The Peace Egg and other Tales

About this eBook

Author

Ewing, Juliana Horatia, 1841-1885

Title

The Peace Egg and Other tales

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Mumming plays

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20425

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20425

Release Date

January 23, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PEACE EGG — AND OTHER TALES. — BY
2. 2.JULIANA HORATIA EWING. — LONDON: — SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, — Northumberland Avenue , W.C. — Brighton : 129, North Street . — New York : E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.THE PEACE EGG.
5. 5.THE PEACE EGG. — A CHRISTMAS TALE. — The Captain's Wife. — Master Robert. — In the Nursery. — " A Mumming We Will Go. " — Christmas Eve. — The Nursery Mummers and the Old Man. — Peace and Goodwill .
6. 6.A CHRISTMAS MUMMING PLAY.
7. 7.A CHRISTMAS MUMMING PLAY. — Introduction .
8. 8.THE PEACE EGG. — A CHRISTMAS MUMMING PLAY. — GRAND SWORD DANCE. — GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
9. 9.HINTS FOR PRIVATE THEATRICALS.
10. 10.HINTS FOR PRIVATE THEATRICALS.—I. — IN A LETTER FROM BURNT CORK TO ROUGE POT. — The Stage-manager . — THE ACTORS.
11. 11.HINTS FOR PRIVATE THEATRICALS.—II.
12. 12.HINTS FOR PRIVATE THEATRICALS.—III.
13. 13.SNAP-DRAGONS.
14. 14.SNAP-DRAGONS. — A TALE OF CHRISTMAS EVE. — MR. AND MRS. SKRATDJ. — The Little Skratdjs . — The Skratdjs' Dog and the Hot-Tempered Gentleman. — Christmas Eve. — Dancing With the Dragons. — Conclusion .
15. 15.OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS.
16. 16.OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS. — AN OLD-FASHIONED TALE OF THE YOUNG DAYS OF A GRUMPY OLD GODFATHER. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — THE END. — S.P.C.K., Northumberland Avenue, London , W.C.

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