Young Folk's Weekly Budget, Vol. XIII, No. 403

Young Folk's Weekly Budget, Vol. XIII, No. 403 (1878)

This cover depicts a young boy in plumed hat and oriental dress standing over a fallen armored figure on a beach, holding what appears to be a document or map. The scene illustrates Marvel-Land; or Winfred's Wondrous Wanderings, a serialized adventure narrative by B. Holland.

Young Folk's Weekly Budget was a British penny weekly aimed at boys and girls, featuring illustrated serials of adventure fiction, historical romance, and school and sea stories. Published from the 1870s onward, it offered working-class youth accessible tales of exotic lands, heroic encounters, and imperial exploration. The woodcut-style illustrations and sensational cover images were designed to attract readers at newsstands, while the serialized format kept audiences returning week after week for the next installment.