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1 Old Merry's Christmas Party. (Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.)— The

contents of this book are just what we might expect from its title. The young folks are supposed to have a Christmas party, in the midst of which some well known writers are ushered in, and tell stories. "The Indian Adventure in the Rocky Mountains" and the "Attack on a Lighthouse by a Body of Wreckers" are good of their kind.