American children's periodicals, 1789-1872
introductory by title by place by editor by publisher by subject not listed chronological

American children's periodicals by specialized subject, 1789-1872
[NOTES: Titles under each subject are alphabetized by the first title under which the periodical was published.]

literary | religious | temperance

Anti-slavery

The Juvenile Magazine (May-June 1811; July-Aug 1813)

Slave's Friend (1836-1839)

Youth's Cabinet • New-York Teacher's Lyceum • Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet • Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet and Uncle Frank's Dollar Magazine (28 April 1837-March 1857)

The Youth's Emancipator (May 1842, Aug 1842-Mar 1843)

Literary

The Boys' and Girls' Magazine, and Fireside Companion • Forrester's Boys' and Girls' Magazine, and Fireside Companion (Jan 1848-Dec 1857)

Every Youth's Gazette • Youth's Gazette • Peter Parley's Youth's Gazette (22 Jan-31 Dec 1842)

The Juvenile Miscellany (Sept 1826-Feb 1836; April 1836)

Juvenile Port-folio and Literary Miscellany (17 Oct 1812-7 Dec 1816)

The Little-Pig Monthly (May, July 1859)

Our Young Folks (Jan 1865-Dec 1873)

Riverside Magazine for Young People (Jan 1867-Dec 1870)

Robert Merry's Museum (Feb 1841-Nov 1872)

Rose Bud, or Youth's Gazette • Southern Rose Bud • Southern Rose (11 Aug 1832-17 Aug 1839)

Religious

Ke Alaula (April 1866-March 1873)

The Baptist Tract and Youth's Magazine • Baptist Tract Magazine (1827-Dec 1835)

Boys' and Girls' Weekly Catholic Magazine • Boys' and Girls' Catholic Magazine • Catholic Weekly Instructor • Weekly Catholic Instructor (6 June 1846-1851)

The Catholic Youth's Magazine (Sept 1857-Aug 1861)

The Child's Companion and Youth's Friend (Jan 1845-after 1870)

The Child's Gazette (15 Jan 1835-)

The Child's Gospel Prize (1848-)

The Child's Index • Child's Delight (Sept 1862-1869?)

The Child's Paper (Jan 1852-1897?)

The Child's Universalist Gazette, and Monthly Visiter (12 July 1834-)

The Child's World (1842-1871)

The Children's Catholic Magazine (March 1838-Feb 1840)

Children's Friend (Nashville, TN; 1859-1873?)

The Children's Friend (West Chester, PA; May 1866-Dec 1887)

Christian Sunday School Journal (1851-)

Der Christliche Kinderzeitung (Cleveland, OH; 1856-1876?)

Die Christliche Kinderzeitung (St. Louis, MO; 1867-1885?)

Expostulator, or Young Catholic's Guide (31 March 1830-23 March 1831)

The Gleaner (11 Aug 1849-)

Die Glocke (about 1856-1900?)

Golden Hours (Jan 1869-1880)

The Guiding Star: A Sunday Paper for Boys and Girls (4 July 1868-1873)

Illinois Sunday School Banner (May 1832-?)

The Infants' Magazine (Jan 1829-1842)

Der Jugend-Freund aller Christlichen Benennungen • Christen-Bote und Jugend-Freund • Jugend-Freund und Christen-Bote • Der Jugend-Freund • Der Jugend-Freund und Illustrierte JugendBlätter (16 June 1847-after 1917)

Der Jugend-Pilger (1870-1914?)

Jugend-Zeitung (1843-1845)

The Juvenile Missionary Intelligencer (March 1835-Feb 1838)

The Juvenile Reformer and Sabbath School Instructor • Journal of Reform (1830-17 May 1837)

Juvenile Watchman (8 March, 26 April 1833-1835)

The Juvenile Wesleyan (1843-1852?)

Kind Words for the Sunday School Children (Jan 1866-29 Sept 1929)

Der Kinder-Bote (1871-?)

Der Kinderfreund (1872-1874?)

Kinderzeitung (15 April 1859-15 March 1862)

Ke Kumu Kamalii (Jan-Dec 1837)

Der Lämmer-Hirte • Der Lämmerhirt • Der Lämmer Hirte • Der Lammerhirte (1857-1940)

Little Christian (1871-1904?)

The Little Gleaner (1868-1869?)

The Little Sower (Jan 1865-)

Little Truth-Teller: A New-Church Magazine for Children (1845-1852)

The Lutheran Sunday-School Herald (Jan 1860-Dec 1910)

Lutherisches Kinder- und Jugendblatt (Jan 1871-Dec 1938)

The Missionary (1839)

The Missionary News (1837-)

The Moral and Religious Repository; or Youth's Christian Monitor • Youth's Christian Monitor (9 July 1824-)

Morning Light (Jan 1871-)

New-Jersey Sabbath School Journal (published in 1829)

New Church Magazine for Children • The Children's New-Church Magazine (Jan 1843-1891?)

