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| Material Type: | Juvenile audience |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Frances Jenkins Olcott |
| OCLC Number: | 1319372 |
| Description: | xxi p., 2 l., [3]-461, [1] p. col. front., col. plates. 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Partial contents : New year's day : The little match girl / Hans Christian Anderson -- The mail coach passengers / Hans Christian Anderson ; Lincoln's birthday : Lincoln and the little girl / Charles W. Moores -- Why Lincoln was called "Honest Abe" / Noah Brooks -- His Springfield farewell address / Abraham Lincoln ; Saint Valentine's day : Saint Valentine -- Mr. Pepys his valentine / Samuel Pepys ; Washington's birthday : Three odl tales / M. L. Weems -- Washington's modesty / Henry Cabot Lodge ; Resurrection day : A child's dream / Charles Dickens -- The loveliest rose in the world / Hans Christian Anderson ; May day : The snowdrop / Hans Christian Anderson -- Echo and Narcissus / Ovid ; Mother's day : Cornelia's jewels / James Baldwin ; Memorial day : Betsy Ross and the flag / Harry Pringle Ford -- The star spangled banner / Eva March Tappan --; Independence day : The declaration of independence / Washington Irving -- The Boston tea party / John Andrews -- Washington and the cowards / Washington Irving ; Labor day : The nail / Brothers Grimm -- The elves and the shoemaker / Horace E. Scudder ; Columbus day : Columbus and the egg / James Baldwin -- The first landing of Columbus in the new world / Washington Irving ; Halloween : The old witch / Brothers Grimm -- Hansel and Grethel / Brothers Grimm ; Thanksgiving day : The ears of wheat / Brothers Grimm -- How indian corn came into the world / Henry R. Schoolcraft -- The horn of plenty / Ovid ; Christmas day : The pine tree / Hans Christian Anderson -- The Christmas rose / Lizzie Deas -- The three purses / William S. Walsh ; Arbor day : Why the aspen quivers -- Daphne / Ovid -- Why the evergreen trees never lose their leaves / Florence Holbrook ; Bird day : The king of the birds / Brothers Grimm. |
| Responsibility: | by Frances Jenkins Olcott ... |
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