Period Victorian article on recommended decorations for the Christmas table.
H. S. Atwater, Aurthur’s Home Magazine, December 1883 It was the afternoon before Christmas Day, and honest John Grahame was packing up his butter tubs and the remnant of his Christmas marketing before returning to his expectant family far off in the quiet country. All the day long the great market-house had been full to [...]
A German Folk-Tale by J. Stirling Coyne, Adapted by Frances Jenkins Olcott Once, long ago, there lived near the ancient city of Strasburg, on the river Rhine, a young and handsome count, whose name was Otto. As the years flew by he remained unwed, and never so much as cast a glance at the fair [...]
By Sheila, Published in Young England, an Illustrated Magazine for Boys , 1897 ne has to go very far back in the world’s history to arrive at the time when there were absolutely no toys. Indeed, one may feel tolerably certain that as soon as the children arrived, toys—rough, rude things, no doubt, but still [...]
My Cousin, The Ghost, or, Something Like a Christmas-Box, by Alfred Paxton, appeared in The Boy’s Own Paper, Saturday, January 6th, 1883. Tell you a good ghost story? Very well. I’ll tell you of somthing that happened to me when I was a boy. and you can believe it or not just as you like. [...]
The little Ouralian chain of mountains called by Russians “Semenoi Poias,” or the girdle of the earth, has given birth to a remarkable figure. The Baboushka lived there eighteen hundred years ago. The Baboushka lives there still. As this Christmas legend of a woman is little known, let me translate for you the tale of [...]
This Berkshire Pig illustration for you to color is another selection from an antique coloring book called The New Model Painting Book for Young People. Well suited for use as clip art, or save the file to print and color in whenever you get a hankering for swine. About the Berkshire Pig The Berkshire Pig is [...]
Blackcap Warbler European Song Bird Free Printable Coloring Book Page
With a song in his heart, this blackcap warbler, a vintage coloring book illustration, is ready for eager artists to color in and enjoy. Just click on the image below for the larger printable version. Suggestions for Coloring In the Blackcap Warbler Bird Coloring Page Although I personally have never met the blackcap warbler, his [...]
Vintage Cat Art Sketch to Color In from an Antique Coloring Book
A cat illustration for you to color in, from the pages of an antique coloring book! This free download is another page from the antique Children’s coloring book called The New Model Painting Book for Young People. The book has many other animal illustrations for you to color or paint, and the simplicity of line [...]
Goose and Goslings Page from Antique Coloring Book
Here is a vintage coloring book page of a goose with her goslings. This page is from an early 2oth century coloring book for children called The Model Painting Book for Young People. You can find other pages to color from this book here. Coloring in Your Mother Goose and Goslings Page The mother goose [...]
Hare and Leverets Coloring Page Free Download
A free printable coloring page of a hare and leverets, from The Model Painting Book for Young People, circa 1900. Just click on the image below for a larger printable version of the same. Coloring In your Furry Little Friends Did you know that a leveret is what we call a young hare (especially one less [...]
