD GOODRICH (writer & editor)
W. M. GOODSMITH & CO. (merchant, Chicago, IL)
CATHARINE GUNTER (editor of Cherokee Rose Buds)
BENJAMIN F. HALLETT
MARY ANN HALLOCK FOOTE (artist)
DAVID HAROLD/DAVID HEROLD (assassin)
HARPER BROTHERS (publishing house)
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (president)
CASPAR HAUSER (mystery)
CATHERINE ELIZABETH HAVENS (diarist); RENSSELAER HAVENS (merchant)
MRS. EZEKIEL C. HAWKINS
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (writer)
NANCY E. HICKS (editor of Cherokee Rose Buds)
ALFRED HILL (drowning victim)
JAMES A. HILLHOUSE (poet)
WINSLOW HOMER (artist)
WILLIAM J. HOWLAND; WILLIAM HOWLAND (wood engraver)
REBECCA HUGER (ex-slave)
JOHN DUNN HUNTER (warrior & writer)
ANNA MARIA HYDE (poet)
THOMAS JEFFERSON
JOAN OF ARC
- “Joan of Arc,” by Frances E. I. Calderon de la Barca, in The Token (1833)
MARY JOHNSON (ex-slave)
ELISHA KENT KANE (explorer)
OLIVER KENDALL, JR (editor)
WILLIAM KNIBB (abolitionist)
THADDEUS KOSCIUSKO; TADEUSZ KOSCIUSKO (patriot)
LAJOS KOSSUTH (Hungarian patriot)
- “Kossuth’s Address to America” & “Song—The Magyar Chief,” in Buds, Blossoms, and Leaves, by “Eulalie” (Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon) (1854)
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
ELI HARRISON LEE (penman)
WILLIAM LEGGETT (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
ALONZO LEWIS (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (president)
NANCY HANKS LINCOLN (mother of Abraham Lincoln)
“TAD” LINCOLN (son of Abraham Lincoln)
WILLIE LINCOLN (son of Abraham Lincoln)
JENNY LIND (singer)
HORATIO PHINEAS LOVEJOY; HORATIO P. LOVEJOY; AMELIA L. LOVEJOY; SOPHRONIA GEORGE (Illinoisans)
GEORGE LUNT (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
WILLIAM MACREADY (actor)
JAMES MADISON (president)
JOHN C. MCCALL (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
JAMES MCHENRY (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
ISAAC MCLELLAN (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
MEH SHWAY-EE
GRENVILLE MELLEN (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
METACOM; KING PHILIP (leader)
JOSEPH MOODY (minister)
CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE (writer)
SAMUEL MORSE (inventor)
GEORGE P. MORRIS (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
JOHN S. MOSBY (Confederacy)
JOHN NEAL (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
MARY A. NEWELL (letter writer)
OLD ABE (Union eagle mascot, Company C, 8th Wisconsin)
ADELBERT OLDER (Union soldier & poet)
“OLIVER OPTIC” (William T. Adams; writer)
ALEXIS ORLOFF; ALEXEI ORLOV
MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI (philosopher)
JOHN HOWARD PAINE (composer); “HOME SWEET HOME”
WILLIAM PATTERSON (of Easton, PA)
REVEREND PAUL (African-American minister)
JAMES K. PAULDING (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
WILLIAM B. O. PEABODY (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
JAMES G. PERCIVAL (writer)
ELIZA CAROLINE K. PIATT (penwoman)
HENRY PICKERING (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
JOHN PIERPONT (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
POCAHONTAS (ambassador)
LEWIS PAINE POWELL/LEWIS PAYNE POWELL/LEWIS POWELL (assassin)
GEORGE DENISON PRENTICE (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
RAPHAEL (artist)
BUCHANAN READ
STEPHEN RICKS (d. 1832; of Shelter for Colored Orphans, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
