Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 38, July 20, 1880

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Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 38th issue of the serial was published on July 20th, 1880. In this issue, "The Moral Pirates" decide to sail at night to avoid the day's heat and have a terrifying encounter in the darkness in the eighth part of their story; little Dot Calliper finds she's not the only creature picking blueberries on the mountainside in "The Biggest Blackberry Picker"; and, Dora and Gil Norman take an unexpected hay ride in "How Gil Played Ventriloquist". Other highlights of this issue include a how-it's-made-style description of pearls in "Pearls -- Real and Imitation"; a natural history of amazing "Beetles" from around the world; and, the second part in "The Story of the American Navy" which describes some of the naval battles of the Revolutionary War. This periodical was published by Harper & Brothers, known today for their publications Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Magazine. - Summary by Jill Engle

Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Children's Non-fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Harper's Young People

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Biggest Blackberry Picker Scotty Smith
00:15:53
Play 02 In the Swing; Pearls--Real and Imitation Larry Wilson
00:06:05
Play 03 The Moral Pirates: Chapter VIII CoreyD
00:09:18
Play 04 How Gil Played Ventriloquist Cbteddy
00:08:33
Play 05 Beetles Larry Wilson
00:06:36
Play 06 The Story of the American Navy: Chapter II; Mr. Martin's Eye mleigh
00:15:50
Play 07 Polly mleigh
00:14:52
Play 08 How Trotty Got His Jumping-Jack; Birdie's Vanity MorphineLolly
00:07:19
Play 09 Our Post-Office Box BettyB
00:18:28
Play 10 Puzzles from Young Contributors; Answers to Puzzles in No. 35, Advertisements; The following is is a list of names... BettyB
00:15:20