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CONTENTS
The Race for the Silver Skates _Mary Mapes Dodge_
Nelly's Hospital _Louisa M. Alcott_
A Fox and a Raven _Rebecca H. Davis_
The Private Theatricals _Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney_
A Case of Coincidence _Rose Terry Cooke_
The Flight of the Dolls _Lucretia P. Hale_
Solomon John Goes for Apples _Lucretia P. Hale_
Wild Robin _Sophie May_
Deacon Thomas Wales' Will _Mary E. W. Freeman_
Dill _Mary E. W. Freeman_
Brownie and the Cook _Mrs. Dinah M. Craik_
Brownie and the Cherry Tree _Mrs. Dinah M. Craik_
The Ouphe of the Wood _Jean Ingelow_
The Prince's Dream _Jean Ingelow_
A Lost Wand _Jean Ingelow_
Snap-Dragons--A Tale of Christmas Eve _Juliana H. Ewing_
Uncle Jack's Story _Mrs. E. M. Field_
Bryda's Dreadful Scrape _Mrs. E. M. Field_
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner _Charles Dickens_
Embellishment _Jacob Abbott_
The Great Stone Face _Nathaniel Hawthorne_
The King of the Golden River _John Ruskin_
The Two Gifts _Lillian M. Gask_
The Bar of Gold _Lillian M. Gask_
Uncle David's Nonsensical Story _Catherine Sinclair_
The Grand Feast _Catherine Sinclair_
The Story of Fairyfoot _Frances Browne_
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Down the Rabbit-Hole _Lewis Carroll_
The Pool of Tears _Lewis Carroll_
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale _Lewis Carroll_
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill _Lewis Carroll_
Advice from a Caterpillar _Lewis Carroll_
Pig and Pepper _Lewis Carroll_
A Mad Tea-Party _Lewis Carroll_
The Queen's Croquet Ground _Lewis Carroll_
The Mock Turtle's Story _Lewis Carroll_
The Lobster-Quadrille _Lewis Carroll_
Who Stole the Tarts? _Lewis Carroll_
Alice's Evidence _Lewis Carroll_
ILLUSTRATIONS
"EVERYTHING'S GOT A MORAL, IF ONLY YOU CAN FIND IT"
Alice in Wonderland
_Frontispiece illustration in color from the painting by Beatrice
Stevens_
"IS THERE A PECULIAR FLAVOR IN WHAT YOU SPRINKLE FROM YOUR TORCH?"
ASKED SCROOGE
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner
_From the drawing by T. Leech_
GLUCK PUT HIS HEAD OUT TO SEE WHO IT WAS
The King of the Golden River
_From the drawing by Richard Doyle_
THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS WERE SEATED ON THEIR THRONE
Alice in Wonderland
_From the drawing by Sir John Tenniel_
THE RACE FOR THE SILVER SKATES
By Mary Mapes Dodge
The 20th of December came at last, bringing with it the perfection
of winter weather. All over the level landscape lay the warm sunlight.
It tried its power on lake, canal, and river; but the ice flashed
defiance, and showed no sign of melting. The very weather-cocks stood
still to enjoy the sight. This gave the windmills a holiday. Nearly
all the past week they had been whirling briskly: now, being rather
out of breath, they rocked lazily in the clear, still air. Catch a
windmill working when the weather-cocks have nothing to do!
There was an end to grinding, crushing, and sawing for that day. It
was a good thing for the millers near Broek. Long before noon, they
concluded to take in their sails, and go to the race. Everybody would
be there. Already the north side of the frozen Y was bordered with
eager spectators: the news of the great skating-match had travelled
far and wide. Men, women, and children, in holiday attire, were
flocking toward the spot. Some wore furs, and wintry cloaks or shawls;
but many, consulting their feelings rather than the almanac, were
dressed as for an October day.
The site selected for the race was a faultless plain of ice near
Amsterdam, on that great _arm_ of the Zuyder-Zee, which Dutchmen,
of course, must call the Eye. The townspeople turned out in large
numbers. Strangers in the city deemed it a fine chance to see what was
to be seen. Many a peasant from the northward had wisely chosen the
20th as the day for the next city-trading. It seemed that everybody,
young and old, who had wheels, skates, or feet at command, had
hastened to the scene.
There were the gentry in their coaches, dressed like Parisians fresh
from the Boulevards; Amsterdam children in charity uniforms; girls
from the Roman-Catholic Orphan-House, in sable gowns and white
headbands; boys from the Burgher Asylum, with their black tights and
short-skirted, harlequin coats. [Footnote: This is not said in
derision. Both the boys and girls of this institution wear garments
quartered in red and black alternately.
