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                  MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF CHRISTMASTIDE

                                  BY

                           BERTHA F. HERRICK

                            [Illustration]

                             SAN FRANCISCO

                 PRINTED BY THE STANLEY-TAYLOR COMPANY

                                 1901




     The following article originally appeared in one of the
     Christmas editions of the _San Francisco Chronicle_ and is
     now reprinted by permission from that journal.




                  MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF CHRISTMASTIDE


    "Lo! now is come our joyful'st feast,
    Let every man be jolly.
    Each room with ivy leaves is drest,
    And every post with holly.
    Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke,
    And Christmas blocks are burning;
    Their 