Chapters (16)
- THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND
- A CHRISTMAS BOOK
- ARNOLD BENNETT
- Author of The Old Wives' Tale, Buried Alive, etc., etc.
- 1911
- CONTENTS:
- ONE THE FACT
- TWO THE REASON
- THREE THE SOLSTICE AND GOOD WILL
- FOUR THE APPOSITENESS OF CHRISTMAS
- FIVE DEFENCE OF FEASTING
- SIX TO REVITALIZE THE FESTIVAL
- SEVEN THE GIFT OF ONESELF
- EIGHT THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND
- NINE THE REACTION
- TEN ON THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR
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