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Harper's Young People, August 2, 1881 - An Illustrated Weekly"'STRAYED.A boy from the home of the subscriber; and any one returning him will be suitably rewarded. Said boy is about eleven years old, has short light hair, a turned-up[Pg 626] nose, and face very...

Harper's Young People, August 22, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyEgypt is the most interesting of countries, because it is probably the oldest. We borrow from it nearly all our arts and sciences, and have only improved upon what the Egyptians taught us. Our alphabet...

Harper's Young People, August 23, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyIt was old Riley Vaughn who spoke, and although old Riley had no education, his hard sense and sound judgment were respected by all the men who sat there in the village post-office waiting for...

Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyThe illustrations on this page are of two varieties of sail-boats that are very common in the vicinity of New York, and quite rare in other parts of the country. They are boats built expressly...

Harper's Young People, August 29, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyLuckily the water was only four feet deep, as Charley found when he tried to touch bottom; so he stopped swimming, and with the water nearly up to his shoulders, stood still and began to...

Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyThe policeman did not return, and the boys slept until an hour after sunrise. They then rowed down the river to the steamboat landing, where they left their boat in charge of a boatman, and...

Harper's Young People, August 30, 1881 - An Illustrated Weekly 'Mid the smoke and the heat of battle, Where men fought for wrong or right, 'Mid the clash and the roar and the rattle, Where fiercest raged the fight, Stood the old gun, Hurling...

Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyA few days since, as I was driving in the Bois de Boulogne with a friend, a slender, sweet young girl was pointed out to me. She was walking beside her mother, and there was...

Harper's Young People, August 8, 1882 - An Illustrated WeeklyNow that the boys had found cages ready-made, and needing only some bars or slats across the front, they did not think it necessary to hurry. They staid for some time to talk of Abner,...

Harper's Young People, August 9, 1881 - An Illustrated Weekly You youngsters who haven't heard of Picnic Sam, Just huddle up around here where I am, And listen sharp while memory wanders to him, And brings out what he seemed like when I knew...

Harper's Young People, December 13, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyThe fight, begun a little after three o'clock in the afternoon that 24th of December, was still raging furiously when the hands of the big clock on the market tower pointed to half past four,...

Harper's Young People, December 14, 1880 - An Illustrated MonthlyPerhaps you might not think Uncle Dick a "gentleman"Aunt Emma did not, I know, though she kept her mind to herself, being his brother's widow, and the prudent mother of many children. Uncle Dick lived...

Harper's Young People, December 16, 1879 - An Illustrated WeeklyMrs. Douglas was looking over her shopping list, and Lily Douglas was looking over her mother's shoulder. The Christmas Charity Fair was so soon to be held that Mrs. Douglas had a world of business...

Harper's Young People, December 2, 1879 - An Illustrated WeeklyYoung bears have always been great favorites as pets, being playful and affectionate when kindly treated. They can be trained to perform all kinds of amusing tricks; and their antics when playing together or with...

Harper's Young People, December 20, 1881 - An Illustrated WeeklyThere was once a gloomy old giant named Shamruck. His castle was on a hill not far from a great city, in which dwelt the King of the country. Everybody knew Shamruck. He was not...

Harper's Young People, December 21, 1880 - An Illustrated WeeklyA portion of the grand upper hall in the Chteau de Beautemps. Large antique fire-place at back, in which burns a sleepy wood fire. Tapestried doors R. and L. Also R. and L., beyond either...

Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 - An Illustrated WeeklyThe bright rays of the morning sun filled the room when Walter awoke from his long and refreshing sleep, to gaze in astonishment at the rich and beautiful furniture that adorned the apartment. Silk curtains,...

Harper's Young People, December 27, 1881 - An Illustrated Weekly An angel voice on Judah's plain Announced to men a Saviour's birth: Each Christmas sends the sweet refrain Re-echoing wider o'er the earth. Whence come the joys of Christmas-tide? A Child from Heaven has...

Harper's Young People, December 28, 1880 - An Illustrated MonthlyOn the first page of this New-Year's number of Harper's Young People is a picture of the first New-Year's call of the season, which is one made at the door of every house in the...

Harper's Young People, December 30, 1879 - An Illustrated Weekly From the quaint old farm-house, nestling warmly 'Neath its overhanging thatch of snow, Out into the moonlight troop the children, Filling all the air with music as they go, Gliding, sliding, Down the hill,...