St Nicholas [serial] . ecause their writers love to work at these last are the only ones worth while, andafter you have read a few of them you wont caregreatly about the others. There are of course many humorous books youwill have to save to read till you are older. Someof them come down from very old times. Perhaps I seem to talk very haphazardly aboutbooks, and to skip from one kind of story to an-other in a most reckless manner. You see, thereis one thing that matters especially in reading,and that is to read real books; good literature itis called. And I want you to know that a bo
St Nicholas [serial] . ecause their writers love to work at these last are the only ones worth while, andafter you have read a few of them you wont caregreatly about the others. There are of course many humorous books youwill have to save to read till you are older. Someof them come down from very old times. Perhaps I seem to talk very haphazardly aboutbooks, and to skip from one kind of story to an-other in a most reckless manner. You see, thereis one thing that matters especially in reading,and that is to read real books; good literature itis called. And I want you to know that a bookmay be written in any age, about almost any sub-ject, and in a vast variety of styles, and still bereal and worth while. It may teach you of oldways and ideas and how they affect us now. Itmay make you laugh, it may make you cry, itmay simply make you feel comfortable. It maybe the strangest kind of a fairy story or thesimplest account of every-day happenings. But itmust have truth and life, or it isnt worth GORDONS TOY CASTLE ON THE HILL BY EVERETT WILSON Last Christmas little Gordon Bruce had a fine, large Christmas tree and lots oftoys, just as many other St. Nicholas boys and girls had. The tree was up inhis playroom, a great, big, sunny room that used to be called the nurserywhen he was a baby. A few days after Christmas, Gordons mother said: Now, Gordon, I thinkwe will have to take down your Christmas tree, for it is getting all dried up, andthe little pine needles are dropping all over the floor, and the maid has to sweepthem up every day. Gordon was sorry to have the tree taken down, for it looked so bright andChristmas-y, and he knew it would be a whole year before he would haveanother Christmas tree, so he asked his mother if she wouldnt wait just one daymore. I think that is the way almost all the girls and boys feel. And his mothersaid she would wait until to-morrow. It was a rainy day, and as none of his little friends were with him, he beganto play wit
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