{"product_id":"2940015547924","title":"Old-Fashioned Tales","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Race for the Silver Skates  _Mary Mapes Dodge_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNelly's Hospital  _Louisa M. Alcott_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Fox and a Raven  _Rebecca H. Davis_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Private Theatricals  _Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Case of Coincidence  _Rose Terry Cooke_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Flight of the Dolls  _Lucretia P. Hale_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSolomon John Goes for Apples  _Lucretia P. Hale_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWild Robin  _Sophie May_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeacon Thomas Wales' Will   _Mary E. W. Freeman_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDill  _Mary E. W. Freeman_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrownie and the Cook  _Mrs. Dinah M. Craik_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrownie and the Cherry Tree  _Mrs. Dinah M. Craik_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ouphe of the Wood  _Jean Ingelow_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Prince's Dream  _Jean Ingelow_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Lost Wand  _Jean Ingelow_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSnap-Dragons--A Tale of Christmas Eve  _Juliana H. Ewing_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncle Jack's Story  _Mrs. E. M. Field_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBryda's Dreadful Scrape  _Mrs. E. M. Field_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cratchits' Christmas Dinner  _Charles Dickens_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmbellishment  _Jacob Abbott_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Stone Face  _Nathaniel Hawthorne_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe King of the Golden River  _John Ruskin_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Two Gifts  _Lillian M. Gask_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bar of Gold  _Lillian M. Gask_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncle David's Nonsensical Story  _Catherine Sinclair_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Grand Feast  _Catherine Sinclair_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Fairyfoot  _Frances Browne_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALICE IN WONDERLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDown the Rabbit-Hole  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pool of Tears  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Caucus-Race and a Long Tale  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdvice from a Caterpillar  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePig and Pepper  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Mad Tea-Party  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Queen's Croquet Ground  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mock Turtle's Story  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lobster-Quadrille  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho Stole the Tarts?  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice's Evidence  _Lewis Carroll_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"EVERYTHING'S GOT A MORAL, IF ONLY YOU CAN FIND IT\"\u003cbr\u003e Alice in Wonderland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_Frontispiece illustration in color from the painting by Beatrice\u003cbr\u003eStevens_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"IS THERE A PECULIAR FLAVOR IN WHAT YOU SPRINKLE FROM YOUR TORCH?\"\u003cbr\u003eASKED SCROOGE\u003cbr\u003e The Cratchits' Christmas Dinner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_From the drawing by T. Leech_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGLUCK PUT HIS HEAD OUT TO SEE WHO IT WAS\u003cbr\u003e The King of the Golden River\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_From the drawing by Richard Doyle_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS WERE SEATED ON THEIR THRONE\u003cbr\u003e Alice in Wonderland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_From the drawing by Sir John Tenniel_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE RACE FOR THE SILVER SKATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy Mary Mapes Dodge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 20th of December came at last, bringing with it the perfection\u003cbr\u003eof winter weather. All over the level landscape lay the warm sunlight.\u003cbr\u003eIt tried its power on lake, canal, and river; but the ice flashed\u003cbr\u003edefiance, and showed no sign of melting. The very weather-cocks stood\u003cbr\u003estill to enjoy the sight. This gave the windmills a holiday. Nearly\u003cbr\u003eall the past week they had been whirling briskly: now, being rather\u003cbr\u003eout of breath, they rocked lazily in the clear, still air. Catch a\u003cbr\u003ewindmill working when the weather-cocks have nothing to do!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was an end to grinding, crushing, and sawing for that day. It\u003cbr\u003ewas a good thing for the millers near Broek. Long before noon, they\u003cbr\u003econcluded to take in their sails, and go to the race. Everybody would\u003cbr\u003ebe there. Already the north side of the frozen Y was bordered with\u003cbr\u003eeager spectators: the news of the great skating-match had travelled\u003cbr\u003efar and wide. Men, women, and children, in holiday attire, were\u003cbr\u003eflocking toward the spot. Some wore furs, and wintry cloaks or shawls;\u003cbr\u003ebut many, consulting their feelings rather than the almanac, were\u003cbr\u003edressed as for an October day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe site selected for the race was a faultless plain of ice near\u003cbr\u003eAmsterdam, on that great _arm_ of the Zuyder-Zee, which Dutchmen,\u003cbr\u003eof course, must call the Eye. The townspeople turned out in large\u003cbr\u003enumbers. Strangers in the city deemed it a fine chance to see what was\u003cbr\u003eto be seen. Many a peasant from the northward had wisely chosen the\u003cbr\u003e20th as the day for the next city-trading. It seemed that everybody,\u003cbr\u003eyoung and old, who had wheels, skates, or feet at command, had\u003cbr\u003ehastened to the scene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere were the gentry in their coaches, dressed like Parisians fresh\u003cbr\u003efrom the Boulevards; Amsterdam children in charity uniforms; girls\u003cbr\u003efrom the Roman-Catholic Orphan-House, in sable gowns and white\u003cbr\u003eheadbands; boys from the Burgher Asylum, with their black tights and\u003cbr\u003eshort-skirted, harlequin coats. [Footnote: This is not said in\u003cbr\u003ederision. Both the boys and girls of this institution wear garments\u003cbr\u003equartered in red and black alternately.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173182030064,"sku":"2940015547924","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015547924","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}