JAMES OTIS ROCKWELL (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
JOHN ROGERS (artist)
SAMOSET
PICTURED
HENRY SHELTON SANFORD
HENRY SCOTT (ex-slave)
LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY (writer)
S. R. SMITH (Ohio poet)
CHARLES SPRAGUE (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
HENRY MORTON STANLEY & DAVID LIVINGSTONE (explorers)
JOHN N. STEARNS; JOHN NEWTON STEARNS (editor)
MARY STUART; MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (ruler)
MRS. SURRATT; MARY SURRATT (conspirator in assassination of Abraham Lincoln)
PEYTON SHORT SYMMES (Ohio lawyer)
PRINCESS TARAKANOVA
CHARLES TAYLOR (ex-slave)
JAMES D. TAYLOR (gold-miner)
TECUMSEH (statesman)
GEORGE THOMPSON (abolitionist)
HENRY DAVID THOREAU (philosopher)
FRANCES TROLLOPE (writer)
SARAH TUTTLE (scrapbook artist)
AUGUSTUS VERHOOF (Polish clergyman)
MINERVA WALDEN (dying child)
LEW WALLACE (writer)
ROBERT WALSH (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
MARY WALTON (Shelter for Colored Orphans, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
HENRY WARE, JR. (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
GEORGE WASHINGTON (president); MOUNT VERNON
DANIEL WEBSTER (politician)
PROSPER M. WETMORE (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
JOHN A. WHIPPLE (astronomer)
ISAAC WHITE (ex-slave)
ROBERT WHITEhead (ex-slave)
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
N. P. WILLIS; NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS (writer)
FRANCIS C. WOODWORTH (editor)
SAMUEL WOODWORTH (writer)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
JOHN WOOLMAN (abolitionist)
LITERARY CHARACTERS; CHARACTERS IN FICTION; CHARACTERS IN LITERATURE
PETER PARLEY (storyteller)
REYNARD THE FOX
ST. NICHOLAS; SANTA CLAUS; KRISS-KRINGLE
“FELIX SUMMERLY” (writer)
PHILOSOPHY
- “The Utilitarian,” by John Neal, in The Token (1830)
- “The Mysteries of Life,” by Orville Dewey, in The Token (1831)
- “The Philosopher to His Love,” by Oliver Wendell Holmes, in The Token (1833)
- “Life,” in “The Literary Gazette,” Emaline Wicks & J. V. H. Scoville (1861)
- “The Legacy of the Past,” in “The Literary Gazette,” Emaline Wicks & J. V. H. Scoville (1861)
- “Knitting-Work,” by Genie M. Wilde (OYF; March 1872)
PHRENOLOGY; PHRENOLOGIST
PLACES
GEOGRAPHY
OCEAN
GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA
GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA
GEOGRAPHY OF EGYPT
GEOGRAPHY OF SIBERIA
AFRICA
EXPLOITATION OF
ASHANTEE “LEGEND”
BURMAH (now MYANMAR)
CANADA
FRANCE
- “Joan of Arc,” by Frances E. I. Calderon de la Barca, in The Token (1833)
FRENCH REVOLUTION
GREECE
ITALY
INDIA
POLAND
RUSSIA
SPAIN
TURKEY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SYMBOLS
AMERICAN FLAG; UNITED STATES FLAG; U. S. FLAG
LIBERTY BELL
EVENTS; AMERICAN HISTORY
IN GENERAL
CALIFORNIA GOLD-RUSH
FIRES
CHICAGO FIRE
MANISTEE FIRE (MICHIGAN)
NEW YORK CITY FIRE (1835)
PESHTIGO FIRE (WISCONSIN)
WARS
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
- “Gertrude of Wyoming,” by Thomas Campbell (1809)
- “The Young Provincial,” in The Token (1830)
- “The Country Cousin,” by Catherine Maria Sedgwick, in The Token (1830)
- Beauties of Sentiment (1831)
- “The Fated Family,” in The Token (1831)
- “Heroism” (YC; 12 Oct 1831)
- “Song of the Revolution,” by Thomas Gray, Jun., in The Token (1832)
- “The Fur Cloak,” in The Token (1833)
- “Lines on seeing a Soldier of the Revolution surrounded by his Family,” by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, in The Token (1833)
