MR. PICKWICK'S CHRISTMAS BY CHARLES DICKENS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE ALFRED WILLIAMS

 George Alfred Williams, born July 08, 1875 in Newark, New Jersey, died February 29, 1932, was an illustrator published in such magazines as Scribner's, Harper's, and St. Nicholas. He was also a well-known painter of small figures and landscapes.

As brick as bees, if not altogether as light as fairies, did the four Pickwickians assemble.

(Frontispiece)

Emily Wardle

Then the old church bell rang...and they all returned to breakfast.

A five and twenty mile walk, undertaken by the males at Wardle's recommendation

As he wended  his way up the acient street, he saw the cheerful light of thr blazing fires.

Gabriel started up, and stood rooted to the spot with astonishment and terror.

A rich and beautiful landscape was disclosed to view.

"How slippery it is, Sam!"

Went slowly and gravely down the slide, with his feet about a yard and a quarter apart.

THE CITY CURIOUS BY JEAN DE BOSSCHÈRE

 Jean de Bosschère (1878-1953) was an Belgian writer and Symbolist painter. His color-plates may be placed beside the illustrations of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and Kay Nielsen. 

FRITILLA AND THE RED FLYING-FISH

Frontispiece

While he sat there, smoking, lost in the most

delicious daydreams, his pleasant little wife Redy

came in with her arms full of flowers.

" Wishing does not seem to be much good," said Smaly despondently.

" Wishing never is any good," answered Redy, " unless one does something

more than wish. If we want to find our three little girls we must set

out and look for them."

The next moment the tears were pouring down their faces. " Oh, oh, it's burning

me ! " cried poor Redy." It must be made ofred pepper and spice !" wept Smaly.

Smaly studied the good-natured face of this personage, and asked him simply :

" Who are you ?"

Then the Kangaroo-Confectioner said a surprising thing. He replied :

" I am the Architect."

THE CITY CURIOUS

Finally, even the Sponges, which the Wigs carried in their hands, and with which they had

been drying the hedges, jumped out of their hands. Each Sponge unfolded little legs and started running

towards the jam.

THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE " WIGS " BECAUSE OF

THEIR LARGE PERUKES

THESE CREATURES DID NOT RESEMBLE ANYTHING THAT

REDY AND SMALY HAD SEEN UP TO THEN

LAPTITZA AND PAPYLICK

SOME OF THE DANCES WERE VERY COMPLICATED

KISIKA IN HER SEDAN-CHAIR

THE PICNIC WHICH FOLLOWED WAS AN

UNFORGETTABLE REPAST