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The Children's Friend


Genre:		Periodical

Annotations:
Begun in 1902, this periodical was published until 1970, replaced by The Friend.

Dates Spanned in work:
1902-1970

This publication includes: (select a volume to view items in that volume)
Display contents of all volumes
VOLUME 1 (April 1902-September 1902)
VOLUME 12 (April 1913-September 1913)
Little Princess Wisla: Chapter 1- The Day Before the Launching by Sophie Swett 12.1 (January 1913): 1-4	Novel Excerpt
At the Turn of the Road by Kate W. Hamilton 12.1 (January 1913): 5-9	Short Story
Joan's Burglar by Helen M. Richardson 12.1 (January 1913): 10-11	Short Story
The Japanese Girl's Festival by Edna Harker Thomas 12.1 (January 1913): 12-16	History
The Battle that Made a Man of Trump 12.1 (January 1913): 17-19	Short Story
Little Louis Catarat by James Buckham 12.1 (January 1913): 19-22	Short Story
The Baby's Page by Lula Greene Richards 12.1 (January 1913): 23	Poetry
Jock's Li'l' Boy 12.1 (January 1913): 24-27	Short Story
The New Year 12.1 (January 1913): 27	Poetry
Worthless Bobby 12.1 (January 1913): 28-30	Short Story
The New Year 12.1 (January 1913): 30	Poetry
Zada and Goo-Goo by Kate Verdel 12.1 (January 1913): 31-33	Short Story
At the Old Red Mill by Charles T. White 12.1 (January 1913): 33-35	Short Story
The Baby New Year by S. B. Pearse 12.1 (January 1913): 36	Short Story
How the Dolls Helped Isabel 12.1 (January 1913): 37	Short Story
A Woman's Courage: Prescendia L. Kimball 12.1 (January 1913): 38	Biography / Memoir
Teddy's Orphan 'Sylum 12.1 (January 1913): 39-40	Short Story
Resolved by Amanda K. Glen 12.1 (January 1913): 40	Poetry
January 12.1 (January 1913): 40	Poetry
How Books Grow by S. H. Green 12.1 (January 1913): 41-43	Short Story
How Fred Won a Friend by , J. L. Heron 12.1 (January 1913): 43-44	Short Story
A Paper of Pins 12.1 (January 1913): 44	Poetry
Officers' Department 12.1 (January 1913): 46-49	History
The Lesson Hour: Lesson Five 12.1 (January 1913): 50-56	Unassigned
The Busy Hour: Lesson Six 12.1 (January 1913): 56-58	Unassigned
The Story Hour: Lesson Seven 12.1 (January 1913): 58-59	Unassigned
The Social Hour: Lesson Eight 12.1 (January 1913): 59-60	Unassigned
Little Princess Wisla: Chapter 10- In the Canadian City by Sophie Swett 12.10 (October 1913): 531-535	Novel Excerpt
October's Party 12.10 (October 1913): 535	Poetry
Frances' Leaven 12.10 (October 1913): 536-537	Short Story
Choosing 12.10 (October 1913): 537-538	Short Story
Ruth's Favorite Recreation 12.10 (October 1913): 539	Short Story
An October Walk 12.10 (October 1913): 539	Poetry
Not Ashamed by Margaret Warren 12.10 (October 1913): 540	Short Story
A Boy that Would Not Give Up 12.10 (October 1913): 541-542	Short Story
The Hickory Nut 12.10 (October 1913): 542	Short Story
Thurlow Weed's Boyhood by Thurlow Weed 12.10 (October 1913): 543	Biography / Memoir
A Voice from October 12.10 (October 1913): 543	Poetry
Boss Harry by Page Milburn 12.10 (October 1913): 544-546	Short Story
Wasted Time 12.10 (October 1913): 546	Unassigned
The Little Left-over Doll by Lucia Chase Bell 12.10 (October 1913): 547-550	Short Story
Books as our Mutual Friends by Professor Hart 12.10 (October 1913): 551-552	Speech
Little Rosemarie's Eyes by Katherine Jones 12.10 (October 1913): 553-556	Short Story
