61. Burzee
466The Princess and the Goblin & The Princess and Curdie (George MacDonald) (pt. 1)
72. The Child of the Forest
467The Princess and the Goblin & The Princess and Curdie (George MacDonald) (pt. 2)
83. The Adoption
468The Princess and the Goblin & The Princess and Curdie (George MacDonald) (pt. 3)
94. Claus
469The Princess and the Goblin & The Princess and Curdie (George MacDonald) (pt. 4)
105. The Master Woodsman
470The Princess and the Goblin & The Princess and Curdie (George MacDonald) (pt. 5)
116. Claus Discovers Humanity
471Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs)
127. Claus Leaves the Forest
472A Little Book of Christmas (John Kendrick Bangs)
131. The Laughing Valley
473Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells)
142. How Claus Made the First Toy
474Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman)
153. How the Ryls Colored the Toys
475Little Girl’s Christmas (Winnifred E. Lincoln)
164. How Little Mayrie Became Frightened
476The Elves and the Shoemaker (Brothers Grimm)
175. How Bessie Blithesome Came to the Laughing Valley
477Mother Holle (Brothers Grimm)
186. The Wickedness of the Awgwas
478The Star Talers (Brothers Grimm)
197. The Great Battle Between Good and Evil
479Snow-White (Brothers Grimm)
208. The First Journey with the Reindeer
480The Lost Word (Henry van Dyke)
219. "Santa Claus!"
481A Kidnapped Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum)
2210. Christmas Eve
482The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (Robinson Perrault)
2311. How the First Stockings Were Hung by the Chimneys
483The Blue Bird (Madame d'Aulnoy)
2412. The First Christmas Tree
484Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells)
251. The Mantle of Immortality
485Turkeys Turning the Tables (William Dean Howells)
262. When the World Grew Old
486The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express (William Dean Howells)
273. The Deputies of Santa Claus
487The Pumpkin Glory (William Dean Howells)
28Christmas-Tree Land (Mary Louisa Molesworth)
488Butterflyfutterby and Flutterbybutterfly (William Dean Howells)
29CHAPTER I. THE WHITE CASTLE.
489The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
30CHAPTER II. IN THE FIR-WOODS.
490Christmas Eve & Christmas Day - Ten Christmas stories (Edward Everett Hale) (pt. 1)
31CHAPTER III. THE MYSTERIOUS COTTAGE.
491Christmas Eve & Christmas Day - Ten Christmas stories (Edward Everett Hale) (pt. 2)
32CHAPTER IV. FAIRY HOUSEKEEPING.
492Christmas Eve & Christmas Day - Ten Christmas stories (Edward Everett Hale) (pt. 3)
33CHAPTER V. THE STORY OF A KING'S DAUGHTER.
493A Visit From Saint Nicholas (Clement Moore)
34CHAPTER VI. THE STORY OF A KING'S DAUGHTER
494Christmas - A Story (Zona Gale) (pt. 1)
35CHAPTER VII. A WINDING STAIR AND A SCAMPER.
495Christmas - A Story (Zona Gale) (pt. 2)
36CHAPTER VIII. THE SQUIRREL FAMILY.
496The Story of the Other Wise Man (Henry van Dyke)
37CHAPTER IX. A COMMITTEE OF BIRDS.
497Where Love Is, God Is (Leo Tolstoy)
38CHAPTER X. A SAIL IN THE AIR.
498Christmas Roses (Anne Douglas Sedgwick)
39CHAPTER XI. THE EAGLES' EYRIE.
499Christmas Stories (Edward Berens) (pt. 1)
40CHAPTER XII. A VISION OF CHRISTMAS TREES.
500Christmas Stories (Edward Berens) (pt. 2)
41The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford)
501The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
42I HOW JOHN HENRY OVERHOLT SAT ON PANDORA'S BOX
502A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
43II HOW A MAN AND A BOY FOUNDED THE LITTLE CITY OF HOPE
503A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
44III HOW THEY MADE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW
504The Chimes (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
45IV HOW THERE WAS A FAMINE IN THE CITY
505The Chimes (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
46V HOW THE CITY WAS BESIEGED AND THE LID OF PANDORA'S BOX CAME OFF
506The Cricket on the Hearth (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
47VI HOW A SMALL BOY DID A BIG THING AND NAILED DOWN THE LID OF THE BOX
507The Cricket on the Hearth (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
48VII HOW A LITTLE WOMAN DID A GREAT DEED TO SAVE THE CITY
508The Battle of Life (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
49VIII HOW THE WHEELS WENT ROUND AT LAST
509The Battle of Life (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
50IX HOW THE KING OF HEARTS MADE A FEAST IN THE CITY OF HOPE
510The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
51Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie)
511The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
52ILLUSTRATIONS
512A Christmas Tree (Charles Dickens)
53CHAPTER I: PETER BREAKS THROUGH
513What Christmas Is As We Grow Older (Charles Dickens)
54CHAPTER II: THE SHADOW
514The Poor Relation's Story (Charles Dickens)
55CHAPTER III: COME AWAY, COME AWAY!
