6Kitty's Class Day
318The Ghost in the Cupboard Room
7Rosa's Tale
319The Ghost in Master B.'s Room
8Tilly's Christmas
320The Ghost in the Garden Room
9Chapter I. Dramatis Personae
321The Ghost in the Corner Room
10Chapter II. Byplay
322A Message From the Sea (Charles Dickens)
11Chapter III. Who Was It?
323Chapter I. The Village
12Chapter IV. Feeding the Peacocks
324Chapter II. The Money
13Chapter V. Under the Mistletoe
325Chapter III. The Club-Night (pt. 1)
14Chapter VI. Miracles
326Chapter III. The Club-Night (pt. 2)
15Chapter VII. A Ghostly Revel
327Chapter IV. The Seafaring Man
16Chapter VIII. Jasper
328Chapter V. The Restitution
17What the Bell Saw and Said
329Chapter I. Picking Up Soot and Cinders
18The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
330Chapter II. Picking Up Evening Shadows
19The Fir Tree (Hans Christian Andersen)
331Chapter III. Picking Up Terrible Company
20The Little Match Girl (Hans Christian Andersen)
332Chapter IV. Picking Up Waifs at Sea
21The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Hans Christian Andersen)
333Chapter V. Picking Up a Pocket-Book
22Story The First
334Chapter VI. Picking Up Miss Kimmeens
23Second Story
335Chapter VII. Picking Up the Tinker
24Third Story
336Chapter I. His Leaving It Till Called For
25Fourth Story
337Chapter II. His Boots
26Fifth Story
338Chapter III. His Umbrella
27Sixth Story
339Chapter IV. His Black Bag
28Seventh Story
340Chapter V. His Writing-Desk
29Betty's Bright Idea (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
341Chapter VI. His Dressing-Case
30Scene I
342Chapter VII. His Brown-Paper Parcel
31Scene II
343Chapter VIII. His Portmanteau
32Scene III
344Chapter IX. His Hat-Box
33Scene IV
345Chapter X. His Wonderful End
34Scene V
346Chapter I. How Mrs. Lirriper Carried on the Business
35Scene VI
347Chapter II. How the First Floor Went to Crowley Castle
36The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
348Chapter III. How the Side-Room Was Attended Ey a Doctor
37Chapter I
349Chapter IV. How the Second Floor Kept a Dog
38Chapter II. The First Day on Shore
350Chapter V. How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries
39Chapter III. Christmas Tide in Plymouth Harbor
351Chapter VI. How the Best Attic Was Under a Cloud
40Chapter IV. Elder Brewster's Christmas Sermon
352Chapter VII. How the Parlours Added a Few Words
41Chapter I. Miss Diana
353Chapter I. Mrs. Lippiper Relates How She Went On, and Went Over
42Chapter II. Biah Carter
354Chapter II. A Past Lodger Relates a Wild Story of a Doctor
43Chapter III. The Shadow
355Chapter III. Another Past Lodger Relates His Experience as a Poor Relation
44Chapter IV. The Good-By
356Chapter IV. Another Past Lodger Relates What Lot He Drew at Glumper House
45Chapter V. Mother and Son
357Chapter V. Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story
46Chapter VI. Gone to Sea
358Chapter VI. Another Past Lodger Relates Certain Passages to Her Husband
47Chapter VII. Thanksgiving Again
359Chapter VII. Mrs. Lirriper Relates How Jemmy Topped Up
48The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf)
360Chapter I. To Be Taken Immediately
49Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe (Elizabeth Harrison)
361Chapter II. Not to Be Taken at Bed-Time
50A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain)
362Chapter III. To Be Taken at the Dinner-Table
51Chapter I. The Play Box
363Chapter IV. Not to Be Taken for Granted
52Chapter II. Jack-In-The-Box
364Chapter V. To Be Taken in Water
53Chapter III. The Flanton Dog
365Chapter VI. To Be Taken With a Grain of Salt
54Chapter IV. The Noah's Ark
366Chapter VII. To Be Taken and Tried
55Chapter V. Miranda
367Chapter VIII. To Be Taken for Life
56Chapter VI. The Christmas Angel
368Barbox Brothers
57Chapter VII. Before the Fire
369Barbox Brothers and Co
58Chapter VIII. Jack Again
370Main Line. The Boy at Mugby
59Chapter IX. The Dog Again
371No. 1 Branch Line. The Signal-Man
