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


INAUGURATION DAY 139