The Pot of Gold, and Other Stories. ( Collection of Children's' Short Stories ) by

The Pot of Gold and Other Stories is a collection of children's short stories written by American author Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman. First published in 1892 by D. Lothrop Company in Boston, the stories are set in the villages of New England. Hiding beneath the child-friendly narration of these sixteen stories, Wilkins comments on New England village life and the post-Civil war woman. stories The pot of gold.--The cow with golden horns.--Princess Rosetta and the pop-corn man.--The Christmas monks.--The pumpkin giant.--The Christmas masquerade.--Dill.--The silver hen.--Toby.--The patchwork school.--The squire's sixpence.--A plain case.--A stranger in the village.--The bound girl.--Deacon Thomas Wales's will.--The adopted daughter