60Chapter X. Noah Again
372No. 2 Branch Line. The Engine-Driver
61Chapter XI. Miranda Again
373No. 3 Branch Line. The Compensation House
62Chapter XII. The Angel Again
374No. 4 Branch Line. The Travelling Post-Office
63Chapter XIII. The Christmas Candle
375No. 5 Branch Line. The Engineer
64Chapter XIV. Tom
376No Thoroughfare (Charles Dickens)
65Chapter XV. Christmas Day
377The Overture
66The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
378Act I
67Toinette and the Elves (Susan Coolidge)
379Act II
68Christmas at Thompson Hall (Anthony Trollope)
380Act III
69Chapter I. Mrs. Brown’s Success
381Act IV
70Chapter II. Mrs. Brown’s Failure
3821. The Broken Cup
71Chapter III. Mrs. Brown Attempts to Escape
3832. A Picture of Poverty
72Chapter IV. Mrs. Brown Does Escape
3843. Uneasiness
73Chapter V. Mrs. Brown at Thompson Hall
3854. Christmas Gifts
74Christmas Day at Kirkby Cottage (Anthony Trollope)
3865. Happiness Destroyed
75Chapter I. What Maurice Archer Said About Christmas
3876. New Misfortunes
76Chapter II. Kirkby Cliffe Church
3887. Trouble Increases
77Chapter III. Showing How Isabel Lownd Told a Lie
3898. The Sale
78Chapter IV. Showing How Isabel Lownd Repented Her Fault
3909. “When Distress is Greatest, Help Is Nearest”
79The Mistletoe Bough (Anthony Trollope)
39110. The Wonders of the Eye
80Not if I Know It (Anthony Trollope)
39211. The Journey and the Baths
81The Two Generals (Anthony Trollope)
39312. The Operation
82The Princess and the Goblin
39413. The Enjoyment of Sight
83Chapter I. Why the Princess Has a Story About Her
39514. Conclusion
84Chapter II. The Princess Loses Herself
396A Christmas Inspiration
85Chapter III. The Princess And—we Shall See Who
397The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road
86Chapter IV. What the Nurse Thought of It
398Aunt Cyrilla’s Christmas Basket
87Chapter V. The Princess Lets Well Alone
399The Falsoms’ Christmas Dinner
88Chapter VI. The Little Miner
400The Josephs’ Christmas
89Chapter VII. The Mines
401The Osbornes’ Christmas
90Chapter VIII. The Goblins
402Clorinda’s Gifts
91Chapter IX. The Hall of the Goblin Palace
403Christmas at Red Butte
92Chapter X. The Princess's King-Papa
404A Christmas Mistake
93Chapter XI. The Old Lady's Bedroom
405The Unforgotten One
94Chapter XII. A Short Chapter About Curdie
406The Red Room
95Chapter XIII. The Cobs' Creatures
407Uncle Richard’s New Year’s Dinner
96Chapter XIV. That Night Week
408Bertie’s New Year
97Chapter XV. Woven and Then Spun
409Ida’s New Year Cake
98Chapter XVI. The Ring
410Boreas Bluster's Christmas Present (Mrs. W. J. Hays)
99Chapter XVII. Spring-Time
411Chapter I
100Chapter XVIII. Curdie's Clue
412Chapter II
101Chapter XIX. Goblin Counsels
413Chapter III
102Chapter XX. Irene's Clue
414A Christmas Fairy (John Strange Winter)
103Chapter XXI. The Escape
415The First Christmas Tree and Other Christmas Stories (Eugene Field)
104Chapter XXII. The Old Lady and Curdie
416Christmas Hymn
105Chapter XXIII. Curdie and His Mother
417The Symbol and the Saint
106Chapter XXIV. Irene Behaves Like a Princess
418Christmas Eve
107Chapter XXV. Curdie Comes to Grief
419Joel's Talk With Santa Claus
108Chapter XXVI. The Goblin Miners
420The Three Kings of Cologne
109Chapter XXVII. The Goblins in the King's House
421The Coming of the Prince
110Chapter XXVIII. Curdie's Guide
422I
111Chapter XXIX. Mason-Work
423II
112Chapter XXX. The King and the Kiss
424III
113Chapter XXXI. The Subterranean Waters
425Chrystmasse of Olde
114Chapter XXXII. The Last Chapter
426The Mouse and the Moonbeam
115The Princess and Curdie
427Christmas Morning
116Chapter I. The Mountain
428Mistress Merciless
117Chapter II. The White Pigeon
429Bethlehem-Town
118Chapter III. The Mistress of the Silver Moon
430The First Christmas Tree
119Chapter IV. Curdie's Father and Mother
431Star of the East
120Chapter V. The Miners
432The Old House
121Chapter VI. The Emerald
433The Drop of Water
122Chapter VII. What is in a Name?
