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BURKE’S WEEKLY
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
MACON, GA., DEC. 21, 1867.
Contents of No. 25.
The Christmas Carol —original—illustrated page 193
A Visit from St. Nicholas—poetry—illustrated 194
A Good Man, W 4
Marooner’s Island ; by the Rev. F. R. Goulding.
Chapter XVll.—original 194—195
The Happy Finder 195
Editorial—
A Merry Christmas; Remit Promptly; A New
Book; A Christmas Story 196
Christmas in the Country—original—with an il
lustration
Forgiveness of Injuries 197
Nicholas with the Fur—original 197
Scatter your Crumbs —poetry 198
Wit and Humor 198
Jack Dobell; or. A Boy’s Adventures in Texas
Chapter XVlll—original 198—199
The Christmas Stocking—poetry 199
A Ludicrous Error 199
Our Chimney Corner—illustrated... 200
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BURKE’S WEEKLY.
A Merry Christmas.
fN Germany the most joyous night of the
year is Christmas eve, for the children then
feast their eyes ou the magnificence of the
Christmas-tree, with its wealth of presents
suspended from every branch. “ The tree
(s is arranged by the older members of the
family in the principal room of the house, and
with the arrival of evening the children are assem
bled in an adjoining apartment. At a given sig
nal, the door of the great room is thrown open,
and in rush the little ones, eager and happy.—
There, on a long table in the centre of the room,
stands the Christmas-tree, every branch glittering
with lighted tapers, while all sorts of gifts and or
naments are suspended from the branches, and
possibly also numerous other presents are depos
ited separately on the table, all properly labeled
with the names of the respective recipients.”
Chambers tells us that the Christmas-tree is a
very ancient custom in Germany, and dates back
to the middle ages. It is of more modern origin
in England and this country, having been intro
duced within the last twenty years. It is a beau
tiful custom, and we trust that many a happy group
of our little readers will gather joyously, during
the present Christmas season, around the Christ
mas-tree, and that they will not, in the midst of
their mirth and happiness, forget those who are
less pleasantly situated. If you are pleasantly
housed and comfortably clad; if kind friends sit
with you round the Christmas hearth, and with
you enjoy the good things of life, let your hearts
go forth in kindly sympathy for those who are
shivering around some cheerless fireside, or wan
dering amid the cold winds of this wintry season,
without home or friends. Os your abundance, dis
tribute to the destitute —denying yourself some
luxury that you may administer to those who are
deprived of even the necessaries of life. Remem
ber the beautiful words of the poem, printed else
where :
“ All have to spare, none are too poor,
When want with winter comes —
The loaf is never all your oivn.”
And what you give, give cheerfully. “ The
Lord loveth a cheerful giver.” “He that giveth
to the poor, lendeth to the Lord.” Remember
these things, little readers, as you gather around
your firesides on Christmas-eve, and let the hearts
of the poor and destitute be made glad around
you. You will find that in proportion as you
make others happy, you will be happy yourselves.
“ Then, on this holy festival
When Christ a child was born,
Let kindly gifts, and deeds of love,
This natal day adorn.
“ And now, God’s blessing we invoke
On all, both far and near ;
A ‘ M>'rry Christmas’ still be yours,
And many a ‘ happy year.’ ”
Remit Promptly.
tLL six months subscribers, who began
with the first issue, are reminded that
their subscriptions expire with the next
number. Our rules require cash in ad-
vance, and we shall be compelled to erase
the names of all who do not remit the
amount due by the close of the year. We trust
that all of them will renew in good time, so as to
obviate the necessity of erasing their names and
entering them again.
ames may be added to clubs at any time
during the year, at the regular club rates.
The Magic Square.
LIT O'E have received quite a number of let,
1 ters explanatory of the manner of form
ing T the Magic S< l uare > fir st published
IpAA in No. 16 of the Weekly; but none of
Wi them seem to have read carefully the
° remarks which accompanied the Square
in that paper. The offer of Towne’s Mathemati
cal Course was to any subscriber of Burke’s
Weekly who would, within six months, send “an
intelligible account of the manner of constructing
the Square, as discovered by himself.” And it is
specially required that the explanation shall “ be
such as will enable the reader to construct the
Square without referring to the one already
made.' 1 ' 1
Now, not one of the explanations sent in to us
comes up to this requirement. A mere descrip
tion of how this particular Square is formed is not
what is required, but the ride for forming it, by
the use of which a person who never saw the Ma
gic Square can form one. Before you send us the
rule, give it to someone who never saw the Magic
Square, and if, by its use, he or she is able to con
struct a Square, you may then send it to us with
the expectation of its being correct. But unless
the rule will stand this test, it cannot entitle the
sender to the books.
We have five different processes for making
Magic Squares, which have never been published.
Unless all parties “give up,” we shall withhold
their publication until the end of the six months;
but will print them sooner if w r e feel convinced
that no one is likely to send us a correct pro
cess, or if any considerable number of persons re
quest it.
A New Book.
j are indebted to the author for a copy
T'l' : I'i of “ A Manual of Prose Composition:
for the use of Colleges and Schools,”
by Rev. John M. Bonnell, I). D., Pres
ident of Wesleyan Female College, Ma
con, Ga. J. P. Morton & Cos., Louis
ville, Ivy., publishers.
We doubt if a better man than Dr. Bonnell
could have been selected for the preparation of
such a book. A ripe scholar and a successful
teacher, he knows just what is needed, and has
done his work in a manner which will commend
his hook to teachers and parents. He assumes
that the art of composition is a proper study for
the child trom the very beginning of its educational
course, and should be regularly followed up to the
day of graduation. We can most heartily com
mend this book to such of our little readers as de
sire to learn to write correctly, and who among
them does not ? We will send it, postage prepaid)
for $1 60.
A Christmas Story.
W r E have received, too late for this issue, a
pretty little stoi*y, from Miss Clara LeClekc,
which will appear next week.
Quarterly Parts.
There has been some delay recently in sending
the back numbers to new subscribers, because we
were out of Quarterly Parts and could get none
put up. We shall send all forward now in a day
or tw-o.
Remember that clubs need not all go f°
the same post office, or to the same State. Get
them where you can.