THE PICKWICK PAPERS (illustrated, complete, and unabridged)

And numerous indeed are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief season of happiness and enjoyment. How many families, whose members have been dispersed and scattered far and wide, in the restless struggles of life, are then reunited, and meet once again in that happy state of companionship and mutual goodwill, which is a source of such pure an

and they sank beneath the unnatural devotion of their youthful energies to their dry old books?

we indulge in no hidden sarcasm upon a married life. Mixed up with the pleasure and joy of the occasion, are the many regrets at quitting home, the tears of parting between parent and child, the consciousness of leaving the dearest and kindest friends of the happiest portion of human life, to encounter its cares and troubles with others still untri

A CHRISTMAS CAROL 'I care not for Spring; on his fickle wing Let the

'When I wos first pitched neck and crop into the world, to play at leap-frog with its troubles,'

'If I ever do come back, and mix myself up with these people again,'thought Mr. Winkle, as he wended his way to the Peacock, 'I shall deserve to be horsewhipped myself—that's all.'

'That's wot we call tying it up in a small parcel,

'why, I think he's the wictim o' connubiality, as Blue Beard's domestic chaplain said, vith a tear of pity, ven he buried him.'

basked in the fresh morning air with lively and blithesome feelings, and a few hours afterwards were laid low upon the earth.