the church calendar when we bestow upon this one special commendation. But Kaiss Ki.i sou or St. Nicholas is the only one of them whose acquaintance we ever made, or who ever visits the earth in a tangible shape. Cer tainly, if the other canonized persons resemble him in a bounteous, obliging disposition, we should be very glad to be on intimate terms with them all.

There are an immensity of stockings to be