THE CHRISTMAS CHILD AND OTHER VERSE FOR CHILDREN

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THE CHRISTMAS CHILD

AND OTHER

VERSE FOR CHILDREN

BY

NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH

AUTHOR OF “THE HOME-MADE KINDERGARTEN,” “THREE LITTLE MARYS,” “UNDER THE CACTUS FLAG,” ETC.

With Illustrations

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

The Riverside Press Cambridge

1920

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COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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TO MY MOTHER

(A Christmas Wish)

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Lucy Larcom

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Acknowledgments are made to the following periodicals in which these little verses for children first appeared: The Ladies’ Home Journal, The Outlook, The Interior, Little Folks, The Kindergarten and First Grade, The Housewife, The Churchman, American Primary Teacher, The Continent, John Martin’s Book, Mother’s Magazine, Woman’s Home Companion, Sunday School Times, Youth’s Companion, Woman’s World, Table Talk, Journal of Education, St. Nicholas, Young People’s Weekly, The Primary School, The Ladies’ World.

Also to Doubleday, Page and Company and Houghton Mifflin Company for permission to use verses which have appeared in their publications.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

The first two illustrations are redrawn from John Martin’s Book, the Child’s Magazine, the third from Little Folks, and the others from St. Nicholas, all with the kind permission of the editors.

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THE CHRISTMAS CHILD

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THE CHRISTMAS TRAVELERS⁠[1]

(A Christmas Processional)

I

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II

FOOTNOTE

[1] Music from Mendelssohn, Opus 72, No. 1.

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SANTA CLAUS IS COMING!

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NEIGHBORS OF THE CHRIST-NIGHT

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THE BENEVOLENT GNOME

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THE CHRIST-CANDLE

A Song for Christmas Eve

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II

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THE GOOD FIR-TREE

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