JANUARY TO JUNE, 1842.
| The New Year, | 1 |
| Wonders of Geology, | 3 |
| The Siberian Sable-Hunter, | 7, 65, 122 |
| Merry’s Adventures, | 12, 36, 79, 150, 177 |
| Repentance, | 16 |
| Indians of America, | 17, 41, 74, 97, 131, 165 |
| Story of Philip Brusque, | 21, 60, 87 |
| Solon, the Grecian Lawgiver, | 25 |
| How to settle a Dispute without Pistols, | 26 |
| The Painter and his Master, | 27 |
| The Turkey and Rattlesnake,—a Fable, | 28 |
| Flowers, | 28 |
| Christmas, | 29 |
| Puzzles, | 31, 95, 126, 159, 190 |
| Varieties, | 31, 188 |
| Hymn for the New Year,—Music, | 32 |
| Anecdote of a Traveller, | 33 |
| Dr. Cotton and the Sheep, | 34 |
| The Robin, | 34 |
| Echo,—A Dialogue, | 35 |
| The Lion and the Ass, | 35 |
| National Characteristics, | 35 |
| The Two Seekers, | 38 |
| Resistance to Pain, | 40 |
| The Voyages, Travels and Experiences of Thomas Trotter, | 45, 84, 102, 139, 182 |
| Cheerful Cherry, | 48 |
| The War in Florida, | 56 |
| Composition, | 58 |
| Natural Curiosities of New Holland, | 59 |
| Beds, | 61 |
| The Great Bustard, | 62 |
| The Tartar, | 63 |
| Answers to Puzzles, | 63 |
| The Snow-Storm,—Music, | 64 |
| Bees, | 69 |
| The several varieties of Dogs, | 72 |
| Anecdote of the Indians, | 73 |
| The Wisdom of God, | 77 |
| The Canary Bird, | 78 |
| The Paper Nautilus, | 79 |
| The Zodiac, | 83 |
| The Tanrec, | 89 |
| Letter from a Correspondent, | 89 |
| Different kinds of Type, | 91 |
| The Three Sisters, | 92 |
| The Zephyr, | 95 |
| To Correspondents, | 95, 127, 158, 189 |
| March,—A Song, | 96 |
| Butterflies, | 101 |
| Herschel the Astronomer, | 107 |
| Truth and Falsehood,—An Allegory, | 108 |
| The Chimpansé, | 110 |
| The Sugar-Cane, | 111 |
| Dialogue on Politeness, | 112 |
| The Date Tree, | 114 |
| Dress, | 115 |
| Eagles, and other matters, | 117 |
| April, | 120 |
| The Prophet Jeremiah, | 121 |
| Letter from a Subscriber, | 124 |
| Toad-Stools and Mushrooms, | 125 |
| Return of Spring, | 126 |
| Smelling, | 129 |
| Isaac and Rebekah, | 135 |
| Mr. Catlin and his Horse Charley, | 136 |
| The Kitchen, | 138 |
| Knights Templars, | 145 |
| The Garden of Peace, | 146 |
| The Banana, | 148 |
| Comparative Size of Animals, | 149 |
| Misitra and the Ancient Sparta, | 155 |
| Absence of Mind, | 155 |
| The Star Fish, | 156 |
| Where is thy Home? | 157 |
| Sea-Weed, | 157 |
| Inquisitive Jack and his Aunt Piper, | 158 |
| “Far Away,”—the Bluebird’s Song, | 160 |
| The Sense of Hearing, | 161 |
| “Fresh Flowers,” | 162 |
| June, | 164 |
| House-Building, | 173 |
| Edwin the Rabbit-fancier, | 175 |
| Who planted the Oaks? | 181 |
| The Deluge, | 186 |
| Page for Little Readers, | 187 |
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, by S. G. Goodrich, in the Clerk’s Office of the
District Court of Massachusetts.