Category:Early Days
Title: Early Days
Editor: Unknown
Publisher: Wesleyan Methodist Book Room
Early Days was a children's periodical, which ran from 1877 to 1916, with monthly issues. It cost a penny per issue. Most of the contributors were women; the few men who published in it were clergymen. It contained serial novels, short stories, articles, poems, many illustrations (in color and black and white), as well as games and puzzles designed to teach young children about the Bible, religious virtue, and God. The articles often explained where the Bible came from, as well as stories from it, in a way small children could understand. The stories and serial novels were often about a Victorian child's everyday experiences, such as family life, school, and friends, with the aim to teach children the importance of being a good Christian. Each story ends with a moral lesson on how to better be like Jesus and not give in to common temptations faced by upper- and middle-class children, such as gossip or selfishness. Most of the illustrations contain domestic scenes of children working or playing, or simply accompany a story or article. This magazine was advertised as "acceptable alike in the school, the cottage, and the mansion."[1] This was probably in the hopes that it would reach children of many classes, not only so the publishers could make more money, but also with the goal that the morality taught in the magazine could have a wider influence. Early Days had a long lifespan; it survived after 1916 as Kiddie’s Magazine for another 10 years, and after 1928 it was known as Tip-Top Annual, both published annually rather than monthly.[2]
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Submitted by: Carr, Lauren: section 1, Winter 2010
Articles in category "Early Days"
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