- “The Field of Brandywine,” by William L. Stone, in The Token (1835)
- “A Story of the Revolution” (MM; Aug 1844)
- Scenes in My Native Land, by Lydia H. Sigourney (1844)
- “Signers of the Declaration of Independence,” by Ralph Wilson (Mar 1859)
BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
WAR OF 1812
U. S. WAR WITH SEMINOLE
CIVIL WAR; SECESSION
- “Uncle Frank in Kansas,” by Francis Woodworth (Cab; June 1856)
- “Who Are the Aggressors?,” by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (New York Evening Post; 15 Oct 1856)
- “The Prairies of Kansas,” by Francis Woodworth (Cab; Nov 1856)
- advertisement for The New York Tribune (MM; Oct 1857)
- “The Literary Gazette,” Emaline Wicks & J. V. H. Scoville (1861)
- “The Union” (S&S; Jan 1861)
- “The Stars and Stripes,” by John A. Andrews (S&S; July 1861)
- “Hail, Columbia!” (S&S; Aug 1861)
- “How a Man Feels When He is Shot” (YC; Oct 3, 1861)
- “The Knitters” (YC; Dec 26, 1861)
- “Puss in the Mass. 27th,” in Animals in the Civil War (YC; 1861, 1865)
- “Renny’s Uniform” (MM; 1862)
- Gala Days, by “Gail Hamilton” (1863)
- “Our Heroic Dead” (S&S; Feb 1863)
- editorial from “The Teacher’s Desk” (S&S; Feb 1863)
- “Dreaming and Doing,” by Mrs. N. McConaughy (MM; Dec 1863)
- Eye and Ear Notes, by “Uncle James” (James Redpath) (YC; 1865)
- “The Volunteer’s Thanksgiving,” by Lucy Larcom (OYF; Jan 1865)
- “The Color-Bearer,” by John Townsend Trowbridge (OYF; Jan 1865)
- “Our Exchanged Prisoners” (YC; Jan 5, 1865)
- “The Capture of Savannah” (YC; Jan 5, 1865
- “Adventures of a ‘Merry’ Boy” (MM; Feb 1865)
- memorial page for Adelbert Older (Feb 1865), with poetry by Belle P. R. and Adelbert Older
- “The Veteran’s Farewell,” by “Blue-Eyed Lora” (MM; Feb 1865)
- “The Inauguration of President Lincoln” (YC; March 9, 1865)
- “ ‘Faithful Nellie,’ ” by F. P. C., in Animals in the Civil War (YC; 1861, 1865)
- “Rules to Observe When You Take a Gun in Your Hand,” in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
- “Turn About, Fair Play,” by Augusta Moore (YC; April 13, 1865)
- “The Great National Tragedy” (YC; 27 April 1865)
- “Booth and Bad Literature” (YC; 11 May 1865)
- “The Conspirators” (YC; 6 July 1865)
- “The Execution” (YC; 20 July 1865)
- editorial comment on July 4, 1865 (MM; July 1865)
- two poems for July 4, 1865 (MM; July 1865)
- “Victory at Last,” by C. C. (MM; July 1865)
- “July 4, 1865,” by “Lulie” (S&S; July 1865)
- editorial from “The Teacher’s Desk” (S&S; July 1865)
- “A Soldier To-night is Our Guest” (YC; Aug 10, 1865)
- “Frightened into Seeing,” in Science & technology notes (YC; 1865)
- Norwood, by Henry Ward Beecher (1868)
BATTLES; BATTLEFIELDS:
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEE
GUERILLA ACTIVITY, OHIO RIVER
LIBBY PRISON
MASSACHUSETTS, CIVIL WAR REGIMENT
NORTHWEST SANITARY FAIR
WISCONSIN, CIVIL WAR REGIMENT
RECONSTRUCTION
- chapter 7-10, Wool-Gathering, by “Gail Hamilton” (Abigail Dodge) (1867)
GEOGRAPHY; REGIONS & REGIONALISM
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
CANALS
HOUSATONIC RIVER
LAKE SUPERIOR
ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
CONNECTICUT
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; SACHEM’S WOOD
NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT; FORT TRUMBULL
NORWICH, CONNECTICUT
YANTIC RIVER
WASHINGTON, DC; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
GEORGIA
ILLINOIS
CHICAGO
WESTERN ENGRAVING CO., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
