1889 Story Paper Children Halloween Games Astrology Fortune Telling Microscope

Description: Golden DaysFor Boys and GirlsVolume X., Nos. 47 to 52 Published by James ElversonPhiladelphia1889 Paper wraps.Large, 11" x 14 3/4"98 page in total. 135 years old. 6 consecutive issues of Golden Days for Boys and GirlsOctober 19, 1889 to November 23, 1889. Golden Days for Boys and Girls was a popular 19th-century children's story paper, distributed weekly as an accompaniment to the paper " Saturday Night ". It ran from 1880 to 1907. Golden Days featured stories, activities and lessons, with separate stories appealing to boys and girls. Many of the stories were serialized over several issues.The themes largely involved school , athletics , westerns and the frontier , travel , exploration , adventure , the sea , and success stories.The paper also included a weekly puzzle page, Puzzledom ; a section for advice and responses to the young readers, the Letter Box ; and a weekly Bible lesson. ------ The Contents of these 6 issues includes : Millions of Money ; A Story of Stolen Treasure ( continued, several parts ) Smoking Out a Ground Hog ( complete ) A Goat's Funeral " Old Hec " , the story of an Ugly Dog ( complete ) Mexican Fireflies Anecdotes ( interesting bits on various subjects ) A Gang of Elephant Laborers ; A Recollection of Lower Burmah ( Burma , Myanmar ) An American Pyramid ( Aztecs ) Why the Leaves Turn Modern Halloween( brief article on the history of Halloween , pranks played on this holiday , etc. ; the author had a dim view of Halloween, viewing it as a relic of Pagan times which would be forgotten. How wrong he was about that!! ) Halloween ( a poem on magical, happy Halloween ; children bobbing for apples , " mystical spells hovering in the air ," a mirror charm to see one's love , etc. ) Robbie's Wish , A Tale of Halloween ( complete ) The Halloween Party ( complete ; a successful children's Halloween party , including " adding witchery " with a game called " The Cup of Fate ", which would tell the future of a party guest, depending on which cup they touched while blind-folded. Another fortune telling game they played was " Eating of the Dumb Cake ", with some details of how it was done [ making a special cake, etc. ]. Still another game involved walnuts and slips of paper, and the reciting of the magic charm [ spell ] " Ye awful ghosts with flowing mane, Tell me tonight my true love's name ") followed by a surprise. )" The uncanny games of the evening made us feel it was indeed the night when witches walk." A Horrible Halloween ( a series of illustrations showing children getting into mischief on Halloween ) Astrology( an article on the history of Astrology , the astrological nature of each of the Planets , etc. ) The Moon Song( a poem ) The Bewitched Dinner( complete ; a ventriloquist prank and a thanksgiving turkey ) A Bear in a Lunch Basket( complete ; an outdoors picnic lunch on Aroostook [ Maine ] has an uninvited guest ) Thrilling Peril in the Ice ( complete ; a story of the Arctic ) Backbone ( continued ; a serialized story. Two circus illustrations ) Grandfather Gresham's Umbrella( complete ; a near catastrophe is narrowly averted when there is a mishap involving a hot air balloon ride at the State Fair ) The Microscope( illustrated with a microscope , " How to Choose a Microscope , Preparation and Examination of a Specimen ") Pleasant Evenings with a Magic Lantern( 3 parts , illustrated ; how a magic lantern works , how to use it , etc. ) Absalom , King David's Rebellious Son ( Bible lesson ) King David 's Last Words , by Rev. G. E. Strobridge ( Bible Lesson ) King Solomon - His Wise Choice ( a Bible lesson ) King Solomon's Temple Dedicated( a Bible lesson ) In the Lair of a Mountain Lion ( complete ) Christopher Columbus Ashton's " Pack "( complete ; a run-away boy encounter what he thinks is a ghost in the woods ) Dogs and a Clever Cat( a series of illustrations ) " How Maje Got His Deer "( complete ; a hunting story ) The Cowboy Critic( complete ) The Pilot's Stratagem( the story of how the ship of the pirate Bellamy was lost on Cape Cod , " 150 years ago ", including an illustration of a sailing sloop followed by Bellamy's pirate ship ) Plus More, including " Just for Fun " , Puzzles , etc., in each issue ------ Condition.Worn, as-found.Edgewear, some torn pages.The last page is very heavily worn.The paper has aged and toned.( see the photos )Otherwise good. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.

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