434The Happy Family
123Chapter VIII. Curdie's Mission
435The Story of a Mother
124Chapter IX. Hands
436The False Collar
125Chapter X. The Heath
437The Shadow
126Chapter XI. Lina
438The Old Street-lamp
127Chapter XII. More Creatures
439The Dream of Little Tuk
128Chapter XIII. The Baker's Wife
440The Naughty Boy
129Chapter XIV. The Dogs of Gwyntystorm
441The Two Neighboring Families
130Chapter XV. Derba and Barbara
442The Darning-needle
131Chapter XVI. The Mattock
443The Little Match Girl
132Chapter XVII. The Wine-Cellar
444The Red Shoes
133Chapter XVIII. The King's Kitchen
445A Winter Nosegay, Being Tales for Children at Christmastide (Walter Crane)
134Chapter XIX. The King's Chamber
446The Man in the Moon
135Chapter XX. Counter-Plotting
447Cat and Dog Stories
136Chapter XXI. The Loaf
448A Fortune in an Empty Wallet
137Chapter XXII. The Lord Chamberlain
449Susy Diller's Christmas Feast (Anonymous)
138Chapter XXIII. Dr. Kelman
450The Thieves who couldn't Stop Sneezing (Thomas Hardy)
139Chapter XXIV. The Prophecy
451The Birds' Christmas Carol (Kate Douglas Wiggin)
140Chapter XXV. The Avengers
452I A LITTLE SNOW BIRD
141Chapter XXVI. The Vengeance
453II DROOPING WINGS
142Chapter XXVII. More Vengeance
454III THE BIRDS' NEST
143Chapter XXVIII. The Preacher
455IV "BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER"
144Chapter XXIX. Barbara
456V SOME OTHER BIRDS ARE TAUGHT TO FLY
145Chapter XXX. Peter
457VI "WHEN THE PIE WAS OPENED, THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING!"
146Chapter XXXI. The Sacrifice
458VII THE BIRDLING FLIES AWAY
147Chapter XXXII. The King's Army
459Happy Hearts (June Isle)
148Chapter XXXIII. The Battle
4601. Whom Have We Always
149Chapter XXXIV. Judgment
4612. Fritz Dead, Yet Lives
150Chapter XXXV. The End
4623. How? Answered
151Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs)
4634. What the Stars Saw
152I
464Preface
153II
4651. Keeping Secrets
154A Toast to Santa Clause
4662. Before Daylight
155The Conversion of Hetherington
4673. Susy's Christmas
156A Merry Christmas Pie
4684. Susy's Wings
157The Child Who Had Everything But
4695. Prudy's Trouble
158A Holiday Wish
4706. Rosy Frances Eastman Mary
159Santa Clause and Little Billee
4717. Little Troubles
160Christmas Eve
4728. Annie Lovejoy
161The House of the Seven Santas
4739. Moral Courage
162Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells)
47410. Ruthie Turner
163Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman)
47511. Susy's Birthday
164Little Girl’s Christmas (Winnifred E. Lincoln)
47612. Farewell
165The Elves and the Shoemaker (Brothers Grimm)
477The Tailor of Gloucester
166Mother Holle (Brothers Grimm)
478Snap-Dragons: A Tale of Christmas Eve
167The Star Talers (Brothers Grimm)
479Mr and Mrs Skratdj
168Snow-White (Brothers Grimm)
480The Little Skratdjs
169The Lost Word (Henry van Dyke)
481The Skratdj’s Dog and the Hot-Tempered Gentleman
170I. The Poverty of Hermas
482Christmas Eve
171II. A Christmas Loss
483Conclusion
172III. Parting, but No Farewell
484Old Father Christmas
173IV. Love in Search of a Word
485Chapter 1
174V. Riches Without Rest
486Chapter 2
175VI. Great Fear and Recovered Joy
487Chapter 3
176A Kidnapped Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum)
488Chapter 4
177The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (Robinson Perrault)
4891. Toad's Wish
178The Blue Bird (Madame d'Aulnoy)
4902. The Snow Fight
179Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells)
4913. The Victory
180Turkeys Turning the Tables (William Dean Howells)
4924. Chuck's Rude Awakening
181The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express (William Dean Howells)
4935. The Adventure in the Snow