515The Child's Story (Charles Dickens)
56CHAPTER IV: THE FLIGHT
516The Schoolboy's Story (Charles Dickens)
57CHAPTER V: THE ISLAND COME TRUE
517Nobody's Story (Charles Dickens)
58CHAPTER VI: THE LITTLE HOUSE
518The Seven Poor Travellers (Charles Dickens)
59CHAPTER VII: THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND
519The Holly-Tree (Charles Dickens)
60CHAPTER VIII: THE MERMAIDS' LAGOON
520The Wreck of the Golden Mary (Charles Dickens)
61CHAPTER IX: THE NEVER BIRD
521The Perils of Certain English Prisoners (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
62CHAPTER X: THE HAPPY HOME
522The Perils of Certain English Prisoners (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
63CHAPTER XI: WENDY'S STORY
523A House to Let (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
64CHAPTER XII: THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF
524A House to Let (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
65CHAPTER XIII: DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?
525The Haunted House (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
66CHAPTER XIV: THE PIRATE SHIP
526The Haunted House (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
67CHAPTER XV: 'HOOK OR ME THIS TIME'
527The Haunted House (Charles Dickens) (pt. 3)
68CHAPTER XVI: THE RETURN HOME
528A Message From the Sea (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
69CHAPTER XVII: WHEN WENDY GREW UP
529A Message From the Sea (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
70Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
530A Message From the Sea (Charles Dickens) (pt. 3)
71CHAPTER I. PLAYING PILGRIMS.
531Tom Tiddler's Ground (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
72CHAPTER II. A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
532Tom Tiddler's Ground (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
73CHAPTER III. THE LAURENCE BOY.
533Tom Tiddler's Ground (Charles Dickens) (pt. 3)
74CHAPTER IV. BURDEN.
534Somebody's Luggage (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
75CHAPTER V. BEING NEIGHBORLY.
535Somebody's Luggage (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
76CHAPTER VI. BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL.
536Somebody's Luggage (Charles Dickens) (pt. 3)
77CHAPTER VII. AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION.
537Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
78CHAPTER VIII. JO MEETS APOLLYON.
538Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
79CHAPTER IX. MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR.
539Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings (Charles Dickens) (pt. 3)
80CHAPTER X. THE P. C. AND P. O.
540Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
81THE HISTORY OF A SQUASH.
541Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
82A SAD ACCIDENT.
542Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy (Charles Dickens) (pt. 3)
83THE PUBLIC BEREAVEMENT.
543Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
84A LAMENT FOR S. B. PAT PAW.
544Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
85ADVERTISEMENTS.
545Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) (pt. 3)
86HINTS.
546Mugby Junction (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
87WEEKLY REPORT.
547Mugby Junction (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
88CHAPTER XI. EXPERIMENT.
548Mugby Junction (Charles Dickens) (pt. 3)
89CHAPTER XII. CAMP LAURENCE.
549No Thoroughfare (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
90CHAPTER XIII. CASTLES IN THE AIR.
550No Thoroughfare (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
91CHAPTER XIV. SECRETS.
551No Thoroughfare (Charles Dickens) (pt. 3)
92CHAPTER XV. A TELEGRAM.
552Madelaine Tube and Her Blind Brother (Anne Ridley Sedgwick)
93CHAPTER XVI. LETTERS.
553A Christmas Inspiration and Other Stories (Lucy Maud Montgomery) (pt. 1)
94CHAPTER XVII. LITTLE FAITHFUL.
554A Christmas Inspiration and Other Stories (Lucy Maud Montgomery) (pt. 2)
95CHAPTER XVIII. DARK DAYS.
555Boreas Bluster's Christmas Present (Mrs. W. J. Hays)
96CHAPTER XIX. AMY'S WILL.
556A Christmas Fairy (John Strange Winter)
97CHAPTER XX. CONFIDENTIAL.
557The First Christmas Tree and Other Christmas Stories (Eugene Field)
98CHAPTER XXI. LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE.
558A Christmas Greeting: A Series of Stories (Hans Christian Andersen) (pt. 1)
99CHAPTER XXII. PLEASANT MEADOWS.
559A Christmas Greeting: A Series of Stories (Hans Christian Andersen) (pt. 2)
100CHAPTER XXIII. AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION.
560A Winter Nosegay, Being Tales for Children at Christmastide (Walter Crane)
101CHAPTER XXIV. GOSSIP.
561Susy Diller's Christmas Feast (Anonymous)
102CHAPTER XXV. THE FIRST WEDDING.
562The Thieves who couldn't Stop Sneezing (Thomas Hardy)
103CHAPTER XXVI. ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS.
563Old Peabody Pew (Kate Douglas Wiggin)
104CHAPTER XXVII. LITERARY LESSONS.
564Kittyboy's Christmas (Amy Ella Blanchard)
105CHAPTER XXVIII. DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES.
565A Christmas Mystery (William John Locke)
106CHAPTER XXIX. CALLS.
566A Captured Santa Claus (Thomas Nelson Page)
107CHAPTER XXX. CONSEQUENCES.
567Tommy Trots Visit to Santa Claus (Thomas Nelson Page)
108CHAPTER XXXI. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT.
568Papa Panov's Special Christmas (Leo Tolstoy)
109CHAPTER XXXII. TENDER TROUBLES.
569Little Piccola (Nora A. Smith)
110CHAPTER XXXIII. JO'S JOURNAL.
570The Legend of the "White Gifts" (Phebe A. Curtiss)
111CHAPTER XXXIV. A FRIEND.
571Her Birthday Dream (Nellie C. King)
112CHAPTER XXXV. HEARTACHE.
572The Shepherd's Story (Booker T. Washington)
113CHAPTER XXXVI. BETH'S SECRET.
573The Story of Christmas (Nora A. Smith)
114CHAPTER XXXVII. NEW IMPRESSIONS.
574The Legend of the Christmas Tree (Lucy Wheelock)
115CHAPTER XXXVIII. ON THE SHELF.