Robbie by Clara Marcelle Greene 12.10 (October 1913): 556-557	Personal Essay
The Lamb that Ran Away by Nora Crombie 12.10 (October 1913): 558-559	Short Story
The Child at the Window 12.10 (October 1913): 559-560	Short Story
Books Are Yours by Wordsworth 12.10 (October 1913): 560	Poetry
A Happy Halloween 12.10 (October 1913): 561	Short Story
Dog and Kitten 12.10 (October 1913): 561	Short Story
The Ambition of John Collins by Anne Porter Johnson 12.10 (October 1913): 562-565	Short Story
Good Interest by James R. Wright 12.10 (October 1913): 565	Short Story
Officers' Department: Stake Secretaries 12.10 (October 1913): 569-571	History
The Lesson Hour: Lesson Forty-One 12.10 (October 1913): 572-581	Unassigned
The Busy Hour: Lesson Forty-One 12.10 (October 1913): 581-583	Unassigned
The Story Hour: Lesson Forty-Three 12.10 (October 1913): 583-584	Unassigned
The Social Hour 12.10 (October 1913): 584	Unassigned
Little Princess Wisla: Chapter 11- Telegraph Messages by Sophie Swett 12.11 (November 1913): 587-589	Novel Excerpt
Sea Gulls and Crickets 12.11 (November 1913): 591-593	History
Bessie's Birthday Inspiration by Elsie Chamberlain Carroll 12.11 (November 1913): 594-599	Short Story
Preparation for Winter by Nora Kotter 12.11 (November 1913): 599-600	Short Story
No Mail for Him 12.11 (November 1913): 600	Short Story
Several Inches by M. Lane Griffin 12.11 (November 1913): 601-607	Short Story
Nicodemus by Harriet T. Comstock 12.11 (November 1913): 608-610	Short Story
A Real Story by Isabel Grant 12.11 (November 1913): 611-618	Short Story
Only Fooling by Laura G. Thompson 12.11 (November 1913): 618	Poetry
The Feast Time of the Year 12.11 (November 1913): 619	Poetry
The Tree that Preached by J. H. Walworth 12.11 (November 1913): 619-624	Short Story
The Baby's Page by L. Lula Greene Richards 12.11 (November 1913): 625	Poetry
Officers' Department 12.11 (November 1913): 627-631	History
The Lesson Hour: Lesson Forty-Five 12.11 (November 1913): 632-637	Unassigned
The Busy Hour: Lesson Forty-Six 12.11 (November 1913): 638-639	Unassigned
The Story Hour: Lesson Forty-Seven 12.11 (November 1913): 639-670	Unassigned
The Social Hour 12.11 (November 1913): 640	Unassigned
Little Princess Wisla: Chapter 12- The Fall from the Ice Boat by Sophie Swett 12.12 (December 1913): 643-647	Novel Excerpt
On the Main Line 12.12 (December 1913): 647-649	Short Story
Johnny's Christmas Trousers: The True Story of a Famous Poet's First Pair by Minnie A. Mitchell 12.12 (December 1913): 650-656	Biography / Memoir
The Wonderful Night 12.12 (December 1913): 657-661	Short Story
Kessa Doahby's Christmas Song by Ruth Everett Beck 12.12 (December 1913): 662-666	Short Story
Keeping Christmas by Henry Van Dyke 12.12 (December 1913): 666	Speech
The Snow Man by H. S. Keller 12.12 (December 1913): 669-669	Short Story
Two Ways of Travel: A True Story by Annie Hamilton Donnell 12.12 (December 1913): 669-671	Short Story
The Story of Sparkle: A Water Baby by Alice M. Haskell 12.12 (December 1913): 672-673	Short Story
He Used His Opportunity 12.12 (December 1913): 673-674	Short Story
Harold's Promise 12.12 (December 1913): 675-677	Short Story
The Baby's Page by L. Lula Greene Richards 12.12 (December 1913): 677	Poetry
Officers Department 12.12 (December 1913): 680-688	History
