NEW YORK:
A. ROMAN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
SAN FRANCISCO:
417 & 419 MONTGOMERY STREET.
1870.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
A. ROMAN & CO.,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.


Dedication.


TO THE
CHILDREN OF CALIFORNIA,
WITH GOLDEN WISHES FOR THE CHRISTMAS-TIME,
I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE BOOK.
May Wentworth.


PREFACE.

In the pleasant Christmas-time I greet the children everywhere.