FIFTY CHRISTMAS
POEMS FOR
CHILDREN

AN ANTHOLOGY SELECTED BY

FLORENCE B. HYETT

Why do the bells of Christmas ring?
Why do little children sing?
Eugene Field

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK

MCMXXIII

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Compiler expresses her thanks to Authors and Publishers for the use of poems in this volume and acknowledges her indebtedness.

The woodcut on the Cover of this book is reproduced by kind permission of the artist, Mr. C. T. Nightingale.