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Harper's Young People, March 29, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyIn the good old days of the city of Wilmington, some seventy or eighty years ago, there lived a couple in that quaint little Quaker town by the name of Vertz, better known as Dutch...

Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyThere was one boy in the Merrit Academy who never joined in any of the games; never went skating; never went swimming; never made a snow man or threw snow-balls; never came to the meetings...

Harper's Young People, March 7, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyThere was a commotion in the moon. Father Time had the rheumatism in both legs, and could not move from his seat by the fire-place. This was a horrible state of affairs. For thousands upon...

Harper's Young People, March 8, 1881 - An Illustrated Weekly"There isn't much about sugar I don't know," replied Jerry Buntley, modestly, with a pull at his dog-skin gloves to make them fit tighter. "You just ought to see a real sugar plantation once." "I...

Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly"I guess that's what I want," muttered a boy, who was comparing the printed slip in his hand with the above notice, conspicuously displayed from the yard of a huge ocean steamer alongside one of...

Harper's Young People, May 10, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyI there found many things and persons remaining as mementos of that contest. All were hoary with age, and some were crumbling and tottering ruins. All were rapidly passing within the veil of human forgetfulness,...

Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly "Why must I learn to sing? Why learn to fly?" Said a young bird to its mother "Why, oh, why?" "All birdies learn to sing; All learn to fly," To the young bird said...

Harper's Young People, May 16, 1882 - An Illustrated Weekly"I wish I could take you both with me," said Mr. Hanway, as he kissed his children good-by, and stepped into the carriage that was to bear him up among the mountains on a visit...

Harper's Young People, May 17, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyThe next day Charley had the boat drawn up on the shore, and went to work at her, assisted by the other boys. It took two[Pg 450] weeks of constant work to lengthen her, but...

Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyThey found the city one blaze of lanterns, banners, and many-colored fire-works. All the ships in the harbor were gay with brilliant bunting, and the air echoed with the boom of cannon and the snapping...

Harper's Young People, May 2, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyA sky darkened by clouds hurrying before driving winds, a sea gray-faced and wrinkled tossing restlessly beneath a mass of barren rocks upon which stood a tall light-house, made up the dreary picture Huldah Deane...

Harper's Young People, May 23, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyBut the time was passing rapidly, and as there were many persons outside waiting for an opportunity to pay their money to see the various[Pg 466] attractions of the show, Mrs. Treat gave the signal...

Harper's Young People, May 24, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyIn the days of the Emperor Caracalla the Colosseum had ceased to be used for terrible conflicts between man and beast. But the young student Valentinian could not forget that eighty thousand spectators at a...

Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly Blue violets open their saintly eyes, Red columbines bend and sway, White star-flowers twinkle in beds of moss, And, blooming, they seem to say, "We bring you the red and the white and the...

Harper's Young People, May 3, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyPidgie Mullen looked up at her pale mother with a sweet, flushed eagerness, which brought her a trembling kiss, as Mrs. Mullen answered, "You know the story better than I do now, dear!" "Yes," said...

Harper's Young People, May 30, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyIt was Friday afternoon, right in the middle of May, and it seemed as if the wide front door of Prome Centre Academy would never get through letting out just one more squad of boys...

Harper's Young People, May 31, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyOld Slack Limestone had sat on the steps of the tavern in Dicksonville, and chewed tobacco and told stories until he had acquired the highest perfection in the doing of each. Neither of these roads...

Harper's Young People, May 4, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyThe tide was just out on the Staten Island shore, and the water in the little cove below Mr. Drake's residence was as smooth as a pan of milk with the cream on. So Rob...

Harper's Young People, May 9, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyToby watched anxiously as each wagon came up, but he failed to recognize any of the drivers. For the first time it occurred to him that perhaps those whom he knew were no longer with...

Harper's Young People, November 1, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyEvery boy realizes the fascination of fishing, even if he gets nothing but bitesmosquito bites at that. It is the anticipation of what one may catch which heightens the every charm of the sport itself....