This is a lot of antique children's magazines from the 1850's. Content includes short stories (both fiction and non-fiction), poems, fables, letters from readers, puzzles, advertisements, speeches & dialogues, things worth knowing, and more. The following 6 issues are included:
* Forrester's Boys' & Girls' Magazine (July 1854)
* Forrester's Boys' & Girls' Magazine (March 1855)
* Forrester's Boys' & Girls' Magazine (March 1856)
* Student and Schoolmate and Forrester's Boys & Girls Magazine - A Reader for Schools & Families (June 1858)
* Student and Schoolmate and Forrester's Boys & Girls Magazine - A Reader for Schools & Families (July 1858)
* Student and Schoolmate and Forrester's Boys & Girls Magazine - A Reader for Schools & Families (August 1858)

Here are a few examples of the contents:
* Origins of Cinderella's Glass Slipper
* Stories About Robin Hood
* Martha Washington
* The Comical History and Tragical End of Reynard the Fox
* The Young Smokers
* About Horses
* Thanksgiving Memories
* Henry W. Longfellow
* The Ant and the Flea
* The Village School
* A Ramble in the Woods
* The Land of the Sun; or What Kate and Willie Saw in Cuba
* Principal Gestures Used in Declamation, or Prose Speaking
* The Sultan of Turkey
* My Pet Hector, the Greyhound
* An Optical Illusion
* The Cat and the Mouse
* Grandfather Whitehead's Lessons About Philosophy
* Anecdotes of Birds and Animals
* Pencil Drawing - Simple Lessons for Practice
* The Pygmies and the Giant
* Summer in the Woods
* The Faithful Dog
* The Child Angel