Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2017-12-22 Public domain in the USA. 136 Alger, Horatio, Jr. 1832 1899 Putnam, Arthur Lee Starr, Julian Preston, Charles F. Alger, Horatio Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn Sheaf Little Floy -- My castle -- Miss Henderson's Thanksgiving Day -- Little Charlie -- Bertha's Christmas vision -- Wide-awake -- The first tree planted by an ornamental tree society -- The Royal Carpenter of Amsterdam -- Our Gabriella -- The veiled mirror -- Summer hours -- The prize painting -- The child of the street -- Lost and found -- Geraldine -- The Christmas gift -- My picture -- Gottfried the scholar -- Innocence -- Peter Plunkett's adventure. Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn Sheaf" by Horatio Alger Jr. is a work of fiction written in the mid-19th century. This collection of stories revolves around themes of charity, kindness, and moral lessons, often exploring the lives of children and the virtues they exhibit. The narrative introduces several characters, including the main one, a little girl named Bertha, who contemplates the spirit of Christmas and its deeper values. The opening of the book sets a poignant scene on the night before Christmas, where winter snow swirls outside. Bertha is warm inside, pondering what gifts Santa Claus might bring her. The atmosphere is filled with excitement, but her thoughts take a turn as she realizes the challenges others may be facing during such a harsh winter night. This reflection leads her into a dream, where she encounters three spirit-like figures representing Faith, Hope, and Charity, each offering her profound gifts beyond material desires. This beginning establishes a foundation of thoughtfulness and compassion that is likely to echo throughout the stories to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Children's stories, American Children's poetry, American PZ Text Christmas Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: American Literature 270095 2025-07-22T11:08:58.007309 text/html 251838 2024-10-23T03:02:09 text/html 292733 2025-07-22T11:09:02.919309 application/epub+zip 293907 2025-07-22T11:08:58.814299 application/epub+zip 175867 2025-07-22T11:08:58.395240 application/epub+zip 395076 2025-07-22T11:09:05.961252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367687 2025-07-22T11:09:02.313237 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250977 2022-08-25T10:30:36.602276 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 225134 2025-07-22T11:08:57.397255 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 205339 2024-10-23T03:02:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17482 2025-07-22T11:09:06.232226 application/rdf+xml 22149 2025-07-22T11:08:58.491266 image/jpeg 3264 2025-07-22T11:08:58.446246 image/jpeg 262225 2025-07-22T11:08:58.033265 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia