[Transcriber's note: Irregularities in punctuation which were present
in the original have been corrected. Variants such as would'nt/wouldn't,
could'nt/couldn't, was'nt/wasn't, have been retained.]


A

CHRISTMAS STORY,


BY

DR. SAMUEL W. FRANCIS.



PUBLISHED BY
GEORGE H. MATHEWS,
929 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

1867.


A CHRISTMAS STORY.

MAN IN HIS ELEMENT:
OR,
A NEW WAY TO KEEP HOUSE.

BY DR. SAMUEL W. FRANCIS.