240
A Child's Grace. By _Robert Burns_ 241
A Child's Thought of God. By _Elizabeth B. Browning_ 241
The Lamb. By _William Blake_ 242
Night and Day. By _Mary Mapes Dodge_ 243
High and Low. By _Dora Read Goodale_ 244
By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill. By _Reginald Heber_ 244
Sheep and Lambs. By _Katharine Tynan Hinkson_ 245
To His Saviour, a Child; A Present by a Child.
By _Robert Herrick_ 246
What Would You See? By _George Macdonald_ 247
Corn-Fields. By _Mary Howitt_ 248
Little Christel. By _William Brighty Rands_ 250
A Child's Prayer. By _M. Betham Edwards_ 252

BELLS OF CHRISTMAS

The Adoration of the Wise Men. By _Cecil F. Alexander_ 257
Cradle Hymn. By _Isaac Watts_ 258
The Christmas Silence. By _Margaret Deland_ 260
An Offertory. By _Mary Mapes Dodge_ 261
Christmas Song. By _Lydia Avery Coonley Ward_ 261
A Visit from St. Nicholas. By _Clement C. Moore_ 262
The Christmas Trees. By _Mary F. Butts_ 265
A Birthday Gift. By _Christina G. Rossetti_ 267
A Christmas Lullaby. By _John Addington Symonds_ 267
I Saw Three Ships. _Old Carol_ 268
Santa Claus. _Unknown_ 269
Neighbors of the Christ Night. By _Nora Archibald Smith_ 271
Cradle Hymn. By _Martin Luther_ 272
The Christmas Holly. By _Eliza Cook_ 273

LILLIPUT NOTICE. By _William Brighty Rands_ 274

THE POSY RING

I

A YEAR'S WINDFALLS

_Who comes dancing over the snow,
His soft little feet all bare and rosy?
Open the door, though the wild winds blow,
Take the child in and make him cosy.
Take him in and hold him dear,
He is the wonderful glad New Year._

_Dinah M. Mulock._

A YEAR'S WINDFALLS

_Marjorie's Almanac_

Robins in the tree-top,
Blossoms in the grass,
Green things a-growing
Everywhere y