LOUISIANA
MASSACHUSETTS
NEWPORT TOWER
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS; WASHINGTON ELM
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
NEW YORK
GENESO; GREAT OAK OF GENESEO
MONTAUK POINT
NIAGARA FALLS; NIAGARA RIVER
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM
CRYSTAL PALACE
DEPARTMENT STORE; TUTTLE’S DEPARTMENT STORE; W. N. STEVENS VARIETY STORE
STATEN ISLAND
UTICA, NEW YORK; TRENTON FALLS
OHIO
CINCINNATI, OHIO
COLUMBUS, OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
CHESTER COUNTY
GETTYSBURG; BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
- chapter 11, Wool-Gathering, by “Gail Hamilton” (Abigail Dodge) (1867)
- Norwood, by Henry Ward Beecher (1868)
WYOMING VALLEY
NAZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA; BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
CHATTANOOGA
FORT SAUNDERS, & BATTLEFIELD
KNOXVILLE, & BATTLEFIELD
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
MURFREESBORO
NASHVILLE
VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER; TRANSMISSISSIPPI WEST
PRAIRIE
CALIFORNIA
INDIAN TERRITORY (now OKLAHOMA)
KANSAS
MINNESOTA
- chapter 3-6, Wool-Gathering, by “Gail Hamilton” (Abigail Dodge) (1867)
FORT SNELLING
LAKE CALHOUN
MINNEHAHA FALLS
PRESCOTT, MINNESOTA
ST. ANTHONY; ST. ANTHONY FALLS, MINNESOTA
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
UTAH
REGIONS & REGIONALISM
THE NORTH
NEW ENGLAND LIFE
- “The New England Village,” in The Token (1831)
- “Sights from a Steeple,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1831)
- “The Village Musician,” by James Hall, in The Token (1831)
- Robert Merry’s Miscellany (1839)
- “My Own Life & Adventures,” by “Robert Merry” (MM; 1841-1842)
- “The Lottery Ticket” (MM; 1844)
- Mary Newell’s letter (1850)
- “Amy’s Holiday” (Cab; Sept 1850)
- “The Four Wills” (Cab; Sept 1854)
- Recollections of a Lifetime, Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1856)
- “Thanksgiving Memories,” by Francis Woodworth (Cab; Oct 1856)
- “The Volunteer’s Thanksgiving,” by Lucy Larcom (OYF; Jan 1865)
- Norwood, by Henry Ward Beecher (1868)
“YANKEES”
THE SOUTH
THE WEST
GOVERNMENT; POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM
AMERICAN CONGRESS
AMERICAN POLITICS
AMERICAN PRESIDENT; PRESIDENCY
U. S. MAIL; AMERICAN POSTAL SYSTEM
- Stories of Rainbow and Lucky: Up the River, by Jacob Abbott (1860)
IMMIGRATION; IMMIGRANTS
CHINESE IMMIGRATION; CHINESE IMMIGRANTS
IRISH IMMIGRATION; IRISH IMMIGRANTS
ITALIAN IMMIGRATION; ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS
SCANDINAVIAN IMMIGRATION; SCANDINAVIAN IMMIGRANTS
RACE; RACISM
- Peter Parley’s Short Stories for Long Nights, by Samuel Goodrich (1834)
- “The Good Little Girl” (SL #1; April 1835)
- “Little Richard” (SL #1; April 1835)
- “Why Do They Treat the Slaves So?” (SL #1; April 1835)
- “Child’s Creed” (SL #2; June 1835)
- “The Apple and the Chestnut” (SL #2; June 1835)
- “The Little Blind Boy,” (SL #3; July 1835)
- “Lost Children Fond,” (SL #3; July 1835)
- “The School” (SL #4; 1835)
- “Little Arithmeticians” (SL #4; 1835)
- “Anti-Slavery Catechism” (SL #5; 1835)
- “Story of Poor Jack” (SL #5; 1835)
- “Children All Abolitionist” (SL #5; 1835)
- “” (SL #5; 1835)
- “The Little Colored Boy” (SL; 1836, #8)
- “Address of a Little Slave Boy to His Master’s Son” (SL #1; April 1835)
- “Prejudice Against Color” (SL #1; April 1835)
- “The Good Boy” (SL #1; April 1835)
- “What is Abolition?,” (SL #26; 1837?)
