Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Book of Holidays
Nevertheless, our holidays are becoming sadly misused if they are degenerating into mere play days. They are, in fact, milestones in our national and religious life, marking the progress of certain ideas. Even when labelled with some one man's name, such as Columbus.
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