Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 283
e, N. Y.Dear St. Nicholas: For the first choice of ansect as an em- / / blem of St. Nich-olas, I shouldchoose the crick-et. The principalreason is that thecricket is ormight be consid-ered a sign of ahappy home, andas St. Nicholasgenerally goes toone,the two mightboth be signs ofpeacefulness… … IF. I Ol TON-TAIL RAII THIRD CHOICE. 1900. ] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 84I cricket chirping cheerfully on the hearth, the) werenot the happiest family at that moment? As the fam-ily sit around the fireplace watching the children hangup their stockings and hearing them talk about what…
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