A LITTLE BOOK
OF CHRISTMAS
"What are you doing?" he asked, drawing near.Frontispiece. See page 69.
A LITTLE BOOK OF
CHRISTMAS
BY
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ARTHUR E. BECHER
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1912,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published, September, 1912
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| The Conversion of Hetherington | 5 |
| The Child Who Had Everything But— | 47 |
| Santa Claus and Little Billee | 87 |
| The House of the Seven Santas | 129 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| "What are you doing?" he asked,drawing near | Frontispiece |
| She stood with her eyes popping outof her head | PAGE 39 |
| He thought it very strange that SantaClaus' hand should be so red andcold and rough | 91 |
| One by one the prisoners of the nightdropped in surreptitiously | 155 |
[1]A TOAST TO SANTA CLAUS
Whene'er I find a man who don't
Believe in Santa Claus,
And spite of all remonstrance won't
Yield up to logic's laws,
And see in things that lie about
The proof by no means dim,
I straightway cut that fellow out,
And don't believe in him.
Believe in Santa Claus,
And spite of all remonstrance won't
Yield up to logic's laws,
And see in things that lie about
The proof by no means dim,
I straightway cut that fellow out,
And don't believe in him.
The good old Saint is everywhere
Along life's busy way.
...
Along life's busy way.
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