Babyland, Vol. V, No. 7

# Museum Catalog Note

This July 1881 issue of Wide Awake and Little Folks' Reader (Vol. V, No. 7), published by D. Lothrop & Co. at 50 cents annually, contains illustrated stories and verse for children. Featured content includes "Herbert's Little Sister," where a boy learns responsibility by caring for his baby sister after his mother expresses distrust due to his prior pranks; "Two Little Rogues," depicting siblings Robby and Helen rolling a butter churn containing a kitten and piglet down a hill at grandmother's farm, with Robby later riding it himself and becoming dangerously dizzy; "Buttercup, the Bossy," verse about a red cow; and "The Anxious Doggy," verse about a protective dog watching a child near water. Illustrated features include "Pictures to Color or Draw: Hope at the Seashore," depicting a girl riding a donkey and building sand structures. The issue advertises four illustrated serials for 1881: a new story by George MacDonald, "Rocky Fork" by Mary Hartwell Catherwood (set in Ohio hill country), and "Polly Cologne" by Mrs. A. M. Diaz, with supplementary book advertisements for juvenile and adult titles.