575Little Jean (Francois Coppe)
116CHAPTER XXXIX. LAZY LAURENCE.
576How the Fir Tree Became the Christmas Tree (Aunt Hede)
117CHAPTER XL. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW.
577The Magi in the West and Their Search for the Christ (Frederick E. Dewhurst)
118CHAPTER XLI. LEARNING TO FORGET.
578The Little Shepherd (Maud Lindsay)
119CHAPTER XLII. ALL ALONE.
579The Worker in Sandal wood (Marjorie L. C. Pickthall)
120CHAPTER XLIII. SURPRISES.
580The Shepherd Who Didn't Go (Jay T. Stocking)
121CHAPTER XLIV. MY LORD AND LADY.
581Paulina's Christmas (Anna Robinson)
122CHAPTER XLV. DAISY AND DEMI.
582Unto Us a Child Is Born (Phebe A. Curtiss)
123CHAPTER XLVI. UNDER THE UMBRELLA.
583The Star (Florence M. Kingsley)
124CHAPTER XLVII. HARVEST TIME.
584Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse (Charles Dickens)
125Introduction
585The Christmas Masquerade (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman)
1261. The Cyclone
586The Shepherds and the Angels (Bible)
1272. The Council with the Munchkins
587The Telltale Tile (Olive Thorne Miller)
1283. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
588A Christmas Matinee (M. A. L. Lane)
1294. The Road Through the Forest
589A Story of the Christ-Child (Elizabeth Harkison)
1305. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
590Why the Chimes Rang (Raymond McAlden)
1316. The Cowardly Lion
591The Birds' Christmas (F. E. Mann)
1327. The Journey to the Great Oz
592The Little Sister's Vacation (Winifred M. Kirkland)
1338. The Deadly Poppy Field
593Little Wolff's Wooden Shoes (François Coppée)
1349. The Queen of the Field Mice
594Christmas in the Alley (Olive Thorne Miller)
13510. The Guardian of the Gate
595A Christmas Star (Katherine Pyle)
13611. The Wonderful City of Oz
596The Queerest Christmas (Grace Margaret Gallaher)
13712. The Search for the Wicked Witch
597Old Father Christmas (J. H. Ewing)
13813. The Rescue
598How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats (Elia W. Peattie)
13914. The Winged Monkeys
599Christmas in the Barn (F. Arnstein)
14015. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
600The Philanthropist's Christmas (James Weber Linn)
14116. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
601The First Christmas-Tree (Lucy Wheelock)
14217. How the Balloon Was Launched
602Christmas in Seventeen Seventy-Six (Anne Hollingsworth Wharton)
14318. Away to the South
603Christmas Under The Snow (Olive Thorne Miller)
14419. Attacked by the Fighting Trees
604Master Sandy's Snapdragon (Elbridge S. Brooks)
14520. The Dainty China Country
605The Passing of Tony (Isabel Cecilia Williams)
14621. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
606A Memorable Christmas Morning (Isabel Cecilia Williams)
14722. The Country of the Quadlings
607The Christmas Tree and the Wedding (F.M. Dostoyevsky)
14823. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish
608Vanka (Anton Chekhov)
14924. Home Again
609At Christmas Time (Anton Chekhov)
150I
610The Mansion (Henry Van Dyke)
151II
611A Bird in the Snow (Armando Palacio Valdés)
152III
612A Christmas in the Forest (André Theuriet)
153IV
613The Louis-d'Or (François Coppée)
154V
614A Christmas Supper in the Marais (Alphonse Daudet)
155VI
615The Princess and the Ragamuffin (Benito Pérez Galdós)
156VII
616A Tragedy (Antonio Maré)
157VIII
617The Three Low Masses (Alphonse Daudet)
158IX
618The Poet's Christmas Eve (Pedro A. de Alarcón)
159X
619The Yule Log (Jules Simon)
160XI
620The Mule and the Ox (Benito Pérez Galdós)
161XII
621Solange, the Wolf-Girl (Marcel Prévost)
162XIII
622Salvette and Bernadou (Alphonse Daudet)
163XIV
623Maese Pérez, the Organist (Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer)
164XV
624The Torn Cloak (Maxime du Camp)
165CHAPTER I.
625Who Ate The Pink Sweetmeat? (Susan Coolidge)
166CHAPTER II.
626The Whizzer (Mary Hartwell Catherwood)
167CHAPTER III.
627The Patroncito’s Christmas (F. L. Stealey)
168CHAPTER IV.
628Cherry Pie (Kate Upson Clark)
169CHAPTER V.
629Bertie’s Ride (Marion Clifford)
170CHAPTER VI.
630Asaph Sheafe’s Christmas (E. E. Hale)
171CHAPTER VII.
631Around the Yule Log (Willis Boyd Allen)
172CHAPTER VIII.
632Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking (O. Henry)
173CHAPTER IX.
633Christmas by Injunction (O. Henry)
174CHAPTER X.
634The Perfect Gentleman (Edgar Wallace)
175CHAPTER XI.
635On The Witney Road (Edgar Wallace)
176CHAPTER XII.
636The Three Kings of Cologne (English Chronicle)
177CHAPTER XIII.
637The Three Christmas Masses (Alphonse Daudet)
178CHAPTER XIV.
638A Russian Christmas Party (Leo Tolstoy)
179CHAPTER XV.
639Two Christmases (Georg Schuster)
180CHAPTER XVI.
640A Tale of a Turkey (Harrison S. Morris)
181CHAPTER XVII.
641Thrond (Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson)
182CHAPTER XVIII.