The Pious Youth (Jan 1870-Dec 1871)

Sabbath School Contributor • Light of Zion, and Sabbath School Contributor (6 June 1839-22 June 1843)

The Sabbath School Friend (1840?-)

Sabbath School Magazine (1832)

The Sabbath School Messenger, and Children's Friend (Oct 1828-Sept 1829?)

The Sabbath School Messenger, and Children's Friend (1 May 1832-?)

The Sabbath School Monitor • Sunday School Monitor • Light Ship and Sabbath School Monitor (1840-1846 or 1847)

The Sabbath School Repository and Teacher's Assistant (Jan-Dec 1823)

Sabbath School Visitant (June 1824-Feb 1826)

The Sabbath School Visitant and Juvenile Magazine • Western Sabbath School Visitant, and Juvenile Magazine (10 Jan-31 Dec 1829)

The Sabbath School Visiter (1833-1843)

Sabbath School Visitor • Presbyterian Sabbath School Visitor (1 Jan 1851-26 Sept 1909)

The Satchel (Feb 1846-1847)

Scattered Seeds (1869-1935)

Der Schutzengel (1872-1875?)

Spare Hours (Jan-Dec 1866)

The Standard-Bearer (1851-after 1867)

The Sunday-Scholar's Mirror (1850?-1854)

The Sunday Scholars' Magazine; or, Monthly Reward Book (Jan 1821-)

Sunday School Advocate (5 Oct 1841-31 Dec 1921)

Sunday-School Banner (Jan 1859-Dec 1860)

Sunday School Companion (Jan 1869-1904)

Sunday School Gazette • The Dayspring (4 Aug 1849-after Dec 1879)

Sunday School Journal • Sunday School Journal for Teachers and Young People • Sunday School Journal for Teachers • Sunday School Journal and Bible Student's Magazine • The Sunday School Journal (New York, NY; Cincinnati, OH; June 1860?-1925)

Sunday School Journal and Advocate of Christian Education • Sunday-School Journal • Gazette of Education, and Sunday-school Journal • Sunday School Times (Philadelphia, PA; 24 Nov 1830-24 June 1967)

Sunday School Magazine (1835-1851)

The Sunday-School Magazine • Church School Magazine (Jan 1871-Dec 1931)

The Sunday School Messenger (1868-after June 1875)

The Sunday School Paper for the South (May 1861-April 1862?)

The Sunday School Standard (1865?-)

The Sunday School Visiter • Journal of Religious Education, and Family and Sunday-School Visiter • Journal of Christian education, and Family and Sunday-School Visiter (1835-1842)

Sunday School Visitor • The Children's Visitor • The Visitor (1855-after 1890s?)

The Sunday Visitant; or, Weekly Repository of Christian Knowledge (3 Jan 1818-25 Dec 1819)

Die Taube (1859-1862)

Teacher's Offering; or Sabbath's Scholar's Magazine • Teacher's Offering; or Sunday Scholar's Magazine • Youth's Friend, and Scholar's Magazine (Nov 1823-1843?)

The Well-spring • The Wellspring for Young People • The Well-spring and Missionary Echoes • The Wellspring (5 Jan 1844-1928)

The Young Catholic (Oct 1870-)

The Young Catholic's Guide (May 1867-April 1870)

Young Catholic's Magazine (1840-1841)

The Young Christian Soldier (1858-1881?)

The Young Christian (4 Nov 1836-)

The Young Christian (Jan 1851-1859)

Young Churchman's Miscellany (Jan 1846-Dec 1848)

The Young Crusader • Young Crusader (Jan 1869-Oct 1875?)

The Young Evangelist (1865-1906?)

Young Israel • Libanon (Jan 1871-1900?)

The Young Reaper (Jan 1844-1855)

The Young Reaper (Jan 1857-1908?)

The Young Spectator (15 March-24 May 1856)

Youth's Evangelist • The Youth's Evangelist (Jan 1859-1930?)

Youth's Gazette (Philadelphia, PA; 10 Dec 1859-23 March 1861)

Youth's Instructor • Insight (Rochester, NY; Battle Creek, MI; Aug 1852-present?)

Youth's Monitor (1851-after 1854)

Youth's Monthly Magazine (July 1850-June 1851?)

Youth's Penny Gazette (11 Jan 1843-Jan 1859)

Youth's Repository of Christian Knowledge (March, Sept 1813)

The Youth's Sunday-School Gazette (1859-?)

Zion's Hope (1869-1972)

Temperance

Band of Hope Visitor (1859)

Cold Water Army and Youth's Picnic • Cold Water Army (1841-1843)

Forest Garland (1853-1854)

Juvenile Temperance Watchman • Juvenile Watchman (2 Jan 1854-)

The Sparkling Fount (1858-)

Youth's Temperance Advocate • Youth's Temperance Advocate and Band of Hope Recorder (Nov 1839-Dec 1860)

The Youth's Temperance Banner (Jan 1866-1917)

Youth's Temperance Enterprise (1842-1844)

The Youth's Temperance Lecturer (1832)

The Youth's Temperance Visitor (1860-after Jan 1872)

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