The Lesson Hour: Lesson One 12.12 (December 1913): 690-696	Unassigned
The Story Hour: Lesson Two 12.12 (December 1913): 697-699	Unassigned
The Busy Hour: Lesson Three 12.12 (December 1913): 700-703	Unassigned
The Social Hour: Lesson Four 12.12 (December 1913): 703-704	Unassigned
Little Princess Wisla: Chapter 2- While the Town Ate Its Mid-day Meal by Sophie Swett 12.2 (February 1913): 63-65	Novel Excerpt
Washington by Mary Bailey 12.2 (February 1913): 66	Poetry
Go-Carts and Spinning Wheels 12.2 (February 1913): 67	Short Story
The Dearest Valentine of All by Harriet Comstock 12.2 (February 1913): 68-70	Short Story
How to Save Time by Mary A. Wood 12.2 (February 1913): 71-72	Short Story
Procrastinating Polly by Daisy Wright Field 12.2 (February 1913): 72-73	Short Story
A Composition on George Washington by Bertha E. Bush 12.2 (February 1913): 74-75	Short Story
Lincoln by Edwin Markham 12.2 (February 1913): 75	Poetry
Harry's Two Losses by Sarah N. M'Creery 12.2 (February 1913): 76-77	Short Story
Secrecy by J. Warren Merrill 12.2 (February 1913): 77	Poetry
Says the Chick 12.2 (February 1913): 77	Poetry
The Baby's Page by Lula Greene Richards 12.2 (February 1913): 78	Poetry
Visiting the Sick 12.2 (February 1913): 79-80	Short Story
Something Better: For a little girl by Clara J. Denton 12.2 (February 1913): 80	Poetry
The Parlor Hen by Jeannette A. Marks 12.2 (February 1913): 81-83	Short Story
The Motto of the Black Knight by Clem V. Wagner 12.2 (February 1913): 84-88	Short Story
Miss Martha's Discovery by Fay Stuart 12.2 (February 1913): 89-96	Short Story
A Dusty Surprise 12.2 (February 1913): 97	Short Story
Robert's Glad Day by Carla Langdon 12.2 (February 1913): 98	Short Story
Officers' Department 12.2 (February 1913): 100-105	History
The Lesson Hour: Lesson Nine 12.2 (February 1913): 106-116	Unassigned
The Busy Hour: Lesson Ten 12.2 (February 1913): 116-118	Unassigned
The Story Hour: Lesson Eleven 12.2 (February 1913): 119-120	Unassigned
Little Princess Wisla: Chapter 3- Pokeberry Ink by Sophie Swett 12.3 (March 1913): 123-126	Novel Excerpt
The Thumb Witness by Adelbert F. Caldwell 12.3 (March 1913): 126-128	Short Story
The Old Doll 12.3 (March 1913): 129	Short Story
The Grandmother Mascot 12.3 (March 1913): 131-132	Short Story
Lowell on Trees by James Russell Lowell 12.3 (March 1913): 132	Interview / Panel
"Tommy Crackers" by Caroline S. Griffin 12.3 (March 1913): 133-135	Short Story
Queer Comrades by L. M. Oglevee 12.3 (March 1913): 135	Short Story
The Little Boy Who Tried to Help by Frances Margaret Fox 12.3 (March 1913): 136-138	Short Story
When We Plant a Tree by O. W. Holmes 12.3 (March 1913): 138	Interview / Panel
The Baby's Page by L. L. Greene Richards 12.3 (March 1913): 139	Poetry
An Unexpected Peacemaker 12.3 (March 1913): 140-141	Short Story
Helpful Friends 12.3 (March 1913): 141	Short Story
Where They Met the Three Sisters 12.3 (March 1913): 142-143	Short Story
The Morning Glory Reformation by L. P. McAroy 12.3 (March 1913): 144-145	Short Story
A Change of Mind by Minna Stanwood 12.3 (March 1913): 146-	Short Story
A Change of Atmosphere by Hilda Richmond 12.3 (March 1913): 152-157	Short Story
Officers Department 12.3 (March 1913): 159-163	History
The Lesson Hour: Lesson Thirteen 12.3 (March 1913): 164-173	Unassigned
The Busy Hour: Lesson Fourteen 12.3 (March 1913): 173-174	Unassigned