- “Pictures of Various Nations (MM; 1844)
- “Negro Songs—American Music,” by Ser. Longley (Western Gem; Oct 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)
- “White and Colored Slaves (Harper’s Weekly; Jan 30, 1864)
- “White Slaves (YC; March 9, 1865)
- “Turn About, Fair Play,” by Augusta Moore (YC; April 13, 1865)
RACIAL EPITHETS
RELIGION
NATIVE AMERICAN
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN
CREATION OF THE WORLD
SAMSON
THE END OF THE WORLD
CHRISTIANITY
- René, Françoise-René Chateaubriand; translated, Samuel G. Goodrich (Connecticut Spectator; 1814)
- “The Huguenot Daughter,” by Hannah Dorset, in The Token (1830)
- “Extract,” by John Pierpont, in The Token (1830)
- “Religion of the Sea,” by F. W. P. Greenwood, in The Token (1831)
- “The Garden of Graves,” by John Pierpont, in The Token (1832)
- “The Theology of Nature,” in The Token (1832)
- “Little Edward” (YC; Feb 8, 1832)
- “Life beyond the Mountains,” in The Token (1836)
- “The May Pole of Merry Mount,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1836)
- “The Minister’s Black Veil,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1836)
- “The Three Sceptres,” by Sarah Josepha Hale, in The Token (1836)
- The Ladder of Learning (1839)
- “Family Education,” by Lavinia Pilsbury (1845; Mother’s Assistant)
- “My Schoolmates: The Inquirer,” by Abbie (YC; June 12, 1846)
- “I Think I Will Not Change” (YC; April 13, 1848)
- “Fifteen Young Men” (YC; Sept 13, 1848)
- “Effie Somers,” by W. (YC; May 30, 1850)
- “Conversation. To Young Ladies” (1853)
- “Love of Nature (1853; The Mother’s Assistant)
- Popular Amusements, by J. T. Crane (1869)
CHRISTIAN DEATH
CHRISTIANITY AS CONSOLATION
CHURCH SERVICE, PROTESTANT
GOD
PRAYER
REDEMPTION
CATHOLICISM; CATHOLICS
METHODISM; METHODISTS; METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
QUAKERS; SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
SHAKERS; UNITED SOCIETY OF BELIEVERS IN CHRIST’S SECOND APPEARING
REWARD OF MERIT
SCRAPBOOK
SLEEP & DREAMING
SOCIAL CLASS
TECHNOLOGY
BALLOONS; BALLOON ASCENSION
BICYCLE; VELOCIPEDE; DANDY HORSE
DAGUERREOTYPES, DAGUERREOTYPING; PHOTOS, PHOTOGRAPHING, PHOTOGRAPHY
MATTHEW BRADY (daguerreotypist)
SEWING MACHINE
STEAM POWER
SUBWAY
TELEGRAPH
TRAVELLING; TRANSPORTATION
RAILROAD; PACIFIC RAILROAD; RAIL TRAVEL
SHIPS; BOATS; SAILORS
- “The Shipwreck,” by B. B. Thatcher, in The Token (1833)
- “The Shipwrecked Coaster,” in The Token (1833)
- “The Terrified Sailors” (PP; Mar 16, 1833)
- “Changes On the Deep,” by Hannah F. Gould, in The Token (1835)
- joke (PP; June 1836)
- “A Slave Ship,” by W. L. G. (SL #1; April 1835)
- “Slave Vessels” (SL #1; April 1835)
- “The Noble Negro,” by Hannah More (YMAG; Sept 1837)
- “Exemplary” (YMAG; Oct 1837)
- Stories by Jack Mason, the Old Sailor, by Francis Woodworth (1851)
SHIPWRECK
WHALING
BOATS (& BOYS)
STEAMBOATS
ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ON THE OHIO RIVER
INDIVIDUAL SHIPS
USS CONSTELLATION; HMS GUERRIERE (ships)
RISING STATES (ship; whaler)
USS WASP; USS HORNET (ships)
ST. NICHOLAS (ship)
UMBRELLAS
ELECTRIC
IN LITERATURE
VALUES
MORAL VALUES; MORALS; MORALITY
- “A Moral Catechism,” in The American Spelling Book, by Noah Webster (1800?)
- rewards of merit
- Ditties for Children, by Nancy Sprout (1828-1843?)
- Peter Parley’s Winter Evening Tales, by Samuel Goodrich (1829; revised)
- Beauties of Sentiment (1831)
- “The Busy Bee” (YC; Aug 10, 1831)
- Peter Parley’s Short Stories for Long Nights, by Samuel Goodrich (1834)
- “The Broken Merchant,” by Sarah Josepha Hale, in The Token (1835)
