CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[The Little White Chicken]9
II.[The Princess Esmeralda’s Ball]25
III.[The Story of the Circus]43
IV.[The Little Tin Soldiers]61
V.[Christmas at the Big House]72
VI.[Mr. Father Kangaroo and the Fat Little Bird]86
VII.[The Mince-pie Boy and the Beasts]99
VIII.[The Cunning Little Duck]116
IX.[The Old Tea-kettle]129
X.[The Pink and White Sticks]146
XI.[The Old Stage-coach]160
XII.[Mr. Nutcracker; the Story that wasn’t a Story]176
XIII.[Mr. Nutcracker]196
XIV.[The Runaway Pumpkin]214
XV.[The Robbers and their Bags]229
XVI.[Polly Pepper’s Chicken-pie]254
XVII.[Phronsie Pepper’s New Shoes]272
XVIII.[The Old Gray Goose]295
XIX.[The Green Umbrella]309
XX.[The Green Umbrella and the Queer Little Man]331
XXI.[The Little Snow-house]358
XXII.[Lucy Ann’s Garden]381
XXIII.[The China Mug]405
XXIV.[Brown Betty]419
XXV.[The Silly Little Brook]437
XXVI.[Down in the Orchard]451