«Boys of England», «The Boy's Own Paper», and the English influence in the Italian «Giornale per i Bambini».

History of English and Italian children's periodical press during the late 19^th century can be an important means to understand National educational processes. According with the simultaneous development of the Italian and the English educational and school systems, the children's periodicals took an important part in the educational project and their aim was to educate the young readers through well-defined messages. In Italy the most important example was offered by the «Giornale per i Bambini» that not only educated the young Italian readers, but also offered various articles and pictures to entertain children in a pleasant way. To assure its success, this periodical took inspiration from European periodicals and, in particular, from the children's periodicals published in Great Britain «Boys of England» and «The Boy's Own Paper». It is, so, possible to discover the existence of an «English way» that inspired the «Giornale per i Bambini». [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]