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Parley's Magazine (vol. 2, p. 37)
Parley's Magazine (vol. 2, p. 37)
TitleParley's Magazine (vol. 2, p. 37)
AuthorGoodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860
PublisherLilly, Wait, & Company
Publisher LocationUnited States--Massachusetts--Boston
Publication Date1834
PrinterUnknown
IllustratorUnknown
Image Production ProcessRelief prints--wood engravings
NotesIllustrated with uncolored wood engravings.
Parley's Magazine was first published on March 16, 1833 and was published every two weeks.
Founded by Samuel Goodrich, this magazine for youth covers many diverse areas, such as social sciences, physical education, and art, and includes tales from the Bible, poems, games, and morality stories.
This page depicts "The young Chinese licentiate."
Contextual NotesSamuel Goodrich was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut, the 6th of ten children and the son of a minister, in 1793. His career as a book publisher began in 1816. In the early 1820s Goodrich came to the conclusion that children as well as adults preferred to read truth rather than fancy and that it would be possible to present history, geography, science, etc. ( truth) in such a way that it would be more interesting to children than fairies, giants and monsters. Based on this conclusion Goodrich moved his business to Boston and Peter Parley was born in 1827 with PETER PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT AMERICA. Goodrich expanded his publishing efforts to textbooks and magazines. His publications were so popular that he attracted imposters, particularly in England. Spurious Peter Parleys appeared everywhere, infuriating Goodrich, but he did not succeed in putting an end to them.

Parley's Magazine merged with Goodrich's Merry's Museum for Boys and Girls in 1844.
CategoryPeter Parley
Periodicals
Moral instruction
Geography and travel
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL0769
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Object TypePeriodical
Physical Descriptionillustrated; 18 x 14 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008.
Exhibit ChecklistExhibit checklist 13.3
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