Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 184
a to go to bed, too, though it was notdark, so that Santa Claus would be sure to come. Grandmaput on a funny cap, and hid under the bed-clothes, and Bertie hung up his stocking before he saidhis prayers. Then he squeezed his eyestight shut, and went to sleep. In thenight Santa Claus came, and… … 170 NEW TOYS AND GAMES FOR THE CHILDREN. [Januak HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NO BREAD. {^Translation oj French Story in December Number.) Few young persons know the origin of this cele-brated proverb. In the year eleven hundred and eleven, theGrand Duchess Caroline Van Swing and her fourlovely…
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