Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 23, April 6, 1880
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Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 23rd issue of the serial was published on April 6th, 1880, and its entertaining pages contain the continuing adventures of a young sailor moving up in the ranks, a Swiss toy story, instructions on crafting a sun dial and a model boat, animal shenanigans of all sorts, and many more tales and tidbits young readers will enjoy. This periodical was published by Harper & Brothers, known today for their other publications Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Magazine. - Summary by Jill Engle
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| A Rabbit Day | 9:43 | Read by rlgreenjr | |
| The Awakening; Salt and its Value; A Sun-Dial | 9:00 | Read by Julian Pratley | |
| Across the Ocean; Or, A Boy's First Voyage: Chapter V | 11:13 | Read by Paul Harvey | |
| Household Pets | 5:46 | Read by David Lawrence | |
| How He Brought His Engine Down | 7:45 | Read by Julian Pratley | |
| An Officer's Dog; The Hobby-Horse Regiment | 6:56 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| The Little Swiss Man; The Canary's Music Lesson | 10:17 | Read by dqtcat | |
| Model Yacht-Building; The White Rabbits and the Tar Baby | 11:49 | Read by mleigh | |
| Our Post-Office Box | 14:53 | Read by BettyB | |
| Puzzles from Young Contributors; Advertisements; The Bossy Puzzle; How to Make Indians and Mice; Answer to the Puzzle…; Tricking Bruin | 15:02 | Read by BettyB |