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Title: A Christmas Child
A Sketch of a Boy-Life
Author: Mrs. Molesworth
Release Date: October 8, 2010 [eBook #34045]
Language: English
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A CHRISTMAS CHILD
A Sketch of a Boy-Life
by
MRS. MOLESWORTH
Author of
'Carrots,' 'Cuckoo Clock,' Etc.
Illustration:
"The Story of Sunny."--_Frontispiece_.
Illustration:
Skating Scene
Illustrated by Walter Crane
'O Christmas, merry Christmas!
Is it really come again?
With its memories and greetings,
With its joy and with its pain.'
London
Macmillan And Co.
1880
TO
_The Two Friends_
WHO WILL BEST UNDERSTAND THIS
SIMPLE LITTLE STORY
I DEDICATE IT
WITH MUCH AFFECTION
Paris, _May_ 1880.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
BABY TED 1
CHAPTER II.
IN THE GARDEN 18
CHAPTER III.
WISHES AND FEARS 37
CHAPTER IV.
THE STORY OF SUNNY 58
CHAPTER V.
THE STORY OF SUNNY (_Concluded_) 76
CHAPTER VI.
LITTLE NARCISSA 94
CHAPTER VII.
GETTING BIG 116
CHAPTER VIII.
"STATISTICS" 137
CHAPTER IX.
A PEACOCK'S FEATHER AND A KISS 161
CHAPTER X.
SOME RAINY ADVENTURES 179
CHAPTER XI.
"IT'S ONLY I, MOTHER" 200
CHAPTER XII.
THE WHITE CROSS 216
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
"THE STOR
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