Christmas Hamper: Full of Pictures and Tales

<td class="tdr"><h2><SPAN name="A_Snow_Man" id="A_Snow_Man"></SPAN>A Snow Man.</h2></td></tr> </table></div> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent4"><span class="smcap"><span class="non-drop">O</span>h</span>, the beautiful snow!</div> <div class="verse indent4">We’re all in a glow—</div> <div class="verse">Nell, Dolly, and Willie, and Dan;</div> <div class="verse indent4">For the primest of fun,</div> <div class="verse indent4">When all’s said and done,</div> <div class="verse">Is just making a big snow man.</div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent4">Two stones for his eyes</div> <div class="verse indent4">Look quite owlishly wise,</div> <div class="verse">A hard pinch of snow for his nose;</div> <div class="verse indent4">Then a mouth that’s as big</div> <div class="verse indent4">As the snout of a pig,</div> <div class="verse">And he’ll want an old pipe, I suppose.</div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent4">Then the snow man is done,</div> <div class="verse indent4">And to-morrow what fun</div> <div class="verse">To make piles of snow cannon all day,</div> <div class="verse indent4">And to pelt him with balls</div> <div class="verse indent4">Till he totters and falls,</div> <div class="verse">And a thaw comes and melts him away.</div> </div></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i012.jpg" width-obs="457" height-obs="600" alt="" /> <div class="caption">FINISHING TOUCHES.</div> </div> <hr class="chap" /></div> <div class="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="illustration and title"> <tr><td align="left"><div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i013a.jpg" width-obs="260" height-obs="275" alt="girl being carried through water by boy" /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />