CONTENTS

"THE GRACIOUS TIME"
THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS ST. LUKE, II, 1-16
THE CHILD BORN AT BETHLEHEM HORACE ELISHA SCUDDER
AS JOSEPH WAS A-WALKING OLD ENGLISH CAROL
THE PEACEFUL NIGHT JOHN MILTON
THE CHRISTMAS SILENCE MARGARET DELAND
NEIGHBORS OF THE CHRIST NIGHT NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH
CHRISTMAS CAROL FROM THE NEAPOLITAN
A CHRISTMAS HYMN RICHARD WATSON GILDER
THE SONG OF A SHEPHERD—BOY AT BETHLEHEM JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS ROSES ADAPTED FROM AN OLD LEGEND
THE LITTLE GRAY LAMB ARCHIBALD BERESFORD SULLIVAN
THE HOLY NIGHT ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
THE STAR BEARER EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN
THE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN ST. MATTHEW, II, 1-12
THE THREE KINGS HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
THE THREE HOLY KINGS ADAPTED FROM THE GOLDEN LEGEND, AND OTHER SOURCES
THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE EUGENE FIELD
BABOUSCKA ADELAIDE SKEEL
THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT SELMA LAGERLÖF
THE HAUGHTY ASPEN NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH
THE LITTLE MUD-SPARROWS ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS
THE CHILDREN OF WIND AND THE CLAN OF PEACE FIONA MACLEOD
THE CHILD JESUS IN THE GARDEN AUTHOR UNKNOWN
THE MYSTIC THORN ADAPTED FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES
THE BLOOMING OF THE WHITE THORN EDITH MATILDA THOMAS
LEGEND OF ST. CHRISTOPHER ADAPTED FROM THE GOLDEN LEGEND
ST. CHRISTOPHER OF THE GAEL FIONA MACLEOD
THE CROSS OF THE DUMB FIONA MACLEOD
THE CHRISTMAS SONG OF CAEDMON H.E.G. PARDEE
GOOD KING WENCESLAS JOHN MASON NEALE
THE CHRISTMAS AT GRECCIO: A STORY OF ST. FRANCIS SOPHIE JEWETT
THE SIN OF THE PRINCE BISHOP WILLIAM CANTON
EARL SIGURD'S CHRISTMAS EVE HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN
A CHRISTMAS LEGEND FLORENCE SCANNELL
THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS ROSE SELMA LAGERLÖF
FÉLIX EVALEEN STEIN
THE SABOT OF LITTLE WOLFF FRANÇOIS COPPÉE
THE LITTLE FRIEND ABBIE FARWELL BROWN
WHERE LOVE IS, THERE GOD IS ALSO COUNT LYOF N. TOLSTOÏ