Chapter I: Front Matter

ROUND THE YEAR IN
PUDDING LANE

By Sarah Addington

THE BOY WHO LIVED IN PUDDING LANE
THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF MRS. SANTA CLAUS
ROUND THE YEAR IN PUDDING LANE

ROUND THE YEAR
IN PUDDING LANE

BY
SARAH ADDINGTON

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
GERTRUDE A. KAY

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1924

_Copyright, 1923, 1924_,
BY SARAH ADDINGTON

_All rights reserved_

Published September, 1924

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I When the Snow Man Sat by the Fire 1

II The Valentine Mistress Mary Found 18

III How Humpty Dumpty Went to the King’s
Party 34

IV Simple Simon Has His Day 52

V Mrs. Claus Has a Great Honor 67

VI The Poodle That Didn’t Know English 81

VII Bo-Peep Finds Out How a Dutch Uncle
Talks 93

VIII The Sand Man’s Scare 110

IX Why Taffy the Welshman Stole Meat 124

X The Crooked Man Gets a Brand-new Reputation 139

XI Mother Goose Settles a Difficulty 155

XII Santa Claus Hangs Up His Stocking 187

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Town Crier was seen coming down Pudding
Lane, ringing his bell _Frontispiece_

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Everybody was happy, including Mrs. Claus who
dozed by the fire 20

No Lady Wind was that. No dog either. But a
bear that stood before her 43

They were dancing around a Maypole, a beautiful,
flower-covered Maypole 76

On the same stagecoach from Dover came a present
from the King of France to Mrs. Claus 81

“Look here,” he said to the black sheep. “You’re
responsible for all this.” 105

What could Mrs. Blue do? She could do nothing
but climb the fence, skirts and all 111

The next morning at nine o’clock the whole town
started out for Honeysuckle Hill 129

“But it’s too far to walk before dark,” said Santa
Claus. “We live ’way off in Pudding Lane” 148