642Christmas in the Desert (Matilda Betham Edwards)
183CHAPTER XIX.
643Christmas with the Baron (Angelo J. Lewis)
184Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery)
644A Christmas Miracle (Harrison S. Morris)
185CHAPTER I. Mrs. Rachel Lynde is Surprised
645The Wolf Tower (A Legend)
186CHAPTER II. Matthew Cuthbert is surprised
646The Peace Egg (Juliana Horatia Ewing)
187CHAPTER III. Marilla Cuthbert is Surprised
647A Picture of the Nativity by Fra Filippo Lippi (Vernon Lee)
188CHAPTER IV. Morning at Green Gables
648Melchior's Dream (Juliana Horatia Ewing)
189CHAPTER V. Anne’s History
649Mr. Grapewine's Christmas Dinner (Harrison S. Morris)
190CHAPTER VI. Marilla Makes Up Her Mind
650Christmas Eve (Guy de Maupassant)
191CHAPTER VII. Anne Says Her Prayers
651Bertie’s Christmas Eve (Saki)
192CHAPTER VIII. Anne’s Bringing-up Is Begun
652How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar (Bret Harte)
193CHAPTER IX. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified
653The Christmas Gift That Came To Rupert (Bret Harte)
194CHAPTER X. Anne’s Apology
654"Golden Hope" Christmas (Robert E. Howard)
195CHAPTER XI. Anne’s Impressions of Sunday-School
655The Christmas Guest (Selma Lagerlöf)
196CHAPTER XII. A Solemn Vow and Promise
656Christmas Eve (Hamilton Wright Mabie)
197CHAPTER XIII. The Delights of Anticipation
657Christmas Dreams (Christopher North)
198CHAPTER XIV. Anne’s Confession
658Little Roger's Night in the Church (Susan Coolidge)
199CHAPTER XV. A Tempest in the School Teapot
659Mr. Bluff's Experiences of Holidays (Oliver Bell Bunce)
200CHAPTER XVI. Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results
660A Chaparral Christmas Gift (O. Henry)
201CHAPTER XVII. A New Interest in Life
661Three Christmas Trees (Juliana Horatia Ewing)
202CHAPTER XVIII. Anne to the Rescue
662A Country Christmas (Louisa May Alcott)
203CHAPTER XIX. A Concert a Catastrophe and a Confession
663Reginald's Christmas Revel (Saki)
204CHAPTER XX. A Good Imagination Gone Wrong
664How the Captain made Christmas (Thomas Nelson Page)
205CHAPTER XXI. A New Departure in Flavorings
665The Christmas Tree and the Wedding (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
206CHAPTER XXII. Anne is Invited Out to Tea
666Christmas Storms and Sunshine (Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell)
207CHAPTER XXIII. Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor
667Two Christmas Eves (James Selwin Tait)
208CHAPTER XXIV. Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert
668Christmas Crackers: A Fantasia (Juliana Horatia Ewing)
209CHAPTER XXV. Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves
669Beasley's Christmas Party (Booth Tarkington)
210CHAPTER XXVI. The Story Club Is Formed
670The Lost Child (François Coppée)
211CHAPTER XXVII. Vanity and Vexation of Spirit
671Sonny, A Christmas Guest (Ruth McEnery Stuart)
212CHAPTER XXVIII. An Unfortunate Lily Maid
672The Christmas Porringer (Evaleen Stein)
213CHAPTER XXIX. An Epoch in Anne’s Life
673The Little Hunchback Zia (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
214CHAPTER XXX. The Queens Class Is Organized
674The House With Sixty Closets: A Christmas Story (Frank Samuel Child) (pt. 1)
215CHAPTER XXXI. Where the Brook and River Meet
675The House With Sixty Closets: A Christmas Story (Frank Samuel Child) (pt. 2)
216CHAPTER XXXII. The Pass List Is Out
676Miss Muffet's Christmas Party (Samuel McChord Crothers)
217CHAPTER XXXIII. The Hotel Concert
677Betty Leicester's Christmas (Sarah Orne Jewett)
218CHAPTER XXXIV. A Queen’s Girl
678A Christmas Posy (Mary Louisa Molesworth) (pt. 1)
219CHAPTER XXXV. The Winter at Queen’s
679A Christmas Posy (Mary Louisa Molesworth) (pt. 2)
220CHAPTER XXXVI. The Glory and the Dream
680The Yule Log: A Series of Stories for the Young (Georgianna M. Bishop) (pt. 1)
221CHAPTER XXXVII. The Reaper Whose Name Is Death
681The Yule Log: A Series of Stories for the Young (Georgianna M. Bishop) (pt. 2)
222CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Bend in the road
682Playing Santa Claus, and Other Christmas Tales (Sarah P. Doughty) (pt. 1)
223The Christmas Angel (Abbie Farwell Brown)
683Playing Santa Claus, and Other Christmas Tales (Sarah P. Doughty) (pt. 2)
224CHAPTER I THE PLAY BOX
684The Animals’ Christmas Tree (John Punnett Peters)
225CHAPTER II JACK-IN-THE-BOX
685The Christmas Monks (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman)
