Journeys through Bookland - a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922) (14800344313)

Identifier: journeysthroughb06sylv (find matches)
Title: Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: Chicago : Bellows-Reeve
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
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ome in! exclaimed the Ghost. Come in! andknow me better, man! Scrooge entered timidly, and hung his head beforethis Spirit. He was not the dogged Scrooge he hadbeen; and though the Spirits eyes were clear andkind, he did not like to meet them. I am the Ghost of Christmas Present, said theSpirit. Look upon me! Scrooge reverently did so. It was clothed in onesimple deep green robe, or mantle, bordered withw^hite fur. This garment hung so loosely on thefigure, that its capacious breast was bare, as if dis-daining to be warded or concealed by any artifice.Its feet, observable beneath the ample folds of thegarment, were also bare; and on its head it wore noother covering than a holly wreath set here and therewith shining icicles. Its dark brown curls were long A Christmas Carol 297 and free; free as its genial face, its sparkling eye,its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstraineddemeanour, and its joyful air. (iirded round itsmiddle was an antique scahhard; hut no sword was ^^^mm^-^h^^
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UPON THIS COUCH THERE SAT A JOLLY GIANT in it, and the ancient sheath was eaten up with rust. You have never seen the like of me hefore!exclaimed the Spirit. Never, Scrooge made answer to it. Have never walked forth with the younger mem-bers of my family; meaning (for I am very young) 298 A Christmas Carol my elder brothers born in these later years? pur-sued the Phantom. I dont tliink I have, said Scrooge. I amafraid I have not. Have you had many brothers,Spirit? JNlore than eighteen hundred, said the Ghost. A tremendous family to provide for! mutteredScrooge. The Ghost of Christmas Present rose. Spirit, said Scrooge submissively, conduct mewhere you will. I went forth last night on compul-sion, and I learnt a lesson which is working now.To-night, if you have aught to teach me, let meprofit by it. Touch my robe! Scrooge did as he was told, and held it fast. Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese,game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters,pies, puddings, fruit, an