Uncle Richard’s New Year Dinner
From the author of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, here is one of her Christmas short stories. I transcribed it in Centennial Gregg for the blog. Attachment: uncle-richards-new-year-dinner.pdf
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From the author of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, here is one of her Christmas short stories. I transcribed it in Centennial Gregg for the blog. Attachment: uncle-richards-new-year-dinner.pdf
A classic Christmas story by Hans Christian Andersen, transcribed by yours truly in Anniversary Gregg. Attachment: the-little-match-girl.pdf
From the great Leo Tolstoy, a beautiful Christmas story, here transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: papa-panovs-special-christmas.pdf
A nice hymn by English statesman and poet Alfred Dommet, transcribed by yours truly for the blog in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: it-was-the-calm-and-silent-night.pdf
This entertaining letter from the pen of Mark Twain was addressed to his daughter Susie. Here it is in Anniversary Gregg, transcribed by me for the blog. Attachment: a-letter-from-santa-claus.pdf
This selection is an excerpt from the book The Everlasting Man, by English writer and philosopher G. K. Chesterton, here presented in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: god-in-a-cave.pdf
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This is a beautiful Christmas story by Swedish author and teacher Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. I transcribed it in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: the-holy-night.pdf
From the autobiography of American journalist Lincoln Steffens, this story takes us to the author’s childhood, growing up in Sacramento, and his memories of one particular Christmas. This story was adapted as a short film. Here is the story in Anniversary Gregg transcribed by me. Attachment: a-miserable-merry-christmas.pdf
Initially published in The New York Sunday World under the title “Gifts of the Magi” December 1905, then in book form in the O. Henry Anthology The Four Million in April 1906, here’s the story transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly for the blog. Attachment: the-gift-of-the-magi.pdf