&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Wide_Awake_August_1893.jpg) August 1893 cover | |
| Editor | Ella Farman Pratt, Charles Stuart Pratt, Elbridge Streeter Brooks |
|---|---|
| Categories | Children’s magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | D. Lothrop Company |
| First issue | July 1875 |
| Final issue | August 1893 |
| Country | United States |
Wide Awake was a monthly American children's magazine, founded in 1875 by Daniel Lothrop. It published stories written by Margaret Sidney, Edward Everett Hale, Sarah Orne Jewett, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, and Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman.[1] Wide Awake was illustrated by many well known artists including Howard Pyle, William Thomas Smedley, Sol Eytinge Jr. and Frank T. Merrill.[2] The magazine was based in Boston.[3]
Wide Awake merged with St. Nicholas Magazine in 1893.
- ^ Lothrop, Margaret M., The Wayside: Home of Authors, American Book Company, 1940
- ^ Mott, Frank Luther, A History of American Magazines, Volume III: 1865-1885, Harvard University Press, 1938.
- ^ "Wide awake". Hathi Trust. Retrieved May 30, 2020.