Sunshine: A Monthly Magazine for Young Readers. Vol. 1, No. 9. August 1975. [Cover title].1

Santa Clara, California: Mollie K. Simons and Sarah Estelle Hammond, 1875. 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches. [2],182-200, [2, ads]pp. Pale green wrappers printed in black. B&w frontispiece. Text block detached from wrappers; light soiling and staining; light biopredation to spine head and corner of one leaf. Good. A scarce issue of this short-lived publication, which appears to have run for only 10 issues, through September 1875. The text features a compilation of instructional and/or moralistic stories, poems, and advice for children, many seemingly sent in by contributors (rather than copied from published texts by famous authors). Editor Sarah Estelle Hammond, later Greathead, was a teacher in Santa Clara. OCLC locates five holdings.