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The christmas child and other verse for children

The christmas child and other verse for children

by Nora Archibald Smith

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Author
Smith, Nora Archibald, 1859-1934
Title
The Christmas child : and other verse for children
Original Publication
Boston: Houghton Miffline Company/The Riverside Press, 1920.
Credits
Charlene Taylor, Terry Jeffress, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Children's poetry, American
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77767
Release Date
January 24, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE CHRISTMAS CHILD AND OTHER VERSE FOR CHILDREN
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.TO MY MOTHER
  7. 7.Untitled
  8. 8.Untitled
  9. 9.CONTENTS
  10. 10.ILLUSTRATIONS
  11. 11.THE CHRISTMAS CHILD
  12. 12.THE CHRISTMAS TRAVELERS⁠ [1] — I — II — FOOTNOTE
  13. 13.SANTA CLAUS IS COMING!
  14. 14.NEIGHBORS OF THE CHRIST-NIGHT
  15. 15.THE BENEVOLENT GNOME
  16. 16.THE CHRIST-CANDLE — I — II
  17. 17.THE GOOD FIR-TREE
  18. 18.A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS CAROL
  19. 19.THE GOOD SHIP SANTA CLAUS
  20. 20.GRACE FOR CHRISTMAS EVE⁠ [2] — FOOTNOTE
  21. 21.CHRISTMAS HELPERS
  22. 22.A CHRISTMAS ACROSTIC
  23. 23.THE MAN IN THE MOON
  24. 24.TO A CHILD ON CHRISTMAS
  25. 25.CHRISTMAS SECRETS
  26. 26.HOW THE CHRIST-FLOWER BLOOMED
  27. 27.A DEAR LITTLE BOY
  28. 28.“L’OISEAU DE DIEU”⁠ [3] — FOOTNOTE
  29. 29.CHRISTMAS IN NORWAY
  30. 30.THE HAUGHTY ASPEN
  31. 31.REMEMBER!
  32. 32.A NEW YEAR’S SONG
  33. 33.THE BOASTFUL SNOWFLAKE
  34. 34.THE GOOSE FAIR AT WARSAW
  35. 35.THE FAIRY RING⁠ [4] — FOOTNOTE
  36. 36.I WONDER!⁠ [5] — FOOTNOTE
  37. 37.EVERYBODY’S BABY
  38. 38.WHICH IS THE ROYAL BABY?⁠ [6] — FOOTNOTE
  39. 39.FLOWER SONG
  40. 40.SWEET SLEEP⁠ [7] — FOOTNOTE
  41. 41.THE MAKING OF THE FLAG
  42. 42.THE ANSWER OF THE FLAG
  43. 43.PROTECT THE FLAG
  44. 44.A COLLAR OF HONOR
  45. 45.THE CHILDREN’S SHIP
  46. 46.SOLDIER OR SLACKER
  47. 47.LEARNING TO KNIT
  48. 48.THE TIMID OYSTER
  49. 49.DINNER-TIME
  50. 50.THE WANDERING EELS⁠ [8] — FOOTNOTE
  51. 51.EASTER BLOSSOMS
  52. 52.THE LIFE-PRESERVERS
  53. 53.TALKING THROUGH THE HAT
  54. 54.THE DAY OF THE DOG
  55. 55.MEADOW TALK
  56. 56.KNOCKING ON WOOD
  57. 57.THE ROBIN AND THE ANGLEWORM
  58. 58.THE JOLLY DUGONG
  59. 59.THE DANDIFIED MANATEE
  60. 60.YOUNG SUNDAY HAT
  61. 61.THE LOLLIPOP BUSH
  62. 62.DIFFERENCE IN TASTES
  63. 63.THE WORD OF A GENTLEMAN
  64. 64.NO MAN’S LAND
  65. 65.KAMATU SAN AND ’LIZABETH ANN
  66. 66.THE LITTLE ’PRENTICE LAD
  67. 67.THE SUNFLOWER’S STORY
  68. 68.A BANANA STORY
  69. 69.SONG OF THE CARNAHUBA PALM
  70. 70.LITTLE DORRIT’S PLAYGROUND
  71. 71.THE THREAD-AND-NEEDLE TREE — I — II — III — IV — V
  72. 72.PEDDLING POETRY
  73. 73.THE LITTLE ARTIST
  74. 74.THE FEAST OF THE DOLL
  75. 75.THE FEAST OF ARMS
  76. 76.THE FEAST OF LAUGHTER
  77. 77.THE DOLL’S CALENDAR⁠ [9] — January — February — March — April — May — June — July — August — September — October — November — December — FOOTNOTE
  78. 78.Transcriber’s Notes

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