- Peter Parley’s Juvenile Tales, by Samuel Goodrich (1836; revised)
- “Robin Red-Breast” (SL; 1836, #8)
- “The Little thief” (SL #1; April 1835)
- “The Little Archer,” by Anna Bache, in The Pearl (1837)
- “My Gentle Girl,” by James Nack, in The Pearl (1837)
- “Wishes,” by Anna Bache, in The Pearl (1837)
- “Advice to a Young Lady,” in The Pearl (1837)
- “To a Little Girl,” in The Pearl (1837)
- poem (MM; Jan 1846)
- “My Schoolmates: The Contrast,” by Abby (YC; June 5, 1846)
- “My Schoolmates: Kate Kennedy,” by Abby (YC; July 2, 1846)
- “Repining and Repentance” (YC; Feb 12, 1846)
- “The Snow Storm” (YC; Feb 12 1846)
- “The Shoes,” by J. A. (YC; Sept 23, 1847)
- “Fifteen Young Men” (YC; Sept 13, 1848)
- “Amy’s Holiday” (Cab; Sept 1850)
- “To the Boy Who Will Be President of the United States A. D. 1900” (MM; April 1863), by Samuel Wilson
- “Knitting-Work,” by Genie M. Wilde (OYF; March 1872)
- “Choosing the Right Path: Didacticism in the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Books,” by Pat Pflieger (1986)
- “A Visit to ‘Merry’s Museum’; or, Social Values in a 19th-Century American Periodical for Children,” by Pat Pflieger (1987; 2001)
VICES & VIRTUES
ADVENTUROUSNESS; RESTLESSNESS
ALCOHOL & TEMPERANCE
ANGER; WRATH
CHARITY; BENEVOLENCE; GENEROSITY
- Beauties of Sentiment (1831)
- Parley’s Story of the Little Gardener, by Samuel Goodrich (1833)
- Peter Parley’s Short Stories for Long Nights, by Samuel Goodrich (1834)
- “Duties of Winter,” by F. W. P. Greenwood, in The Token (1835)
- “Benevolence” (SL; 1837?, #16)
- “Uncle David,” by Catherine Sedgwick, in The Pearl (1837)
- “The Protegee,” by Eliza Leslie, in The Pearl (1837)
- “The Snow Storm” (YC; Feb 12 1846)
- “The Shoes,” by J. A. (YC; Sept 23, 1847)
- “Kate and Her Kitty” (YC; 25 May 1848)
- “Bread Upon the Water,” by T.S. Arthur (YC; Nov 30, 1848)
- “Renny’s Uniform” (MM; 1862)
- “Katie’s Sacrifice,” by E. N. H. (S&S; Nov 1864)
- “Declamation—Relief for Chicago,” by Edward Everett Hale (MM; Nov 1871)
- “What Ben and the Twins Did for Chicago,” by Sara Conant (Dec 1871)
COURAGE; HEROES & HEROISM
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
DELICACY
DILIGENCE, DUTY, & INDUSTRIOUSNESS
DISAPPOINTMENT; BEARING UP UNDER DISAPPOINTMENT
GUILT
HABITS
HONESTY; TRUTHFULNESS; CHEATING
MODERATION & TEMPTATION
OBEDIENCE & DISOBEDIENCE
OPTIMISM
PATIENCE; PERSEVERANCE
PATRIOTISM
PRIDE; VANITY; SELF-CONFIDENCE; HUMILITY; MEEKNESS
- “Dress,” by “Obi”; “Pride & Humility,” in “The Ladies Wreath”
- “Uncle David,” by Catherine Sedgwick, in The Pearl (1837)
- “Meekness” (SL; 1836, #8)
- “The Beautiful School-Girl,” by Caroline Gilman, in The Pearl (1837)
- “Another Story for Boys,” by Orpha (YC; Jan 7, 1846)
- “My Schoolmates: The Sensitive Plant,” by Abbie (YC; July 9, 1846)
- “Vanity Punished” (YC; Sept 9, 1847)
- “The Best Girl in School,” by Phoebe H. Phelps (S&S; Oct 1864)
- “The Would-be Lady and the True One,” by Mrs. P. P. Bonney (YC; March 16, 1865)
- “A True Story” (reprinted; YC; March 23, 1865)
- “Turn About, Fair Play,” by Augusta Moore (YC; April 13, 1865)
SELF-DENIAL
THRIFT; FRUGALITY; MISERLINESS; GREED
TOBACCO-CHEWING; TOBACCO; SMOKING
SOCIAL VALUES
WEATHER & CLIMATE; SEASONS
BLIZZARDS
GALES; EQUINOCTIAL STORMS; HURRICANES
SEASONS
SEASONS AS METAPHOR FOR LIFE
AUTUMN
WINTER
WISHES; WISHING
- “Wishes,” by Anna Bache, in The Pearl (1837)
WORDS IN THE AIR: LANGUAGE & SPEECH PATTERNS
SIMILES
WORDS & WORDPLAY
ORATIONS & ORATORY; SPEECHES & SPEECH-MAKING
WORDS ON THE PAGE: READING, WRITING
BOOKS & READING
BOOKMARK
BOOKS; READERS; NOVELS; FICTION
