# Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 21, August 20, 1870

Author: Various

Genre: Punchinello

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10016

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Punchinello%2C+Volume+1%2C+No.+21%2C+August+20%2C+1870+Various&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Christmas Eve in Bumsteadville. Christmas Eve all over the world, but especially where the English language is spoken. No sooner does the first facetious star wink upon this Eve, than all the English-speaking millions of this Boston-crowned earth begin casting off their hatreds, meannesses, uncharities, and Carlyleisms, as a garment, and, in a beautiful spirit of no objections to anybody, proceed to think what can be done for the poor in the way of sincerely wishing them well. The princely merchant, in his counting-room, involuntarily experiences the softening, humanizing influence of the hour, and, in tones tremulous with unwonted emotion, privately directs his Chief-Clerk to tell all th...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punchinello-volume-1-no-21-august-20-1870-10016/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punchinello-volume-1-no-21-august-20-1870-10016/chapters/1/index.md)