“The Idyl of Twin Fires” “In Berkshire Fields” “Green Fields and Upland Pastures” “Skyline Camps” “Penguin Persons and Peppermints” A new generation has come into the world since what is here recorded took place. There has been a mighty war, when “peace on earth” seemed very far away. The automobile has conspired mightily to change our ways of life, possibly our ways of thinking and even feeling. You will find in this story, dear Reader, mention of forgotten things--sleighbells! We today, and especially our young people, are supposed to be more sceptical of sentiment than we were of old; so therefore we are presumably more sceptical of Christmas, which is the feast and holiday of sentiment.…
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