LEAVES, FOR A CHRISTMAS BOUGH.

BOSTON: WM. CROSBY & H. P. NICHOLS, 111 Washington Street. NEW YORK: CHARLES B. NORTON, 71 CHAMBERS STREET., 1849.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by WILLIAM CROSBY & H. P. NICHOLS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

COOLIDGE AND WILEY, PRINTERS, 12 WATER ST., BOSTON.

[5]PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

[9]Leaves for a Christmas Bough.

A LETTER FROM SANTA CLAUS, FOR CHRISTMAS, 1849.

[14]RIGOLETTE.

[19]A STORY FOR MINNA.

[21]A LITTLE STORY FOR NELLIE AND MOLLY.

[24]THE SCHOOL TEACHER'S SONG.

[26]LETTER FROM THE WEST.

[31]A SKETCH

[34]SCRAPS ABOUT DOGS.

[39]A LETTER FROM A LITTLE GIRL TO A SICK SCHOOLMATE.

[46]WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR?

[51]A FEW RHYMES FOR DAN.

[53]A STORY FOR LITTLE EMMA.

[55]A STORY TOLD UNDER THE GREAT ELM TREE.

[60]A LETTER.

[65]A CONVERSATION ON FAIRS.

[68]A TRUE SKETCH FOR THE TWO SISTERS.

[71]SCRAPS FROM A JOURNAL PICKED UP IN A GALE OF WIND.

[76]AN INCIDENT

[78]A STORY FOR WILLIE.

[81]A LETTER.

[87]PARODY ON THE MOWER'S SONG.

[89]A FEW RHYMES FOR "CHARLIE BOY."

[91]A STORY FOR LIZZIE.

[94]THE GERMAN MUSICIANS.

[102]LETTER FROM A LITTLE GIRL TO AN ABSENT SCHOOLMATE.

[107]AN ACCOUNT OF A SEA-SHORE VISIT,

[113]A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF A SUNDAY SCHOOL SCHOLAR.

[118]A SIMPLE STORY FOR GEORGY.

[121]A STORY FOR SWEET LITTLE FANNY.

[124]SKETCHES FROM A FIRESIDE JOURNAL.

[128]UNDA, OR THE FOUNTAIN FAIRY.