The Race for the Silver Skates _Mary Mapes Dodge_
Nelly's Hospital _Louisa M. Alcott_
A Fox and a Raven _Rebecca H. Davis_
The Private Theatricals _Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney_
A Case of Coincidence _Rose Terry Cooke_
The Flight of the Dolls _Lucretia P. Hale_
Solomon John Goes for Apples _Lucretia P. Hale_
Wild Robin _Sophie May_
Deacon Thomas Wales' Will _Mary E. W. Freeman_
Dill _Mary E. W. Freeman_
Brownie and the Cook _Mrs. Dinah M. Craik_
Brownie and the Cherry Tree _Mrs. Dinah M. Craik_
The Ouphe of the Wood _Jean Ingelow_
The Prince's Dream _Jean Ingelow_
A Lost Wand _Jean Ingelow_
Snap-Dragons--A Tale of Christmas Eve _Juliana H. Ewing_
Uncle Jack's Story _Mrs. E. M. Field_
Bryda's Dreadful Scrape _Mrs. E. M. Field_
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner _Charles Dickens_
Embellishment _Jacob Abbott_
The Great Stone Face _Nathaniel Hawthorne_
The King of the Golden River _John Ruskin_
The Two Gifts _Lillian M. Gask_
The Bar of Gold _Lillian M. Gask_
Uncle David's Nonsensical Story _Catherine Sinclair_
The Grand Feast _Catherine Sinclair_
The Story of Fairyfoot _Frances Browne_
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Down the Rabbit-Hole _Lewis Carroll_
The Pool of Tears _Lewis Carroll_
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale _Lewis Carroll_
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill _Lewis Carroll_
Advice from a Caterpillar _Lewis Carroll_
Pig and Pepper _Lewis Carroll_
A Mad Tea-Party _Lewis Carroll_
The Queen's Croquet Ground _Lewis Carroll_
The Mock Turtle's Story _Lewis Carroll_
The Lobster-Quadrille _Lewis Carroll_
Who Stole the Tarts? _Lewis Carroll_
Alice's Evidence _Lewis Carroll_
ILLUSTRATIONS
"EVERYTHING'S GOT A MORAL, IF ONLY YOU CAN FIND IT"
Alice in Wonderland
_Frontispiece illustration in color from the painting by Beatrice
Stevens_
"IS THERE A PECULIAR FLAVOR IN WHAT YOU SPRINKLE FROM YOUR TORCH?"
ASKED SCROOGE
The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner
_From the drawing by T. Leech_
GLUCK PUT HIS HEAD OUT TO SEE WHO IT WAS
The King of the Golden River
_From the drawing by Richard Doyle_
THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS WERE SEATED ON THEIR THRONE
Alice in Wonderland
_From the drawing by Sir John Tenniel_
THE RACE FOR THE SILVER SKATES
By Mary Mapes Dodge
The 20th of December came at last, bringing with it the perfection
of winter weather. All over the level landscape lay the warm sunlight.
It tried its power on lake, canal, and river; but the ice flashed
defiance, and showed no sign of melting. The very weather-cocks stood
still to enjoy the sight. This gave the windmills a holiday. Nearly
all the past week they had been whirling briskly: now, being rather
out of breath, they rocked lazily in the clear, still air. Catch a
windmill working when the weather-cocks have nothing to do!
There was an end to grinding, crushing, and sawing for that day. It
was a good thing for the millers near Broek. Long before noon, they
concluded to take in their sails, and go to the race. Everybody would
be there. Already the north side of the frozen Y was bordered with
eager spectators: the news of the great skating-match had travelled
far and wide. Men, women, and children, in holiday attire, were
flocking toward the spot. Some wore furs, and wintry cloaks or shawls;
but many, consulting their feelings rather than the almanac, were
dressed as for an October day.
The site selected for the race was a faultless plain of ice near
Amsterdam, on that great _arm_ of the Zuyder-Zee, which Dutchmen,
of course, must call the Eye. The townspeople turned out in large
numbers. Strangers in the city deemed it a fine chance to see what was
to be seen. Many a peasant from the northward had wisely chosen the
20th as the day for the next city-trading. It seemed that everybody,
young and old, who had wheels, skates, or feet at command, had
hastened to the scene.
There were the gentry in their coaches, dressed like Parisians fresh
from the Boulevards; Amsterdam children in charity uniforms; girls
from the Roman-Catholic Orphan-House, in sable gowns and white
headbands; boys from the Burgher Asylum, with their black tights and
short-skirted, harlequin coats. [Footnote: This is not said in
derision. Both the boys and girls of this institution wear garments
quartered in red and black alternately.