alt: printed on yellow paper. A white man on a cricket pitch prepares to bat the ball. In the background two other men stand; behind them is a house. Printed above the illustration: Vol. III, 8 & 9. Parley's Magazine. Published every fortnight, at one dollar a year. Printed below the illustration: Postage, three quarters of a cent; but if over 100 miles, one cent and a quarter. Publishers in Maine, New York City, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Buffalo, and New Orleans are listed; this copy was printed in Boston, by Samuel Colman.
For spring, the closest Parley's Magazine came to baseball. Unusually, in 1835, each issue apparently had a different image on the cover; here a #cricket player batters up. #19thcentury #childrensmagazines #bookhistory #MagazineMonday