226CHAPTER III THE FLANTON DOG
686The Silver Hen (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman)
227CHAPTER IV THE NOAH'S ARK
687The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Arthur Conan Doyle)
228CHAPTER V MIRANDA
688An Exciting Christmas Eve (Arthur Conan Doyle): Or, My Lecture On Dynamite
229CHAPTER VI THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL
689Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land (Sophie May)
230CHAPTER VII BEFORE THE FIRE
690Is There a Santa Claus? (Jacob A. Riis)
231CHAPTER VIII JACK AGAIN
691The Spirit of Christmas (Henry van Dyke)
232CHAPTER IX THE DOG AGAIN
692A DREAM-STORY
233CHAPTER X NOAH AGAIN
693A LITTLE ESSAY
234CHAPTER XI MIRANDA AGAIN
694A SHORT CHRISTMAS SERMON
235CHAPTER XII THE ANGEL AGAIN
695TWO CHRISTMAS PRAYERS
236CHAPTER XIII THE CHRISTMAS CANDLE
696The First Christmas Tree (Henry van Dyke)
237CHAPTER XIV TOM
697The Burglar's Christmas (Willa Cather)
238CHAPTER XV CHRISTMAS DAY
698A College Santa Claus (Ralph Henry Barbour)
239CHAPTER I. THE HAY-LOFT
699Christmas-Tide (Elizabeth Harrison) (pt. 1)
240CHAPTER II. THE LAWN
700Christmas-Tide (Elizabeth Harrison) (pt. 2)
241CHAPTER III. OLD DIAMOND
701Christmas-Tide (Elizabeth Harrison) (pt. 3)
242CHAPTER IV. NORTH WIND
702A Little Book for Christmas (Cyrus Townsend Brady): A Story for Girls (pt. 1)
243CHAPTER V. THE SUMMER-HOUSE
703A Little Book for Christmas (Cyrus Townsend Brady): A Story for Girls (pt. 2)
244CHAPTER VI. OUT IN THE STORM
704And Thus He Came (Cyrus Townsend Brady)
245CHAPTER VII. THE CATHEDRAL
705The Blossoming Rod (Mary Stewart Cutting)
246CHAPTER VIII. THE EAST WINDOW
706The Ghost (William Douglas O'Connor)
247CHAPTER IX. HOW DIAMOND GOT TO THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
707The Christmas Banquet (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
248CHAPTER X. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
708Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales (Ruth McEnery Stuart) (pt. 1)
249CHAPTER XI. HOW DIAMOND GOT HOME AGAIN
709Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales (Ruth McEnery Stuart) (pt. 2)
250CHAPTER XII. WHO MET DIAMOND AT SANDWICH
710Angel Unawares: A Story of Christmas Eve (A. M. Williamson and C. N. Williamson)
251CHAPTER XIII. THE SEASIDE
711Rosemary: A Christmas story (A. M. Williamson and C. N. Williamson)
252CHAPTER XIV. OLD DIAMOND
712Mr. Kris Kringle (S. Weir Mitchell)
253CHAPTER XV. THE MEWS
713Christmas Comes but Once a Year (John Leighton) (pt. 1)
254CHAPTER XVI. DIAMOND MAKES A BEGINNING
714Christmas Comes but Once a Year (John Leighton) (pt. 2)
255CHAPTER XVII. DIAMOND GOES ON
715How John Norton the Trapper Kept His Christmas (W. H. H. Murray)
256CHAPTER XVIII. THE DRUNKEN CABMAN
716The Burglar and the Blizzard (Alice Duer Miller)
257CHAPTER XIX. DIAMOND'S FRIENDS
717The Thin Santa Claus (Ellis Parker Butler)
258CHAPTER XX. DIAMOND LEARNS TO READ
718Old Christmas (Washington Irving)
259CHAPTER XXI. SAL'S NANNY
719LOB LIE-BY-THE-FIRE, OR, THE LUCK OF LINGBOROUGH
260CHAPTER XXII. MR. RAYMOND'S RIDDLE
720TIMOTHY’S SHOES.
261CHAPTER XXIII. THE EARLY BIRD
721OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS.
262CHAPTER XXIV. ANOTHER EARLY BIRD
722BENJY IN BEASTLAND.
263CHAPTER XXV. DIAMOND'S DREAM
723THE PEACE-EGG.
264CHAPTER XXVI. DIAMOND TAKES A FARE THE WRONG WAY RIGHT
724THE BROWNIES.
265CHAPTER XXVII. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
725THE LAND OF LOST TOYS.
266CHAPTER XXVIII. LITTLE DAYLIGHT
726THREE CHRISTMAS-TREES.
267CHAPTER XXIX. RUBY
727AN IDYL OF THE WOOD.
268CHAPTER XXX. NANNY'S DREAM
728CHRISTMAS CRACKERS.
269CHAPTER XXXI. THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW
729AMELIA AND THE DWARFS.
270CHAPTER XXXII. DIAMOND AND RUBY
730SPOONS
271CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PROSPECT BRIGHTENS
731LITTLE FLOY; OR, HOW A MISER WAS RECLAIMED.
272CHAPTER XXXIV. IN THE COUNTRY
732MY CASTLE.
273CHAPTER XXXV. I MAKE DIAMOND'S ACQUAINTANCE
733MISS HENDERSON’S THANKSGIVING DAY.
274CHAPTER XXXVI. DIAMOND QUESTIONS NORTH WIND
734LITTLE CHARLIE.
275CHAPTER XXXVII. ONCE MORE
735BERTHA’S CHRISTMAS VISION.
276CHAPTER XXXVIII. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
736WIDE-AWAKE.
27701 My Early Home
737THE FIRST TREE PLANTED BY AN ORNAMENTAL TREE SOCIETY.
27802 The Hunt
738THE ROYAL CARPENTER OF AMSTERDAM.
27903 My Breaking In
739OUR GABRIELLE.