182The Pumpkin Glory (William Dean Howells)
4946. Toad's Unselfishness
183Butterflyfutterby and Flutterbybutterfly (William Dean Howells)
4957. The Boys Plan a Surprise
184The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
4968. What Mike Found
185Preface
4979. Christmas Morning
186They Saw a Great Light
498Chapter I
187Chapter I. Another Generation
499Chapter II
188Chapter II. Tripp's Cove
500Chapter III
189Christmas Waits in Boston
501Chapter IV
190I
502Chapter V
191II
503Chapter VI
192III
504Chapter VII
193Alice's Christmas-Tree
5051. Joe's Grand Discovery
194Chapter I
5062. Planning in the Twilight
195Chapter II
5073. A Chance for Flossy
196Chapter III
5084. The Identical Shoe
197Daily Bread
5095. Good Luck for Joe
198I. A Question of Nourishment
5106. Fortunes and Misfortunes
199II. St. Victoria's Day
5117. The Old Tumbler, After All
200III. St. Victoria's Day in the Country
5128. Florence in State
201IV. How They Broke the Blockade
5139. Fourth of July
202V. Christmas Morning
51410. Which Should She Choose?
203Stand and Wait
51511. Out of the Old Home-Nest
204I. Christmas Eve
51612. Joe's Fortune
205II. Christmas Again
51713. From Gray Skies to Blue
206III. Christmas Again
51814. A Flower-Garden in Doors
207IV. One Christmas More
51915. How Charlie Ran Away
208The Two Princes
52016. Almost Discouraged
209I
52117. Lost at Sea
210II
52218. A Song in the Night
211III
52319. In the Old Home-Nest Again
212IV
52420. Wherein the Old Shoe Becomes Crowded
213V
52521. How the Dreams Came True
214The Story of Oello
52622. Christmastide
215Love Is the Whole
5271. A Mustard Seed
216Christmas and Rome
5282. The School-Teacher
217The Survivor's Story
5293. A New Road
218The Same Christmas in Old England and New
5304. Companions
219A Visit From Saint Nicholas (Clement Moore)
5315. Blackberries
220I
5326. The White Apron
221II
5337. Patty's Letter
222III
5348. A Trip to Town
223IV
5359. A Visit to Patty
224V
53610. Running Away
225VI
53711. A Letter's Reply
226VII
53812. The Christmas Tree
227VIII
539Poems & Carols
228IX
540Silent Night
229X
541The Three Kings (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
230XI
542Christmas Bells (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
231XII
543Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson)
232XIII
544Angels from the Realms of Glory (James Montgomery)
233XIV
545Christmas in the Olden Time (Sir Walter Scott)
234The Story of the Other Wise Man (Henry van Dyke)
546Marmion: A Christmas Poem (Sir Walter Scott)
235Introduction
547Old Santa Claus (Clement Clarke Moore)
236The Sign in the Sky
548The Twelve Days of Christmas
237By the Waters of Babylon
549Minstrels (William Wordsworth)
238For the Sake of a Little Child
550Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
239In the Hidden Way of Sorrow
551Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling)
240A Pearl of Great Price
552Hymn On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity (John Milton)
241Where Love Is, God Is (Leo Tolstoy)
553A Christmas Carol (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
242Christmas Roses (Anne Douglas Sedgwick)
554The Oxen (Thomas Hardy)
243I
555A Christmas Ghost Story (Thomas Hardy)
244II
556The Savior Must Have Been A Docile Gentleman (Emily Dickinson)
245III
557'Twas just this time, last year, I died (Emily Dickinson)
246IV
558The Magi (William Butler Yeats)
247V
559The Mahogany Tree (William Makepeace Thackeray)
248VI
560A Bell (Clinton Scollard)
249Christmas Stories (Edward Berens)
561Christmas Carol (Sara Teasdale)
250The History of John Wildgoose
562The Mystic’s Christmas (John Greenleaf Whittier)
251The Smuggler
563Christmas Cheer (Thomas Tusser)
