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223: 107:. According to sports historian Robert William Henderson, "It was a tremendous contrast to the juvenile books of the period, which emphasized piety, morals and instruction of mind and soul; it must have been received with whoops of delight by the youngsters of both countries." The encyclopedia was frequently updated and reprinted through the end of the century. 44: 83:
published at various times and by various publishers, in the United Kingdom and the United States, from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, for preteen and teenage boys.
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This article is about the collective series of boys' magazines with similar titles. For the British magazine published from 1879 to 1967, see
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Titles of some of the other varying magazine franchises called "Boys Own", which total more than 15 different publications, included
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The Boy's Own Book: A Complete Encyclopedia of all the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth
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The Boy's Own Book: A Complete Encyclopedia of all the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth
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Masculinity, 1560-1918: Men Defining Men and Gentlemen. Part 3: 1800-1918, Sources from the Bodleian Library, Oxford
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emerged, with the aim of both entertaining and building character. The fun and educational
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The contents of the various magazine titles consisted largely of boyish and manly
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stuff" is still used in Britain to describe exciting feats of derring-do.
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instructional articles, and articles similar to scouting or
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Children's magazines published in the United States
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Boy's Own Magazine
Boy's Own Paper
Junior Boy's Own

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