... ch~kzn TixB~ brings round Christmas, which,- in his turn, brings but few signs of Peace and Goodwill. It iS Only too easy to write of Christmas this year in accents of pesshmisfr. But ?? is a 1 cheap commodity, and well characterised by the Ettrick Shepherd ...

... sceptics about Christmas that it was all an illusion reborn of DIcKENs; that DIcoExS had, by the glamour of his oppressively-genial pen, started a new legend of Christmas; and that when we fancied we wore doing sincere homage to Christmas we were in reality ...

... triumphs or defeats in the north. We see too t] much to enjoy Christmas to the full as a c] seaon of exceptional enjoyment-that is all. h it is no longer Christmas or nothing-the O( Christmas that comes but . once a year. is The art of arts would be to ...

... of the finest Ii e of qtnlity. l of | ?? quite a vealth of ingenuity niust have :3 boll eixpendled iln honour of Father ChristmaS, it s-nad diffict to please, indeed. maust be thre boys t e al or girls who Cennot findi sometehing to their I by fiscy in ...

... i'11htls fog and of all The fogs before it during this 211ost dreary wecek, waa tILS ?? (AOc0riy v'eck, was Where to ind Christmas JIt was found nevertheless, and it will be found ogain to-lay, -we feel sure, in greater measure, ill tenthousand happy homes ...

... wants, from a cradle to a coffin. Bi In the Seven Sisters-road is Messrs. Crisp it and Co.'s. The first indication of their Christmas E: bazaar is the crowd of children outside watching - the electric railwav running in the midst of dolls, Amierican tov gunboats ...

... to would touch the hearts of al those who have abundance. We intend again to fQ brighten Christmas Day by sending into our back a. streets and alleys a Christmas dinner, so that hundreds P will be fed in their own homes who would otherv ise go wothout ...

... I PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS. I :. A STROLL IN SHOPLAND. What can be more pleasant on this sunny December mori (wrote a representative yesterday) than a stroll through Christmas Shopland P Surly all the world-or rather its wife, daughters, and little ones-are ...

... CHR1STMAS APPEALS We have received the following appeals for funds to provide Christmas dinners for the poor, and to assist other chbritable institutions. We cannot re- ceive or acknowledge subscrlptions, which should be sent to the address given in each ...

... its roiders of the -wouders to be or offered to the public during the Christmas re holidays. It Mnst havo ieen v'ery closo UpOnl a 1 quarter of a century woitet Dielcons' Christmas el a'nrol was the piece (10 resistinco of one of ita theso privato ...

... plantation of Berllmuda lilies, which have evi- I devtlv been doing their best to bo in at Christmas, whereas they were intended for Easter. They twill just miss Christmas, but they will certainly be in before Easter. The t cheery, ever popular little solanoms ...

... qOtMISTHMS APPFRAS We bave received the following appeals for c funds to provide Christmas dinners' for the poor, and i to assist other cheritable'tistitutionas We caot Re ceive or acknowledge subscriptons, which should be I sent to the address gven in ...