The Story Hour: Lesson Fifteen 12.3 (March 1913): 174-176	Unassigned
The Social Hour: Lesson Sixteen 12.3 (March 1913): 176	Unassigned
The Little Tree by Janie D. Hobart 12.4 (April 1913): 138	Poetry
Little Princess Wisla: Chapter 4- Peggy's New Name by Sophie Swett 12.4 (April 1913): 179-181	Novel Excerpt
The Best Kind of Joke by John E. Quinn 12.4 (April 1913): 182-186	Short Story
How May Used Her Strength by Gertrude Robinson 12.4 (April 1913): 187-188	Short Story
Mud's Peculiarity: The True Story of a Famous Editor's Pet by Edward F. Bigelow 12.4 (April 1913): 189-193	Short Story
The New-Fangled Notion by Mabel Earle 12.4 (April 1913): 194-197	Short Story
If by Eva O. B. Gilbert 12.4 (April 1913): 197	Poetry
Dave's Experiment 12.4 (April 1913): 198-199	Short Story
Reuben's Industry by Kate W. Hamilton 12.4 (April 1913): 199-202	Short Story
Dinah by Carolyn S. Bailey 12.4 (April 1913): 203	Poetry
A Little Girl of Long Ago 12.4 (April 1913): 204-205	Short Story
The Youth of Thomas A. Edison: I Owe All I Am to Hard Work 12.4 (April 1913): 205-206	Biography / Memoir
Luck and Labor 12.4 (April 1913): 207-208	Short Story
Try First 12.4 (April 1913): 209-211	Short Story
Not Naughty, Only Foolish 12.4 (April 1913): 211	Short Story
The Baby's Page by Lula Greene Richards 12.4 (April 1913): 212	Poetry
Officers Department 12.4 (April 1913): 214-219	History
The Lesson Hour: Lesson Seventeen 12.4 (April 1913): 220-229	Unassigned
The Busy Hour: Lesson Eighteen 12.4 (April 1913): 229-230	Unassigned
The Story Hour: Lesson Nineteen 12.4 (April 1913): 230-231	Unassigned
The Social Hour: Lesson Twenty 12.4 (April 1913): 231-232	Unassigned
Whose Fault Was It? 12.6 (June 1913): 30-316	Short Story
Little Princess Wisla: Chapter 6- Rex by Sophie Swett 12.6 (June 1913): 291-293	Novel Excerpt
Many Lives At Stake by Helen T. Montfort 12.6 (June 1913): 294-296	Short Story
Vacation 12.6 (June 1913): 296	Poetry
The Donkey's Ears by Emilie Poulsson 12.6 (June 1913): 297	Poetry
Seventy Per Cent by Hilda Richmond 12.6 (June 1913): 298-299	Short Story
Ministry of Flowers by Horace Smith 12.6 (June 1913): 299	Poetry
A Little German Boy by Marion C. Cutler 12.6 (June 1913): 300	Short Story
Rolly-Poly 12.6 (June 1913): 301	Short Story
Dust First 12.6 (June 1913): 302	Short Story
One Day of Fun by May G. Mooar 12.6 (June 1913): 303-305	Short Story
The Starting Place 12.6 (June 1913): 305-308	Short Story
Spring and Summer 12.6 (June 1913): 309	Poetry
What They Lost: (Original) 12.6 (June 1913): 309	Poetry
In Chloe's Chariot by Julia Darrow Cowles 12.6 (June 1913): 310	Short Story
Marjorie's Lesson 12.6 (June 1913): 316-318	Short Story
A Daughter Worth Having by P. R. Binford 12.6 (June 1913): 318-319	Short Story
The Pump-Station Fire 12.6 (June 1913): 320-322	Short Story
The Baby's Page by L. Lula Greene Richards 12.6 (June 1913): 323	Poetry
Officers' Deparment 12.6 (June 1913): 325-338	History
The Lesson Hour: Lesson Twenty-Five 12.6 (June 1913): 339-348	Unassigned
The Busy Hour: Lesson Twenty -Six 12.6 (June 1913): 349	Unassigned
The Social Hour: Lesson Twenty-Seven 12.6 (June 1913): 351	Unassigned
The Story Hour: Lesson Twenty-Eight 12.6 (June 1913): 352	Unassigned
Little Princess Wisla: Chapter 8- The Conductor on the Northern by Sophie Swett 12.8 (August 1913): 419-422	Novel Excerpt
