A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS

By Nathaniel Hawthorne


THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN



CONTENTS:

TANGLEWOOD PLAY-ROOM--Introductory to "The Paradise of Children"
THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN
TANGLEWOOD PLAY-ROOM--After the Story




TANGLEWOOD PLAY-ROOM.

The golden days of October passed away, as so many other Octobers have,
and brown Novemher likewise, and the greater part of chill December,
too. At last came merry Christmas, and Eustace Bright along with it,
making it all the merrier by his presence. And, the day after his
arrival from college, there came a mighty snow-storm. Up to this time,
the winter had held back, and had given us a good many mild days, which
were like smiles upon its wrinkled visage. The grass had kept itself
green, in sheltered places, such as the nooks of southern hill-slopes,
and along the lee of the stone fences. It was but a week or two ago,
and since the beginning of the month, that the children had found a