252Good-Nature, or Parish Matters
564Noel: Christmas Eve 1913 (Robert Seymour Bridges)
253Christmas Eve
565The Holly and the Ivy
254The Gifts
566Adam lay ybounden
255The Favorite
567Christmas Day (Charles Kingsley)
256Wonder Upon Wonders
568Christmas Fancies (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
257The Battle
569Twas jolly, jolly Wat (C. W. Stubbs)
258The Sickness
570A Tale Of Christmas Eve (William Topaz McGonagall)
259The Story of the Hard Nut
571Jest 'Fore Christmas (Eugene Field)
260The Uncle and Nephew
572A Christmas Folksong (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
261The Victory
573As with Gladness Men of Old (William Chatterton Dix)
262The Puppet Kingdom
574Nativity a Christmas (John Donne)
263The Capital
575Boar's Head Carol
264The Conclusion
576Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus (Charles Wesley)
265A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
577Coventry Carol
266Stave I. Marley's Ghost
578Here We Come A-wassailing
267Stave II. The First of the Three Spirits
579A Defective Santa Claus (James Whitcomb Riley)
268Stave III. The Second of the Three Spirits
580King Winter
269Stave IV. The Last of the Spirits
581Christmas Gifts
270Stave V. The End of It
582A Christmas Thought
271The Chimes (Charles Dickens)
583The Week Before Christmas
272First Quarter
584A Safe and Sane Christmas
273Second Quarter
585A Recollection
274Third Quarter
586Overheard in a Department Store
275Fourth Quarter
587A Christmas Petition
276The Cricket on the Hearth (Charles Dickens)
588An Unorthodox Christmas
277Chirp the First
589Some Christmas Bromidioms
278Chirp the Second
590Christmas Eve
279Chirp the Third
591Etiquette for Christmas
280The Battle of Life (Charles Dickens)
592My Choice
281Part the First
593An Imminent Disaster
282Part the Second
594Out of All Proportion
283Part the Third
595Retribution
284The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens)
596A Needed Institution
285Chapter I. The Gift Bestowed
597Ballade of Human Nature
286Chapter II. The Gift Diffused
598Explained
287Chapter III. The Gift Reversed
599Wanted: A Looker
288A Christmas Tree (Charles Dickens)
600A Ballade of Christmas Burdens
289What Christmas Is As We Grow Older (Charles Dickens)
601On Christmas Eve
290The Poor Relation's Story (Charles Dickens)
602In Absence
291The Child's Story (Charles Dickens)
603A Sterling Nuisance
292The Schoolboy's Story (Charles Dickens)
604The Bachelor's Christmas Spoils
293Nobody's Story (Charles Dickens)
605Forebodings
294The Seven Poor Travellers (Charles Dickens)
606Her Christmas Shopping
295Chapter I. In the Old City of Rochester
607At the Bargain Counter
296Chapter II. The Story of Richard Doubledick
608The Christmas Nightmare
297Chapter III. The Road
609A True Advertisement
298The Holly-Tree (Charles Dickens)
610Circumstances Alter Cases
299First Branch. Myself
611Ballade of Christmas of Long Ago
300Second Branch. The Boots
612A Fine Old Man
301Third Branch. The Bill
613When Santa Claus and Cupid Met
302The Wreck of the Golden Mary (Charles Dickens)
614The Auto-Christmas
303The Perils of Certain English Prisoners (Charles Dickens)
615A Ballade of the Mistletoe Bough
304Chapter I. The Island of Silver-Store
616Christmas on Mt. Olympus
305Chapter II. The Prison in the Woods
617Christmas Rubaiyat
306Chapter III. The Rafts on the River
618A Ballade of Christmas
307A House to Let (Charles Dickens)
619A Sad Fate
308Over the Way
620Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy
309The Manchester Marriage
621The Mermaid
310Going Into Society
622An Explanation
311Three Evenings in the House
623The Night After Christmas (Anonymous)
312Trottle's Report