- “Novels and Romances” (1820; The Guardian; or Youth’s Religious Instructor)
- “On Novel Reading” (1820; The Guardian; or Religious Instructor)
- “The Waverly Novels” (Connecticut Mirror; Aug 23, 1824)
- “Books for Children” (1828; American Annals of Education)
- review of The Soldier’s Orphan; or, History of Maria West (YC; 2 Dec 1829)
- “ ‘Reviewer’, Reviewed” (YC; 30 Dec 1829)
- “Remarks On Reviews” (YC; 30 Dec 1829)
- “Books,” by Lydia Maria Child (1831)
- “Devouring Books” (1835; American Annals of Education)
- “The Reading of Young Ladies” (1836; American Magazine of Useful Knowledge)
- “Reading is Not Thinking” (YMAG; May 26, 1837)
- “Reading for Young Ladies” (YMAG; July 7, 1837)
- “Confessions of a Novel Reader,” by “A.” (1839; Southern Literary Messenger)
- “Novel Writers and Publishers,” by M. M. Backus (1844; Christian Parlor Magazine)
- Reaction to Felix Summerly’s attack on Peter Parley (1844)
- “Vicious Novels: Cause of Their Increase,” by F. C. W. (1845; The Mother’s Magazine)
- “What Books Shall I Read?” (1845; The Mother’s Assistant and the Young Lady’s Friend), by Simon Brown
- “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
- “Pleasant and Profitable” (YC; Aug 27, 1846)
- “Gossip of the Month” (1847; Democratic Review)
- “Family & Social Reading” (1848; The Mother’s Magazine)
- “Hints to Young Men” (YC; Nov 22, 1849)
- “The Arabian Nights” (Cab; Sept 1850)
- “Novel Reading” (1853; The Western Gem)
- “Novels, Their Meaning and Mission” (1854; Putnam’s Monthly)
- “Give Your Child a Paper” (YC; Aug 23, 1855)
- “How to Make Boys Love Home” (1861; Arthur’s Home Magazine)
- “Beadle’s Dime Books” (1864; North American Review)
- “Booth and Bad Literature” (YC; 11 May 1865)
- “Children’s Books of the Year” (1866; North American Review)
- Popular Amusements, by J. T. Crane (1869)
- “What Does Johnny Read?” (LC; Jan 1872)
- Titus Munson Coane reads Peter Parley (1877)
- Lew Wallace reads Peter Parley (1906)
- “Robert Merry’s Museum and the Lure of the Sensational,” by Pat Pflieger
- “Samuel Goodrich and the Branding of American Children’s Books,” by Pat Pflieger (2007)
IN LITERATURE
FRENCH NOVELS, INFLUENCE ON READERS
CREATION
THE ALPHABET
WRITING; HANDWRITING; CALLIGRAPHY
WRITING IMPLEMENTS
PENS & PEN-MAKING
PENCILS
WRITING; AUTHORSHIP
- “Female Resources for Writing,” by “P. P.” (1827; Boston Lyceum)
- Truth, by William J. Snelling (1831 & 1832)
- “My Wife’s Novel,” in The Token (1832)
- “A Sketch of a Blue-Stocking,” by Catherine Maria Sedgwick, in The Token (1832)
- An editor edits (The Bouquet; Sept 1832)
- “Names of Different Kinds of Type” (MM; Mar 1842)
- “Novel Writers and Publishers,” by M. M. Backus (1844; Christian Parlor Magazine)
- The Behaviour Book, by Eliza Leslie (1853)
- Ruth Hall, by “Fanny Fern” (1854)
- Two pieces about books (ST; Feb 1854)
- The Harper Establishment, by Jacob Abbott (1855)
- “A Literary Man in Distress,” by “Literatus” (1856; New-York Daily Tribune)
- “To All Who Are Interested” (LC; May 1867)
PLAGIARISM
RESEARCH, IMPORTANCE OF DOING ONE’S OWN
WRITERS
NON-PROFESSIONAL WRITERS
AT THIS SITE
- Juvenile Gazette, edited by Oliver Kendall, jr (1827-1828)
- “The Elves of the Forest Centre,” by Pansy (MM; Jan 1858)
- “Of What is the Alphabet Composed?,” by Mattie Bell (MM; July 1858)
- “Dr. Kane’s Boat—the Faith,” by William Hoyt Coleman (MM; Jan 1859)
- “How the Boston Boys Talk,” by Oliver Onley (MM; Feb 1859)
- “The Cold Snap of January 10th,” by William Hoyt Coleman (MM; Mar 1859)
- “The Literary Gazette,” Emaline Wicks & J. V. H. Scoville (1861)
- “To the Boy Who Will Be President of the United States A. D. 1900” (MM; April 1863), by Samuel Wilson
