Now that I have more experienced readers amongst my children, it's become more important that they have something period appropriate to read at Civil War events, both as an occupation and as a way for them to better understand the culture they are imitating and representing.
Student & Schoolmate formed from a merger of two magazines in 1855, and was published until 1872. It has facts, stories, poetry and plenty of pictures in each monthly issue. Unfortunately, it's also hard to find today, but I recently lucked out.
Usually I purchase my books from ebay, but my search for this magazine brought me to Amazon. There I picked up three issues from 1863 and 1864 for $45, and found a listing with no pictures and a very confusing description for a bound volume of magazines. I wasn't sure how many issues were included or what the condition was like, and believed that they were from 1859. I took a chance because the price was very low and I love this magazine. I was surprised to receive a bound volume of the entire year of 1862! It's obvious that it was once very nice, but it has that dank, musty smell, and a child must have attacked one issue with scissors at some point. While the cover is coming off, the spine is tight. I can't scan these pages with my flatbed scanner, so this is going to go with my other books to be reproduced when I have a better way of tackling this format.
Student & Schoolmate formed from a merger of two magazines in 1855, and was published until 1872. It has facts, stories, poetry and plenty of pictures in each monthly issue. Unfortunately, it's also hard to find today, but I recently lucked out.
Usually I purchase my books from ebay, but my search for this magazine brought me to Amazon. There I picked up three issues from 1863 and 1864 for $45, and found a listing with no pictures and a very confusing description for a bound volume of magazines. I wasn't sure how many issues were included or what the condition was like, and believed that they were from 1859. I took a chance because the price was very low and I love this magazine. I was surprised to receive a bound volume of the entire year of 1862! It's obvious that it was once very nice, but it has that dank, musty smell, and a child must have attacked one issue with scissors at some point. While the cover is coming off, the spine is tight. I can't scan these pages with my flatbed scanner, so this is going to go with my other books to be reproduced when I have a better way of tackling this format.