Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 241
ir bones with joy. And so I say, beware, dear son ;Reduce your weight, and so live on. THE OPEN FIRE. BY MARGARET STEVENS(AGE 10). As I sit before the open fire,Some thoughts do visit me Of brownies and the fairiesAnd the mermaids of thesea. And they stand before me wav-ring,Then they quickly… … CHRISTMAS IN OTHER LANDS. BY WILLIAM BEUKMA (AGE 15). It would perhaps be interesting tohear how people in other lands celebrateChristmas. In England, Christmas is celebrated atthe present time much the same as here;but before the Commonwealth they spentChristmas very merrily. Each family procured…
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