_ 23

WHITTIER'S BIRTHDAY 35

THE BOYHOOD OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER _William H. Rideing_ 37

CHRISTMAS 51

HOW UNCLE SAM OBSERVES CHRISTMAS _Clifford Howard_ 53

NEW YEAR'S DAY 79

EXTRACT FROM "SOCIAL LIFE IN THE COLONIES" _Edward Eggleston_ 81

A CHINESE NEW YEAR'S IN CALIFORNIA _H.H._ 82

LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY 85

ABRAHAM LINCOLN _Helen Nicolay_ 87

THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS 99

O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! _Walt Whitman_ 101

ST. VALENTINE'S BIRTHDAY 103

WHO BEGAN IT? _Olive Thorne_ 105

WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY 111

THE BOYHOOD OF WASHINGTON _Horace E. Scudder_ 113

LONGFELLOW'S BIRTHDAY 123

LONGFELLOW AND THE CHILDREN _Lucy Larcom_ 125

INAUGURATION DAY 139

HOW A PRESIDENT IS INAUGURATED _Clifford Howard_ 141

EASTER DAY 153

A SONG OF EASTER _Celia Thaxter_ 155

THE GENERAL'S EASTER BOX _Temple Bailey_ 159

ARBOR DAY 175

THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE TREE _William Cullen Bryant_ 177

APRIL FOOL'S DAY 181

FOURTH-MONTH DUNCE _H.M.M._ 183

MEMORIAL DAY 185

THE BOY IN GRAY _Mary Bradley_ 187

FLAG DAY 193

THE STARS AND STRIPES _Henry Russell Wray_ 195

FOURTH OF JULY 199

A STORY OF THE FLAG _Victor Mapes_ 201