=OUR HOLIDAYS= HISTORICAL STORIES RETOLD FROM ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE IN FIVE VOLUMES INDIAN STORIES A mirror of Indian ideas, customs, and adventures. COLONIAL STORIES Stirring tales of the rude frontier life of early times. REVOLUTIONARY STORIES Heroic deeds, and especially children's part in them. CIVIL WAR STORIES Thrilling stories of the great struggle, both on land and sea. OUR HOLIDAYS Something of their meaning and spirit. Each about 200 pages. Full cloth, 12mo. THE CENTURY CO. [Illustration: HO, FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE!] OUR HOLIDAYS THEIR MEANING AND SPIRIT RETOLD FROM ST. NICHOLAS [Illustration] PUBLISHED BY THE CENTURY CO. NEW YORK MCMVI THE DE VINNE PRESS =CONTENTS= PAGE OUR HOLIDAYS 1 ST. SATURDAY _Henry Johnstone_ 3 HALLOWE'EN 7 ALL-HALLOW-EVE MYTHS _David Brown_ 9 ELECTION DAY 13 RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS _S.E. Forman_ 15 THANKSGIVING DAY 21 A THANKSGIVING DINNER THAT FLEW AWAY _H. Butterworth_ 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