printed on cream-colored paper. In the center: "The Child's Friend and Youth's Magazine. Terms--$1.50 per annum, in advance. Postage--half a cent each No." The words are framed by an elaborate border. Background of the wide border: vines, flowers, and the faces of children. Against the border are 8 vignettes. Top: a white woman sits in a chair with a baby on her lap, listening as a boy standing in front of her reads from a book; behind him two girls are seated. Left, top to bottom: two boys fly a kite; a girl jumps rope; three boys sail a toy boat in a pool of water. Right, top to bottom: a girl watches two girls play with a small hoop; two boys fish; two girls play badminton. Bottom: a boy and girl plant seeds. On either side of the bottom vignette are a globe, books, a kite, a top, a model sailboat, and a cricket bat. Below the bottom border: "Published by Leonard C. Bowles, 111, Washington-street, Boston."
Birthday wishes for Anne Wales Abbott, born #otd in 1808, editor of The Child's Friend (1843-1858)! #bookhistory #19thcentury #childrensmagazines #WomenInHistory #WomensHistory
