THE
PEARL STORY BOOK
Stories and Legends ofWinter, Christmas, and New Year’s Day

COMPILED BY

ADA M. SKINNER
AND
ELEANOR L. SKINNER

Editors of “The Emerald Story Book,” “The Topaz Story Book,”
“The Turquoise Story Book,” “Children’s Plays,” Etc.

NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1919

Copyright 1910 by
DUFFIELD & COMPANY

Drawn by Maxfield Parrish

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The editors’ thanks are due to the followingauthors and publishers for the use of valuablematerial in this book:

To T. C. and E. C. Jack of Edinburgh forpermission to use “Holly” and the legend ofthe “Yew” from “Shown to the ChildrenSeries”; to Frederick A. Stokes Company for“The Voice of the Pine Trees,” from “Mythsand Legends of Japan”; to the Wessels Companyfor “The First Winter” by W. W. Canfield;to Julia Dodge for permission to use twopoems by Mary Mapes Dodge; to the ChristianHerald for a poem by Margaret E.Sangster, Jr.; to Lothrop, Lee and Shepherdfor “The Pine and the Flax” by Albrekt Segerstedt;to the Outlook Company for a storyby Mine Morishima; to the Independent forthe poem “Who Loves the Trees Best?”; toLaura E. Richards for her story “ChristmasGifts”; to George Putnam and Sons for “SilverBells” by Hamish Hendry, and “TheHappy Prince” by Oscar Wilde; to theChurchman for a story by John P. Peters; toDodd, Mead and Company for the story“Holly” from the “Story Hour”; and “PrinceWinter” from “The Four Seasons” by CarlEwald; to George Jacobs for “A Legend ofSt. Nicholas” from “In God’s Garden” byAmy Steedman; to A. Flanagan Company for“The New Year’s Bell” from “Christ-ChildTales” by Andrea Hofer Proudfoot; to Jay T.Stocking and the Pilgrims Press for “TheSnowball That Didn’t Melt” from “The GoldenGoblet”; to the New York State Museumfor permission to use two stories contained inBulletin 125, by Mrs. H. M. Converse; toSmall, Maynard and Company for “A Songof the Snow,” from “Complete Works ofMadison Cawein.”

The selections from James Russell Lowell,Edna Dean Proctor, Celia Thaxter, NathanielHawthorne, Edith M. Thomas, MargaretDeland, John Townsend Trowbridge, andFrank Dempster Sherman are used by permissionof, and by special arrangement with,Houghton, Mifflin Company, authorizedpublishers of their works.

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