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Songs and Games for Little Ones. Gertrude Walker and Harriet S. Jenks. Oliver Ditson Company, Boston.

Contains a number of useful songs and carols, among which the following may be specially mentioned:

"Oh, Ring, Glad Bells!" (P. 58.)
"The First Christmas." (P. 60.)
Good for little children.
"NoËl, NoËl, the Christ is Born!" (P. 62.)
Excellent processional.
"A Wonderful Tree." (P. 67.)
Tree song.

Songs for Little Children. Part I. Eleanor Smith. Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Mass.

"In Another Land and Time." (P. 31.)
"Waken, Little Children." (P. 33.)
Very simple. Good for small children.

Part II of the same contains Santa Claus and Jack Frost songs.

The New Hosanna. New-Church Board of Publication, 3 West 29th Street, N.Y.

Has a good tree song:
"The Christmas Bells in Many a Clime." (P. 4.)
For little children:
"Can There Be a Sweeter Story?" (P. 21.)

There are also a number of old English carols, among them:

"The First Nowell." (P. 2.)
"Come, Ye Lofty, Come, Ye Lowly." (P. 23.)
"From Far Away We Come to You." (P. 30.)

Also several of the more familiar Christmas hymns to be found in most church hymnals.

For old music, see the following:

Christmas Carols, New and Old. Novello & Company.
Twelve Old Carols, English and Foreign. Novello & Company.
Folk Songs, and Other Songs for Children. Oliver Ditson Company, Boston.

The first and last of these both contain "Good King Wenceslas," which is included in other collections as well.

Martin Luther's Christmas hymn for his own children, which is very good for small children, beginning "Away in a manger," is in

Dainty Songs for Little Lads and Lasses. John Church Company, Cincinnati.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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