28004 Birtwick Park
740THE VEILED MIRROR.
28105 A Fair Start
741SUMMER HOURS.
28206 Liberty
742THE PRIZE PAINTING.
28307 Ginger
743THE CHILD OF THE STREET.
28408 Ginger's Story Continued
744LOST AND FOUND.
28509 Merrylegs
745GERALDINE.
28610 A Talk in the Orchard
746THE CHRISTMAS GIFT.
28711 Plain Speaking
747MY PICTURE.
28812 A Stormy Day
748GOTTFRIED THE SCHOLAR.
28913 The Devil's Trade Mark
749INNOCENCE.
29014 James Howard
750PETER PLUNKETT’S ADVENTURE.
29115 The Old Hostler
751PLAYING SANTA CLAUS.
29216 The Fire
752NOTHING TO GIVE.
29317 John Manly's Talk
753WILLIE’S GOLD DOLLAR.
29418 Going for the Doctor
754THE THANKSGIVING PARTY.
29519 Only Ignorance
755A CHRISTMAS STORY.
29620 Joe Green
756APRIL FOOL’S DAY.
29721 The Parting
757THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
29822 Earlshall
758A DREAM.
29923 A Strike for Liberty
759NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT.
30024 The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse
760THE LITTLE MATCH BOY.
30125 Reuben Smith
761I FORGOT.
30226 How it Ended
762THE SILVER MORNING AND THE GOLDEN DAY.
30327 Ruined and Going Downhill
763TWO SIDES TO A STORY.
30428 A Job Horse and His Drivers
764SHAKESPEARE'S CHRISTMAS
30529 Cockneys
765YE SEXES, GIVE EAR!
30630 A Thief
766CAPTAIN WYVERN'S ADVENTURES
30731 A Humbug
767FRENCHMAN'S CREEK
30832 A Horse Fair
768THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN
30933 A London Cab Horse
769RAIN OF DOLLARS
31034 An Old War Horse
770THE LAMP AND THE GUITAR
31135 Jerry Barker
771MR. PICKWICK'S CHRISTMAS
31236 The Sunday Cab
772INTRODUCTION
31337 The Golden Rule
773CHAPTER I
31438 Dolly and a Real Gentleman
774CHAPTER II
31539 Seedy Sam
775CHAPTER III
31640 Poor Ginger
776DOWN THE SNOW STAIRS
31741 The Butcher
777CHAPTER I CHRISTMAS EVE.
31842 The Election
778CHAPTER II KITTY AND JOHNNIE.
31943 A Friend in Need
779CHAPTER III DOWN THE SNOW STAIRS.
32044 Old Captain and His Successor
780CHAPTER IV NAUGHTY CHILDREN LAND.
32145 Jerry's New Year
781CHAPTER V “TO DADDY COAX’S HOUSE.”
32246 Jakes and the Lady
782CHAPTER VI DADDY COAX.
32347 Hard Times
783CHAPTER VII ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREAM.
32448 Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie
784CHAPTER VIII PICTURES IN THE FOG.
32549 My Last Home
785CHAPTER IX LOVE SPEAKS.
326The Christmas Child (Hesba Stretton)
786CHAPTER X IN THE WOOD.
327CHAPTER I THE COMING OF JOAN
787CHAPTER XI KITTY DANCES WITH STRANGE PARTNERS.
328CHAPTER II JOAN'S SEARCH
788CHAPTER XII “EAT OR BE EATEN.”
329CHAPTER III THE CHILD IN THE MANGER
789CHAPTER XIII PLAY-GROUND, AND AFTER.
330CHAPTER IV LOST AND FOUND
790CHAPTER XIV “I AND MYSELF.”
331Granny’s Wonderful Chair (Frances Browne)
791CHAPTER XV WAS IT JOHNNIE’S FACE?
332CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
792CHAPTER XVI AT THE GATE.
333CHAPTER II THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO
793Christmas Legends
334CHAPTER III LADY GREENSLEEVES
794The Child Born at Bethlehem (Horace Elisha Scudder)
335CHAPTER IV CHILDE CHARITY
795The Adoration of the Shepherds St. Luke, II, 1-16
336CHAPTER V SOUR AND CIVIL
796The Visit of the Wise Men St. Matthew, II, 1-12
337CHAPTER VI PRINCE WISEWIT'S RETURN
797As Joseph was A-Walking
338I
798The First Christmas Roses Adapted From an Old Legend
339II
799Babouscka (Russian Legend)
340III
800The Emperor's Vision
341IV
801The Flight Into Egypt (Selma Lagerlöf)
342V
802The Legend of the Christmas Rose (Selma Lagerlöf)
343VI
803The Children of Wind and the Clan of Peace (Fiona Macleod)
344VII
804The Christmas Song of Caedmon (H.E.G. Pardee)
345VIII
805The Christmas at Greccio: A Story of St. Francis (Sophie Jewett)
346IX
806The Sin of the Prince Bishop (William Canton)
347X
807A Christmas Legend (Florence Scannell)
348Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) (pt. 1)
808Félix (Evaleen Stein)
349Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) (pt. 2)
809The Little Friend (Abbie Farwell Brown)
350Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) (pt. 3)
810The Sabot of Little Wolff (François Coppée)
351The Birds' Christmas Carol (Kate Douglas Wiggin)
811Christmas Carol From the Neapolitan
352I A LITTLE SNOW BIRD
812The Little Gray Lamb (Archibald Beresford Sullivan)
353II DROOPING WINGS
813The Song of a Shepherd—Boy at Bethlehem (Josephine Preston Peabody)
354III THE BIRDS' NEST
814The Holy Night (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
355IV "BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER"
815The Star Bearer (Edmund Clarence Stedman)
356V SOME OTHER BIRDS ARE TAUGHT TO FLY
816The Three Kings of Cologne (Eugene Field)
357VI "WHEN THE PIE WAS OPENED, THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING!"
