CONTENTS: HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH 1. First New England Christmas JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 2. A Defective Santa Claus JOHN BOWRING 3. Watchman, Tell Us of the Night JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 4. A Christmas Carmen JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 5. The Mystic's Christmas L. FRANK BAUM 6. Little Bun Rabbit LEO TOLSTOY 7. A Russian Christmas Party LEO TOLSTOY 8. Papa Panov's Special Christmas LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON 9. Christmas LEWIS CARROLL 10. Christmas Greetings from a Fairy to a Child LOPE DE VEGA 11. A Christmas Cradlesong MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 12. A Stolen Christmas MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 13. Christmas Jenny MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 14. Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 15. Josiah's First Christmas MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 16. The Brownie's Xmas MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 17. The Christmas Ball MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 18. The Christmas Ghost MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 19. The Christmas Masquerade MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 20. The Gospel According to Joan MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 21. The Snowflake Tree MARY LOUISA MOLESWORTH 22. Not Quite True MARY LOUISA MOLESWORTH 23. The Christmas Princess FRANCIS PHARCELLUS CHURCH 24. Is There a Santa Claus? MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES 25. The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance MOTHER GOOSE 26. Little Jack Horner MRS. W. H. CORNING 27. A Western Christmas NAHUM TATE 28. Christmas OLIVE THORNE MILLER 29. The Telltale Tile O.HENRY 30. An Unfinished Christmas Story RICHMAL CROMPTON 31. The Christmas Present RICHMAL CROMPTON 32. William's New Year's Day ROBERT BROWNING 33. Christmas Eve ROBERT BURNS 34. Auld Lang Syne SAKI 35. Bertie's Christmas Eve SAKI 36. Reginald on Christmas Presents SAKI 37. Reginald's Christmas Revel SARA TEASDALE 38. Christmas Carol STEPHEN LEACOCK 39. A Christmas Letter STEPHEN LEACOCK 40. Merry Christmas STEPHEN LEACOCK 41. The Errors of Santa Claus THOMAS CHATTERTON 42. A Hymn for Christmas Day THOMAS HARDY 43. The Oxen THOMAS NELSON PAGE 44. How the Captain Made Christmas VIKTOR RYDBERG 45. Robin Goodfellow WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 46. Dr. Birch and His Young Friends WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 47. Mrs Perkins's Ball WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 48. Our Street WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 49. The Kickleburys on the Rhine WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 50. The Rose and the Ring