File:L'Umile Pianta - For the Children's Sake. 1896, January. p. 1-35. (IA LUmilePiantaJan1896).pdf

• p. 001-004 My Dear Bairns, By C.M. Mason
• p. 005-006 Editorial
• p. 007-008 Imaginary Fears; Baby Sayings
• p. 008-012 Sunday School Teaching (Continued), By F. Rankin
• p. 013-015 A Summer Visit to the New Zealand Bush, By E. Maud
• p. 016-021 Articles on Disobedience, By B.E.F., F.R., K.S. Wood, Sub-Editor
• p. 022-026 Natural History: How to Read Young Birds, By S. Smyth: Brief Description of the Flora of the Neighbourhood of Godalming, By Violet Page
• p. 027-29 October List of Fruits (From the House of Education); Association Notes [p. 29]; Editorial Notes; Notes on Old Students
• p. 030-031 Old Students' Association
• p. 032-035 Letters to the Editor, Letters by The Students of the House of Education, Ambleside, Violet Parker, A.H. McNeill

In 1895, the House of Education Old Students' Association was formed to provide current and "old" students who were scattered abroad, opportunities to keep in touch and provide mutual support. In 1896 they began publishing the magazine, L'Umile Pianta, named after a plant growing near Ambleside, which Charlotte Mason admired for its ability to bend without breaking. This plant was also pictured on the House of Education's medal, with the motto "For the Children's Sake." The motto was used as the subtitle for the magazine. From 1896 to 1900 it was published twice each year; from 1901-1906 it came out three times per year and from 1907 onwards it was a quarterly. Issues were bound without covers or title pages. Beginning with June of 1918, each issue has a printed date. Before that, dates of issues were handwritten on first page or deduced from internal evidence.

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