The Blossoming Rod (Classic Reprint)
The Blossoming Rod (Classic Reprint)
by Mary Stewart Cutting
21 Nov, 2018
The Blossoming Rod, a 66-page short story by Mary Stewart Cutting, is all about a certain happy little family and their plot to give the head of the house just exactly the gift he wanted for Christmas -- a thing which is apt to happen more frequently
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The Blossoming Rod, a 66-page short story by Mary Stewart Cutting, is all about a certain happy little family and their plot to give the head of the house just exactly the gift he wanted for Christmas -- a thing which is apt to happen more frequently in books than elsewhere. Sub-titled A Christmas Story it is permeated with the spirit of the day and enveloped in a happy mood.
This edition of the book contains the two original illustrations, rejuvenated, and 10 additional Christmas illustrations that are unique to this edition of the book.
Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting was the daughter of Civil War Brevet Brigadier General Ulysses Doubleday and his wife, née Mary Stewart. She was the granddaughter of Ulysses F. Doubleday, who served in the War of 1812 and was elected to both the Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth Congresses. She was the niece of General Abner Doubleday. Less