 Cover of Our Young Folks magazine (1865) | |
| Editor | Lucy Larcom |
|---|---|
| Categories | Children’s magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | January 1865 |
| Final issue | December 1873 |
| Country | United States |
Our Young Folks: An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls was a monthly United States children’s magazine, published between January 1865 and December 1873. It was printed in Boston by Ticknor and Fields from 1865 to 1868, and then by James R. Osgood & Co. from 1869 to 1873.[1] The magazine published works by Lucretia Peabody Hale, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horatio Alger, Oliver Optic, Louisa May Alcott, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, John Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow[2] and Frances Matilda Abbott.[3]
In 1874 the periodical merged with St. Nicholas Magazine.
- ^ Pflieer, Pat, American Children's Periodicals, 1789-1872 (Kindle Edition), Merrycoz Books, 2016
- ^ Mott, Frank Luther, A History of American Magazines, Volume III: 1865-1885, Harvard University Press, 1938
- ^ Henry Harrison Metcalf, New Hampshire Women: A Collection of Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Daughters and Residents of the Granite State, page 177, Harvard University, 1895