Mr. Blake's Walking-Stick: A Christmas Story for Boys and Girls

AUTHOR OF “THE ROUND TABLE STORIES,” “THE CHICKEN LITTLE STORIES,” “STORIES TOLD ON A CELLAR DOOR,” ETC.

CHICAGO: ADAMS, BLACKMER, & LYON PUBLISHING CO. 1872.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, BY ADAMS, BLACKMER, & LYON PUBLISHING COMPANY, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

TO OUR LITTLE SILVERHAIR Who used to listen to My Stories; BUT WHO IS NOW Listening to the Christmas Stories of the Angels, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED.

PREFACE.

I have meant to furnish a book that would serve for a Christmas present to Sunday-scholars, either from the school or from their teachers. I hope it is a story, however, appropriate to all seasons, and that it will enforce one of the most beautiful and one of the most frequently forgotten precepts of the Lord Jesus.

EDWARD EGGLESTON.

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