The Wesleyan Juvenile Offering
Total Issues: 276+144+321+24+?=765+
"We intend to describe the different countries where the Missionaries
live and preach. We shall give some account of the foolish and wicked
customs of the poor Heathen. We shall tell you how some of them have
been converted to God, and how much happier they are as Christians, than
when they were Heathens. We shall also tell you about the Schools for
their children, - and various other things which you may like to know in
order to make you love the Missionaries, and encourage you to continue
and increase your efforts for them, that they may have the opportunity
of preaching to the ignorant and lost." "There are Missionaries in some
countries which are not literally Heathen; such as Ireland and France.
We shall tell you about these countries, and what the Missionaries are
doing there." "We shall give you some interesting information concerning
our Missionary Ship, and the countries which it has visited, and
concerning the dangers by sea and land to which the Missionaries are
sometimes exposed. Occasionally, we shall introduce one or two
wood-cuts, and, indeed, shall spare no pains to make you like our little
book" (To our Young Readers, 1:1, pp.1-2).
Subtitle varies: "a miscellany of missionary information for
young persons" / "a miscellany of missionary information" (1864).
May not have contained any fiction.
Issues & Index Sources
| Jan-1879 – Sep-1905, as At Home and Abroad | | |
| Oct-1905 – Sep-1907, as At Home and Abroad | | |
| Sep-1907 – ?, as At Home and Abroad | | |
Publishers
Jan-1844 – Dec-1866: Wesleyan Missionary Society (printers: James Nichols)
Jan-1867 – Dec-1878: Wesleyan Missionary Society (printers: W. M. Watts / Hayman Bros. and Lilly)
Jan-1879 – Sep-1905: Wesleyan Methodist Book Room
Oct-1905 – ?: Wesleyan Mission House
Prices
1d.
Pagecounts
Jan-1844 – Dec-1866: 16pp
Jan-1867 – Dec-1878: 12pp
Jan-1879 – Sep-1905: 24pp
Frequency
Monthly
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