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Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly"The truth is, John," said Mr. Wilson to his brother, "I am troubled about my boy. Here it is the first of July, and he can't go back to school until the middle of September....

Harper's Young People, June 14, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyTo Boston boys Decoration-day of this year was a day long to be remembered; for in addition to the usual military parade, with its wagon-loads of flowers and beautiful floral designs to be placed on...

Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyCharley was nowhere to be found. He had wandered off hours before to his favorite rock by the brook to have a "good cry." And this was the reason of it: One day, a short...

Harper's Young People, June 20, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyWhen Toby told Uncle Daniel that night of their intention to go on with the work of the long-delayed circus, and that Abner was to ride up to the pasture, where[Pg 530] he could see...

Harper's Young People, June 21, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyOn a warm, hazy day in January, 1849, I was at Orangeburg, South Carolina, eighty miles west of Charleston. My purpose was to visit the battle-ground of Eutaw Springs, on the right bank of the...

Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly aby, Bee, and Butterfly, Underneath the summer sky. Baby, bees, and birds together, Happy in the pleasant weather; Sunshine over all around, In the sky, and on the ground; Hiding, too, in Baby's eyes,...

Harper's Young People, June 27, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyMr. Stubbs's brother had been a close observer of all that was going on, with a view probably to guarding against another sudden fright such as the overture had given him, and the moment Ben...

Harper's Young People, June 28, 1881 - An Illustrated Weekly A grasshopper lay in the garden one day, Near a cabbageI mean cabbage-rose And his eyes had no snap, and his legs they were stiff, And turned very much up were his toes Dear...

Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyIt was a terrific storm. The wind swept down the river, raising a ridge of white water in its path. The rain came down harder, so the boys thought, than they had ever seen it...

Harper's Young People, June 6, 1882 - An Illustrated Weeklyome here, boys," said Mary Grey, closing the dining-room door very softly, and calling Ben and Lewis to her. Mary was their elder sister. She seemed a great deal older than the boys, for Ben...

Harper's Young People, June 7, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyThe sound of oars could be distinctly heard, and the boys listened breathlessly. The night was so dark that they could see but a little distance from their own vessel, and could only judge of...

Harper's Young People, June 8, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyWhen Uncle John announced that the Department was satisfied with the ability of the captain and crew to manage the Whitewing, the day for sailing was fixed, and the boys laid in their stores. Each...

Harper's Young People, March 1, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyIn a little town called Lystra, in Asia Minor, a multitude is gathered in the market-place. Two strangers are the attraction, who have strange tidings to tell. Their story is of one Jesus, a King,...

Harper's Young People, March 14, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyPolly Gardner had been spending her vacation with Aunt Mary in the country. She would have been "perfectly happy" but that her father and mother were obliged to remain in the city. It was five...

Harper's Young People, March 15, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyWhen Toby got within sight of the ring, he was astonished at what he saw. A horse with a broad wooden saddle was being led slowly around the ring; Mr. Castle was standing on one...

Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyHad Frank lain awake he would have seen a curious sight; for there are few more picturesque scenes than the "forecastle interior" of an ocean steamer at night, lit by the fitful gleam of its...

Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyI had been travelling in the interior of Africa, in company with a Portuguese ivory trader, for several weeks, greatly enjoying the wild and exciting life we were compelled to lead. The exercise had steadied...

Harper's Young People, March 22, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyTommy Tucker lives on a "farm" in the city of New York, near the Central Park. Some people make fun of Tommy's way of living, and call his place the "sunken lots," and say his...

Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly Sunshine on the meadow, Sunshine on the sea; Green buds on the rose-bush, Blossoms on the tree. Two wee children singing In a rapt delight One as fair as morning, One as dark as...

Harper's Young People, March 28, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyBeside Merry's elbows stood the remains of a very scanty breakfast. The remains were scanty too, consisting of a single roasted potato, a dish of salt, and a bit of bread. This was all the...