[1] G. Stanley Hall, Adolescence, vol. II.

[2] Ibid.

[3] From “The First Christmas Tree,” by Henry Van Dyke. Copyright, 1897, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

[4] From “Evening Tales,” by Joel Chandler Harris. Copyright, 1893, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

[5] From “Sonny, a Christmas Guest,” by Ruth McEnery Stuart. Copyright, 1896, by The Century Co. Reprinted by special permission.

[6] De Quincey, “Letters to a Young Man.”

[7] From “Christmas Eve on Lonesome,” by John Fox, Jr. Copyright, 1904, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

[8] From Volume VI of the Biographical Edition of the Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, copyright, 1913. Used by special permission of the publishers, the Bobbs-Merrill Company.

[9] From “Under the Deodars,” by Rudyard Kipling. Copyright, 1899, by Rudyard Kipling. Reprinted by special permission of Doubleday, Page and Company.

[10] From “The Works of Edgar Allan Poe,” published by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

[11] From “Whirligigs,” by O. Henry. Copyright, 1910, by Doubleday, Page & Company. Reprinted by special permission of Doubleday, Page & Company.

[12] From “College Years,” by Ralph D. Paine. Copyright, 1909, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

[13] From “Gallegher and Other Stories,” by Richard Harding Davis. Copyright, 1891, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

[14] Pronounced Cal-e-va-ras.

[15] From “The Jumping Frog and Other Sketches,” by Mark Twain. Copyright, 1903, by Harper & Bros.

[16] From “The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton. Copyright, 1886, by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Copyright, 1914, by Marie Louise and Frances A. Stockton.

[17] From “The Luck of Roaring Camp,” by Francis Bret Harte. Copyright, 1906, by Houghton Mifflin Company. Reprinted by special arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Company, the authorized publishers of Bret Harte’s works.

[18] From “A New England Nun and Other Stories,” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. Copyright, 1891, by Harper & Bros. Reprinted by special permission.

[19] From “In Ole Virginia,” by Thomas Nelson Page. Copyright, 1887, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

[20] From “Old Creole Days,” by George W. Cable. Copyright, 1890, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

[21] From “Love in Old Cloathes and Other Stories,” by H. C. Bunner. Copyright, 1896, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

[22] From “The Inn of Tranquillity,” by John Galsworthy. Copyright, 1912, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

[23] From Scribner’s Magazine. August, 1914.

[24] From “The Militants,” by Mary R. S. Andrews. Copyright, 1907, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

[25] From “The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables,” by Robert Louis Stevenson, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons.