CMP Review 2026-05-28

May 28, 2026

Where should you go if you’re looking for a Parents’ Review article? The answer will largely depend on when the article was first published. AmblesideOnline hosts a vast collection of transcribed articles, 97% of which are from the first fifteen years of the Parents’ Review (1890 to 1905). Most of these articles may also be found in facsimile form in the Charlotte Mason Digital Collection on archive.org. Both are wonderful resources.

But the Parents’ Review continued to thrive for many years after 1905. The journal continued under Charlotte Mason’s leadership until 1923, then under Elsie Kitching until 1949, and then under Elizabeth and Joan Molyneux. Where can one find articles from these many important years in the history of Charlotte Mason and the PNEU?

One of the aims of the Charlotte Mason Poetry team is to track down Parents’ Review articles from after 1905, and then to transcribe and record them for you. This is an all-volunteer project where we share the results of our work for free. Thanks to the hard work of many homeschooling mothers and fathers we now have hundreds of articles online from these important years.

It’s clear that Charlotte Mason valued the Parents’ Review from 1890 until her passing. She often reprinted older articles and included later articles in her volumes. She also believed the journal would have a bright future even after she moved on to her eternal home. We can all benefit from reading or hearing Parents’ Review articles from all the years of its history.

So are you looking for a Parents’ Review article? Most likely your first question should be “when,” and that should help answer the “where.”

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