817The Haughty Aspen (Nora Archibald Smith)
358VII THE BIRDLING FLIES AWAY
818The Little Mud-Sparrows (Elizabeth Stuart Phelps)
359The Wonderful Life - Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton): PREFACE. (pt. 1)
819The Child Jesus in the Garden
360The Wonderful Life - Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton): PREFACE. (pt. 2)
820The Blooming of the White Thorn (Edith Matilda Thomas)
361The Wonderful Life - Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton): PREFACE. (pt. 3)
821St. Christopher of the Gael (Fiona Macleod)
362Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) (pt. 1)
822The Cross of the Dumb (Fiona Macleod)
363Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) (pt. 2)
823Good King Wenceslas (John Mason Neale)
364Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) (pt. 3)
824Earl Sigurd's Christmas Eve (Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen)
365Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) (pt. 4)
825Poems & Carols
366Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) (pt. 5)
826Silent Night
367Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) (pt. 6)
827The Three Kings (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
368Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) (pt. 7)
828Christmas Bells (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
369Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) (pt. 8)
829Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson)
370Happy Hearts (June Isle)
830Angels from the Realms of Glory (James Montgomery)
371The Doctor's Christmas Eve (James Lane Allen) (pt. 1)
831Christmas in the Olden Time (Sir Walter Scott)
372The Doctor's Christmas Eve (James Lane Allen) (pt. 2)
832Marmion: A Christmas Poem (Sir Walter Scott)
373The Doctor's Christmas Eve (James Lane Allen) (pt. 3)
833Old Santa Claus (Clement Clarke Moore)
374Pollyanna (Eleanor H. Porter) (pt. 1)
834The Twelve Days of Christmas
375Pollyanna (Eleanor H. Porter) (pt. 2)
835Minstrels (William Wordsworth)
376Pollyanna (Eleanor H. Porter) (pt. 3)
836Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
377Pollyanna Grows Up (Eleanor H. Porter) (pt. 1)
837Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling)
378Pollyanna Grows Up (Eleanor H. Porter) (pt. 2)
838Hymn On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity (John Milton)
379Pollyanna Grows Up (Eleanor H. Porter) (pt. 3)
839A Christmas Carol (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
380Pollyanna Grows Up (Eleanor H. Porter) (pt. 4)
840The Oxen (Thomas Hardy)
381Children of the Tenements (Jacob A. Riis) (pt. 1)
841A Christmas Ghost Story (Thomas Hardy)
382Children of the Tenements (Jacob A. Riis) (pt. 2)
842The Savior Must Have Been A Docile Gentleman (Emily Dickinson)
383Children of the Tenements (Jacob A. Riis) (pt. 3)
843'Twas just this time, last year, I died (Emily Dickinson)
384Children of the Tenements (Jacob A. Riis) (pt. 4)
844The Magi (William Butler Yeats)
385The Tailor of Gloucester (Beatrix Potter)
845The Mahogany Tree (William Makepeace Thackeray)
386Little Prudy's Sister Susy (Sophie May) (pt. 1)
846A Bell (Clinton Scollard)
387Little Prudy's Sister Susy (Sophie May) (pt. 2)
847Christmas Carol (Sara Teasdale)
388Little Peter: A Christmas Morality (Lucas Malet) (pt. 1)
848The Mystic’s Christmas (John Greenleaf Whittier)
389Little Peter: A Christmas Morality (Lucas Malet) (pt. 2)
849Christmas Cheer (Thomas Tusser)
390Snap-Dragons or, Old Father Christmas (Juliana Horatia Ewing)
850Noel: Christmas Eve 1913 (Robert Seymour Bridges)
391Christmas Holidays at Merryvale (Alice Hale Burnett)
851The Holly and the Ivy
392The Ice Queen (Ernest Ingersoll) (pt. 1)
852Adam lay ybounden
393The Ice Queen (Ernest Ingersoll) (pt. 2)
853Christmas Day (Charles Kingsley)
394The Ice Queen (Ernest Ingersoll) (pt. 3)
854Christmas Fancies (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
395Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman (Annie F. Johnston) (pt. 1)
855Twas jolly, jolly Wat (C. W. Stubbs)
396Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman (Annie F. Johnston) (pt. 2)
856A Tale Of Christmas Eve (William Topaz McGonagall)
397The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (Amanda M. Douglas) (pt. 1)
857Jest 'Fore Christmas (Eugene Field)
398The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (Amanda M. Douglas) (pt. 2)
858A Christmas Folksong (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
399The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (Amanda M. Douglas) (pt. 3)
859As with Gladness Men of Old (William Chatterton Dix)
400The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (Amanda M. Douglas) (pt. 4)
860Nativity a Christmas (John Donne)
401Little Maid Marian (Amy Ella Blanchard) (pt. 1)
861Boar's Head Carol
402Little Maid Marian (Amy Ella Blanchard) (pt. 2)
862Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus (Charles Wesley)
403Santa Claus's Partner (Thomas Nelson Page) (pt. 1)
863Coventry Carol
404Santa Claus's Partner (Thomas Nelson Page) (pt. 2)
864Here We Come A-wassailing
405The Upas Tree (Florence L. Barclay) (pt. 1)
