Every autumn in school and home recurs the need for a collection of literature on Thanksgiving, an anthology comprehensive enough to include all the best that has been written about this intensely, and now uniquely, American holiday. This book brings to children of all ages all the best poems, essays, plays and stories of Thanksgiving. And its scope is yet wider. * * * * Originally published in 1907 by Moffat, Yard, and Company, "Thanksgiving: An American Holiday" gives a rapid view of the holiday's origin, its derivation from ancient festivals; its development, its spirit, and its significance. * * * * Divided into five parts, Origin, Celebration, The Spirit of Thanksgiving, The Thanksgiving Season, and Exercises (small plays for children to present), "Thanksgiving: An American Holiday" is a snapshot of how our American Ancestors at the end of the nineteenth-century viewed this important holiday, it's origins, and its American relevance. Authors include: Jane G. Austin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, to name just a few. * * * * Stories and articles included in this anthology are: PART I. ORIGIN -- Thanksgiving in America (May Lowe), The Feast Of Harvest (Edmund Clarence Stedman), Ballad Of The Thanksgiving Pilgrim (Clinton Scollard), The First Thanksgiving Day (Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith), The First Thanksgiving Day (Alice Williams Brotherton), Grandma's Thanksgiving Story (Alice Lotherington), The First Thanksgiving (Arthur Guiterman), The First Thanksgiving Day of New England (Jane G. Austin), Festival Days (Harry Cassell Davis, A.M., Ph. D.), Two Notable Thanksgivings (The Youth's Companion), The Thanksgiving in Boston Harbor (Hezekiah Butterworth); * * * * Part II. Celebration of Thanksgiving -- The Pumpkin. (J. G. Whittier), Jericho Bob (Anna Eichberg King), A Thanksgiving Fable (Oliver Herford), Thanksgiving (Phoebe Cary), Thanksgiving Day (Lydia Maria Child ), 'Work And Play In Leyden' (William Elliot Griffis), Thanksgiving Philosophy (Charlotte W. Thurston), Thanksgiving Dinners (E. H. Arr ), Thanksgivin' Pumpkin Pies (Margaret Sangster ), Thanksgiving (Hannah E. Garey), Ann Mary: Her Two Thanksgivings ( ** Wilkin), Selection (J. G. Whittier ), The Twilight Of Thanksgiving (William D. Kelly), Polly's Thanksgiving (A. C. Stoddard), Thanksgiving Day In The Old Church Tower (Thomas Bailey Aldrich), Thanksgiving Day (Henry Alford), An Old Time Thanksgiving (Helen Evertson Smith); * * * * Part III. The Spirit Of Thanksgiving -- The Thanksgiving Guest (Louise Chandler Moulton), Harvest Hymn (John G. Whittier), Thanksgiving (F. R. Havergal), Two Festivals (Lucy Larcom), John Inglefield's Thanksgiving (Nathaniel Hawthorne), The "Lily's" Thanksgiving (Mrs. Dawson M. Phelps), I. The Thanksgiving Sermon (C. Mathews), II. The Dinner (C. Mathews), Thanksgiving (Jeanie Rogers Sherman), Thanksgiving Hymn (Anon.), Thanksgiving (Emily Read Jones), Farmer John's Thanksgiving (Isaac F. Eaton), To November (G. W. Adams), Margie's Thanksgiving (E. S. Bumstead ), The Old New England Thanksgiving (Harriet Beecher Stowe), We Thank Thee (Ralph Waldo Emerson), Give Thanks For What? (W. F. Croffut ), Something To Be Thankful For (Clara J. Denton), Giving Thanks (Anon.), Thanksgiving Day (Anon.); * * * * PART IV. THE THANKSGIVING SEASON -- Ode To Autumn (John Keats), Indian Summer (Eudora S. Bumstead), In November (Susan Kelly Phillips), A Day of the Indian Summer (Sarah Helen Whitman), The Indian Summer (John H. Bryant); * * * * PART V. THANKSGIVING EXERCISES -- In Honor of Thanksgiving (Lizzie M. Hadley), Thanksgiving Exercise (Anon.), Recitation (Margaret J. Preston), 'All. (Lizzie M. Hadley), Granny's Story (Emily Huntington Miller ), We Thank Thee (Anon.), Poetic Responses, Thanksgiving In The Past And Present (Marion S. Blaisdell).