The Sale of David by , Frances Bent Dillingham 12.8 (August 1913): 423-426	Short Story
An Inheritance 12.8 (August 1913): 427	Short Story
The Two Play-houses 12.8 (August 1913): 428-430	Short Story
Grandmother's Story 12.8 (August 1913): 431-432	Short Story
A Bad-Tempered Elephant by William Rittenhouse 12.8 (August 1913): 433-434	Short Story
Carrie's Composite Expression by Priscilla Leonard 12.8 (August 1913): 435-436	Short Story
Uncle Dan's Cure by Daisy Wright Field 12.8 (August 1913): 436-437	Short Story
The Whole World Kin by Bertha M. Shepherd 12.8 (August 1913): 438-440	Short Story
Lucky 12.8 (August 1913): 440	Poetry
The Weeds that Bothered Dora by Linnie Hawley Drake 12.8 (August 1913): 441	Short Story
The Baby's Page by L. Lula Greene Richards 12.8 (August 1913): 442	Poetry
The Nasturtium Seeds by Jean K. Baird 12.8 (August 1913): 443-446	Short Story
Struggles by Valess Dewey 12.8 (August 1913): 446-449	Short Story
Johnny's Recitation 12.8 (August 1913): 450	Short Story
The Primary Teachers Class 12.8 (August 1913): 453-457	History
The Lesson Hour: Lesson Thirthy-Three 12.8 (August 1913): 458-468	Unassigned
The Busy Hour: Lesson Thirty-four 12.8 (August 1913): 469-470	Unassigned
The Story Hour: Lesson Thirty-Five 12.8 (August 1913): 471	Unassigned
The Social Hour: Lesson Thirty-Six 12.8 (August 1913): 472	Unassigned
Little Princess Wisla: Chapter 9- Betty Brooks Lends a Hand by Sophie Swett 12.9 (September 1913): 477-478	Novel Excerpt
Tried and Proven 12.9 (September 1913): 479-482	Short Story
Billy 12.9 (September 1913): 482	Short Story
Uncle Ralph's Brownie by Kate Upson Clark 12.9 (September 1913): 483-485	Short Story
Peter by Sydney Dayre 12.9 (September 1913): 486-488	Short Story
Good Manners 12.9 (September 1913): 489	Unassigned
Two Ways of Telling a Story 12.9 (September 1913): 489-490	Short Story
"In a Minute" by Sarah N. M'Creery 12.9 (September 1913): 491	Short Story
Courtesy and Success 12.9 (September 1913): 492-493	Short Story
An Astonished Conductor 12.9 (September 1913): 493-494	Short Story
Some Pansies 12.9 (September 1913): 494	Poetry
A Bad Example by M. Van R. French 12.9 (September 1913): 495	Short Story
"Me Too" 12.9 (September 1913): 495-497	Short Story
Table Manners 12.9 (September 1913): 497-498	Unassigned
If You Wish to be Beloved 12.9 (September 1913): 498	Theology
The Gods See Everywhere 12.9 (September 1913): 499-503	Short Story
A Real True Story by Elizabeth R. Dickerson 12.9 (September 1913): 503-505	Short Story
On the Peculiarities of Luck 12.9 (September 1913): 505-506	Short Story
Brindle's Visit by C. B. Bryant 12.9 (September 1913): 506-508	Short Story
"Chic's" Stepmother 12.9 (September 1913): 508-509	Short Story
Evidently of No Use to Him 12.9 (September 1913): 509	Short Story
The Baby's Page by L. Lula Greene Richards 12.9 (September 1913): 510	Poetry
Instructions to Primary Officers 12.9 (September 1913): 512-516	History
The Lesson Hour: Lesson Thirty-Seven 12.9 (September 1913): 517-525	Unassigned
The Busy Hour: Lesson Thirty-Eight 12.9 (September 1913): 525-526	Unassigned
The Story Hour: Lesson Thirty-Nine 12.9 (September 1913): 527	Unassigned
The Social Hour: Lesson Thirty-Six 12.9 (September 1913): 527-528	Unassigned
VOLUME 16 (January 1917)
VOLUME 20 (April 1921-September 1921)
VOLUME 31 (April 1932-March 1932)