- “Allie’s Christmas Eve,” by “Lillie Linden” (MM; Feb 1865)
- “Unella,” by Madge (MM; June 1865)
- “The Ladies Wreath”
PROFESSIONAL WRITERS
AT THIS SITE
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PUBLISHING; PRINTING; PUBLISHERS
FREDERICK GLEASON (publisher)
PAPER MAKING
TYPES OF WORKS
ADVERTISING & ADVERTISEMENTS
BIBLE
BOOKS
ILLUSTRATIONS, EDITED BY OWNER
CHAPBOOKS
DIME NOVELS
FABLES
IN EDUCATION
GIFT ANNUALS; GIFT BOOKS; GIFT ALBUMS
- The Legendary(1828)
- About The Token (1828-1842)
- “The Reading Parties: A Sketch,” by Eliza Leslie, in The Token (1835)
- “A Legend of the Prairies,” by James Hall, in The Token (1835)
- “Alice Doane’s Appeal,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Token (1835)
- “The Field of Brandywine,” by William L. Stone, in The Token (1835)
- “To F.,” in The Token (1835)
- “Life beyond the Mountains,” in The Token (1836)
- “To .......,” by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, in The Token (1832)
- “To …,” in The Token (1833)
- “To ***,” in The Token (1836)
- Selections from The Token for 1836 (1836)
- Selections from The Pearl (1837)
NEW YEAR’S ADDRESSES
NURSERY RHYMES
PERIODICALS
IN GENERAL
INTRODUCTIONS
WRITING FOR; SUBMITTING TO
ILLUSTRATIONS
EDITED ILLUSTRATIONS
PREMIUMS
SUBSCRIBING
NEWSPAPER
POETRY
ROBINSONNADE
WORKS FOR YOUNG READERS
INDIVIDUAL WORKS
BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA (book by John James Audubon)
BLEAK HOUSE (novel by Charles Dickens)
CHEROKEE ROSE BUDS; WREATH OF CHEROKEE ROSE BUDS (amateur periodical)
FERN LEAVES FROM FANNY’S PORTFOLIO (book by “Fanny Fern”; Sara Willis Payson)
THE FOUNTAIN (book)
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN (book by Sir Walter Scott)
“HIGGLETY, PIGGLETY POP!” (nursery rhyme by Samuel Griswold Goodrich)
ILLUSTRATED BALLADS OF NEW ENGLAND (book by John Greenleaf Whittier)
THE LEGENDARY (gift book)
LITTLE LEAVES FOR LITTLE READERS
MARMION (book by Sir Walter Scott)
“ODE, ADDRESSED TO J. G. PERCIVAL, M. D.”
THE PEARL; or, AFFECTION’S GIFT (gift book)
- A timeline of events in the magazine’s history
- The Business of Robert Merry’s Museum
- “Double Vision: Recycling Illustrations in 19th-Century American Magazines”
- index to Robert Merry’s Museum
- Notices of Robert Merry’s Museum in other periodicals
- “Dear Friend Robert Merry”: Letters from 19th-century Children
- Robert Merry’s Miscellany (1839)
- “Prospectus of Robert Merry’s Museum” (MM; Feb 1841)
- “Address to the Reader” (MM; Feb 1841)
- “My Own Life & Adventures,” by “Robert Merry” (MM; 1841-1842)
- “The Veritable Peter Parley” (Brother Jonathan; 12 Feb 1842)
- “Letter From Henry C. Wright: ‘Merry’s Museum’ the Handmaid of Slavery,” by Henry C. Wright (The Liberator; 20 March 1857)
- “Letter to My Daughter Margaretta, with a Set of Merry’s Museum,” by William Ross Wallace (April 1860)
- announcement of merger (MM; Nov 1872)
- “ ‘Uncle’ Peter Parley,” by William Oliver Stevens (1925)
- “A Visit to ‘Merry’s Museum’; or, Social Values in a 19th-Century American Periodical for Children,” by Pat Pflieger (1987; 2001)
- “Death and the Readers of Robert Merry’s Museum,” by Pat Pflieger (1994)
- “Robert Merry’s Museum and the Lure of the Sensational,” by Pat Pflieger
- “An ‘Online Community’ of the Nineteenth Century,” by Pat Pflieger (2001)
THE SOLDIER’S ORPHAN; OR, HISTORY OF MARIA WEST (Mary Sherwood)
“SONG OF HIAWATHA” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
WALDEN (book by Henry David Thoreau)
WAVERLY NOVELS; WAVERLEY NOVELS (books by Sir Walter Scott)