Comments on: The Whole Year Through: The Juvenile Instructor, 1914

By: Eric Boysen

Eric Boysen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:37:25 +0000

I reread the post, and realized that it wasn’t a contest everyone was ignoring! And I thought I was going to win even as a late comer.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:47:40 +0000

Eric to the rescue! Thanks. That makes sense for June, too. (Some of us are too used to a schedule of August-May school to remember that’s not the norm.)

By: Eric Boysen

Eric Boysen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:42:40 +0000

The titles are not too hard to read:

January – No title that I can see
February – ‘Watch ‘Em”
March – “A Joint Account”
April – “Little Watchman”
May – “A Mother’s Pride”
June – “A Hard Problem”
July – “The Winning Run”
August – “Pals”
September – “Fairy Tales”
October – “Once Upon A Time”
Novermber – “Mother”
December – “A Christmas Carol”

BTW June is the time for final exams, so I think the hard problem is quite apt.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:06:21 +0000

I think the lesson to be learned from the covers is clear–if you’re serious about this religion business, you’d better get a dog. NOW!

And an Amen to Ardis–except that I start with a hearty dislike for cats.

But Alison is correct–if you think the children will feed, water, walk, clean up after and play with the dog, as we say in Brooklyn, Fuggettaboudit!

I’m reminded of the talk Huck Finn had with Miss Watson:

I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there [heaven] and she said not by a considerable sight. I was glad about that because I wanted him and me to be together.

If Yorick and Violet and Bo and Abby aren’t there, it won’t be heaven.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:26:11 +0000

Are these all by the same artist? For illustrations, they are pretty good. Whoever created these did a nice job of bringing a lot of the faces to life, even while very stylistically rendered. Check out, for example, the eyes of the first boy to the right of the girl in white on the December cover. I also really liked the June cover as well.

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:16:13 +0000

Watch those kids; when they say, “Can I get a dog?”, what they really mean is, “Will you buy, feed, walk and pay for the shots for a dog while I only take it out when I feel like it/if the weather is fine/until the novelty wears off”?!

Just sayin’

By: Maurine

Maurine — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:38:02 +0000

Delightful pictures. They almost make me wish for such an uncomplicated time.

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:14:01 +0000

I prefer cats. But later this summer we are moving to a house with some space around it. When my older son saw it he said “does this mean I can get a dog?”

We’ll see.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:45:07 +0000

Much as I love cats, a cat is no substitute for a dog for a boy who wants to play. Just sayin’.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:33:39 +0000

A boy and his dog. How sweet. My youngest wants to buy a dog sooo bad. He talks constantly about taking a dog on a walk and taking a dog to the park and throwing a ball for a dog. I wish I knew anything about taking care of dogs! But it seems like it would make an already complicated life even more so.

Maybe a cat…