865A Defective Santa Claus (James Whitcomb Riley)
406The Upas Tree (Florence L. Barclay) (pt. 2)
866King Winter
407A Versailles Christmas-Tide (A. S. Boyd)
867Christmas Gifts and Other Poems (Carolyn Wells)
408At the Black Rocks (Edward A. Rand) (pt. 1)
868The Night After Christmas (Anonymous)
409At the Black Rocks (Edward A. Rand) (pt. 2)
869O Little Town of Bethlehem (Phillips Brooks)
410The Man Who Forgot Christmas (Max Brand)
870The Shepherds (William Drummond)
411Friendship and Happiness (Enoch Arnold Bennett)
871A Christmas Carol (James Russell Lowell)
412A Christmas Child (Mary Louisa Molesworth) (pt. 1)
872A Christmas Hymn (Alfred Domett)
413A Christmas Child (Mary Louisa Molesworth) (pt. 2)
873Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning (Reginald Heber)
414A Christmas Child (Mary Louisa Molesworth) (pt. 3)
874God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen (Dinah Maria Mulock)
415Christmas: A Story (Zona Gale) (pt. 1)
875The Christmas Silence (Margaret Deland)
416Christmas: A Story (Zona Gale) (pt. 2)
876A Christmas Lullaby (John Addington Symonds)
417A Reversible Santa Claus (Meredith Nicholson)
877Hymn for the Nativity (Edward Thring)
418The Christmas Hirelings (Mary Elizabeth Braddon) (pt. 1)
878Masters in This Hall (Anonymous)
419The Christmas Hirelings (Mary Elizabeth Braddon) (pt. 2)
879The Adoration of the Wise Men (Cecil Frances Alexander)
420Ben Pepper (Margaret Sidney) (pt. 1)
880The Shepherds in Judea (Mary Austin)
421Ben Pepper (Margaret Sidney) (pt. 2)
881Christmas Carol (James S. Park)
422Ben Pepper (Margaret Sidney) (pt. 3)
882Neighbors of the Christ Night (Nora A. Smith)
423Ben Pepper (Margaret Sidney) (pt. 4)
883Cradle Hymn (Isaac Watts)
424CHAPTER I.
884An Ode on the Birth of Our Saviour (Robert Herrick)
425CHAPTER V.
885Christmas Song (Edmund Hamilton Sears)
426CHAPTER IX.
886A Hymn on the Nativity of My Saviour (Ben Jonson)
427CHAPTER X.
887The Shepherd's Song (Edmund Bolton)
428CHAPTER XII.
888"While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night" (Margaret Deland)
429CHAPTER XIII.
889The Angels (William Drummond)
430CHAPTER XIV.
890New Prince, New Pomp (Robert Southwell)
431CHAPTER XV.
891Wassailer's Song (Robert Southwell)
432CHAPTER XVI.
892Sly Santa Claus (Mrs. C.S. Stone)
433CHAPTER XVII.
893The Waits (Margaret Deland)
434CHAPTER XVIII.
894God Bless Us Every One (James Whitcomb Riley)
435The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation (Annie F. Johnston) (pt. 1)
895Bells Across the Snow (Frances Ridley Havergal)
436The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation (Annie F. Johnston) (pt. 2)
896Minstrels and Maids (William Morris)
437The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation (Annie F. Johnston) (pt. 3)
897Song of the Holly (William Shakespeare)
438The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation (Annie F. Johnston) (pt. 4)
898Under the Holly-bough (Charles Mackay)
439Hildegarde's Harvest (Laura Elizabeth Richards) (pt. 1)
899December (Harriet F. Blodgett)
440Hildegarde's Harvest (Laura Elizabeth Richards) (pt. 2)
900The Christmas Holly (Eliza Cook)
441Hildegarde's Harvest (Laura Elizabeth Richards) (pt. 3)
901So, Now Is Come Our Joyfulst Feast (George Wither)
442Short Stories
902The Christmas Carol (William Wordsworth)
443A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) (pt. 1)
903A Christmas Carmen (John G. Whittier)
444A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) (pt. 2)
904Sery (Richard Watson Gilder)
445A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) (pt. 3)
905A Christmas Song (Tudor Jenks)
446A Christmas Turkey, And How It Came
906The End of the Play (William Makepeace Thackeray)
447The Little Red Purse
907Christ's Nativity (Henry Vaughan)
448The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
908Mark Well My Heavy, Doleful Tale (Anonymous)
449The Fir Tree (Hans Christian Andersen)
909The Glorious Song of Old (Edmund H. Sears)
450The Little Match Girl (Hans Christian Andersen)
910A Christmas Carol for Children (Martin Luther)
451The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Hans Christian Andersen)
911A Christmas Carol (Christian Burke)
452The Snow Queen (Hans Christian Andersen)
912A Ballade of Old Loves (Carolyn Wells)
453Betty's Bright Idea (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
913Ballade of Christmas Ghosts (Andrew Lang)
454The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
914Hang Up the Baby's Stocking (Emily Huntington Miller)
455Deacon Pitkin's Farm (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
915A Christmas Prayer (Cyril Winterbotham)
456The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf)
916Christmas Eve (Robert Browning)
457Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe (Elizabeth Harrison)
917A Christmas Song (Phillips Brooks)
458A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain)
918The Willow Man (Juliana Horatia Ewing)
459The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
919The Peaceful Night (John Milton)
460Toinette and the Elves (Susan Coolidge)
920A Christmas Hymn (R.W. Gilder)