Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 42961-h.htm or 42961-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42961/42961-h/42961-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42961/42961-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/housewithsixtycl00chil [Illustration: THE HOUSE WITH SIXTY CLOSETS BY FRANK SAMUEL CHILD WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. RANDOLPH BROWN] [Illustration: THE CHILDREN TAKE POSSESSION OF THE HOUSE. Page 13.] THE HOUSE WITH SIXTY CLOSETS A Christmas Story for Young Folks and Old Children by FRANK SAMUEL CHILD Author of "An Old New England Town" "The Colonial Parson of New England" "A Colonial Witch" "A Puritan Wooing" etc. With Illustrations by J. Randolph Brown Boston Lee and Shepard Publishers 1899 Copyright, 1899, by Lee and Shepard All rights reserved THE HOUSE WITH SIXTY CLOSETS To Frank and Bess and Arthur and Theodora and Grace and Ruth and Amy and the "Little Judge" and All Their Merry Friends ALL ABOUT IT A PAGE HOUSE, PEOPLE, THINGS 11 B THE HOUSE THAT THE JUDGE BUILT 15 C THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE THAT THE JUDGE BUILT 33 D THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE THAT THE JUDGE BUILT 53 I PORTRAITS WALK AND TALK 57 II CLOSETS TALK AND WALK 85 III THE PROCESSION OF GOAT, DOG, CAT, BICYCLES, PORTRAITS, CLOSETS, RUTH, AND THE "LITTLE JUDGE" 113 IV THE PARTY WITH SUPPER FOR SEVENTEEN, AND TOASTS WITH A TOASTING-FORK 141 V STOCKINGS FILLED WITH MUSIC, RAINBOWS, SENSE, BACKBONE, SUNSETS, IMPULSES, GOLD SPOON, IDEALS, SUNSHINE, STAR, MANTLE, FLOWERS,--AND THE LIKE QUEER STUFF 185 E HAPPY DAY 215 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE THE CHILDREN TAKING POSSESSION OF THE HOUSE _Frontispiece._ INITIAL O 15 MRS. "JUDGE" PLANNING THE CLOSETS 19