 The Little Pilgrim masthead 1866 | |
| Editor | Sara Jane Lippincott |
|---|---|
| Categories | Children’s magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Leander K. Lippincott |
| First issue | October 1853 |
| Final issue | April 1869 |
| Country | United States |
The Little Pilgrim (1853–1869) was a monthly children’s magazine, published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Leander K. Lippincott, and edited by his wife, Sara Jane Lippincott, working under the pseudonym Grace Greenwood.[1]
The magazine’s name references John Bunyan’s 1678 Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, a book that many children of the mid-1800s would have been familiar with.[2]
The Little Pilgrim had a peak subscription rate of 50,000, and published such well-known authors as John Greenleaf Whittier, James T. Fields, Lucy Larcom, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Dickens and Louisa May Alcott.[2]
In 1869 the magazine merged with The Little Corporal magazine.[2]
- ^ Edward T. James; Janet Wilson James; Paul S. Boyer (January 1971). Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-674-62734-5. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ^ a b c Kelly, R. Gordon, Children's Periodicals of the United States, pages 285 - 291, Greenwood Press, 1984