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THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE

A STORY OF THE FOREST

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE
BY
HENRY VAN DYKE

ILLUSTRATED BY HOWARD PYLE

Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
MDCCCXCVII

University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.