Christmas in Legend and Story
A Book for Boys and Girls

Christmas in Legend and Story
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Title: Christmas in Legend and Story
A Book for Boys and Girls
Author: Elva S.
Smith
Release Date: February 10, 2004 [EBook #11014]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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CHRISTMAS IN LEGEND AND STORY
Some say that ever ’gainst that season comes
Wherein our Saviour’s birth, is celebrated,
The bird of dawning singeth all night long:
And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad;
The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallow’d and so gracious is the time.
SHAKESPEARE.
CHRISTMAS
IN
LEGEND AND STORY
A BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
COMPILED BY
ELVA S.
SMITH
CARNEGIE LIBRARY
PITTSBURGH
AND
ALICE I.
HAZELTINE
PUBLIC LIBRARY
ST.
LOUIS
ILLUSTRATED
Tue Apr 04 21:36:03 2017
2
FROM
FAMOUS PAINTINGS
1915
CHRISTMAS IN LEGEND AND STORY
PREFACE
In our experience in library work with children we have learned that it is
very difficult to find Christmas stories and legends which have literary
merit, are reverent in spirit, and are also suitable for children.
This
collection has been made in an endeavor to meet this need, and thus to be
of service to parents, teachers, and librarians.
Most of the stories and poems in this book are of the legendary type.
They
have been chosen from a wide variety of sources and represent the work of
many writers.
There are other stories also, which, although not strictly
traditional, have the same reverent spirit and illustrate traditional
beliefs and customs.
These have been included for their...