CONTENTS OF BOOK III.
| [Legends in Song.] | PAGE |
| The Hallowed Time | [11] |
| On the Morning of Christ's Nativity | [12] |
| The First Roman Christmas | [23] |
| The Three Damsels | [25] |
| King Olaf's Christmas[A] | [29] |
| Halbert and Hob | [33] |
| Good King Wenceslas | [39] |
| The Wise Men of the East | [41] |
| Christmas at Sea | [46] |
| "Last Christmas was a Year ago"[B] | [50] |
| [As It Fell Upon A Day.] | |
| A Christmas "Now" | [59] |
| Christmas Eve Customs | [63] |
| Merry Souls | [64] |
| Christmas in the Olden Time | [66] |
| Ceremonies for Christmas | [68] |
| Bringing in the Boar's Head | [69] |
| The Boar's Head Carol | [70] |
| To be Eaten with Mustard | [71] |
| Christmas-Day in the Morning | [72] |
| Praise of Christmas | [73] |
| Winter's Delights | [78] |
| A Christmas Catch | [79] |
| The Epic | [80] |
| The Country Life | [89] |
| Christmas Omnipresent | [90] |
| An Old English Christmas-Tide | [94] |
| Signs of Christmas | [97] |
| The Mistletoe | [99] |
| Christmas of Old | [101] |
| A Plea for a Present | [112] |
| A New-Year's Gift Sent to Sir Simeon Steward | [114] |
| The New-Year's Gift | [116] |
| An Invitation to the Revel | [117] |
| A Christmas Ditty | [120] |
| At the End of the Feast | [121] |
| Twelfth Night; or, King and Queen | [123] |
| Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve | [125] |
| Another Ceremony | [126] |
| The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day | [127] |
| Another Ceremony | [127] |
| Saint Distaff's Day, the Morrow after Twelfth Day | [128] |
| [The Shepherds.] | |
| On Oaten Pipes | [131] |
| Pipe-Playing | [132] |
| The First Carol | [134] |
| In Bethlehem | [137] |
| A Carol in the Pastures | [139] |
| The Shepherds | [141] |
| On Shepherds' Pipes | [144] |
| Angel Tidings | [145] |
| The News-Bearers | [146] |
| Hymn for Christmas-Day | [149] |
| A Hymn of the Nativity | [150] |
| Sung by the Shepherd | [155] |
| From "The Light of the World"[C] | [158] |
| [It Brings Good Cheer.] | |
| Old Christmas Returned | [179] |
| The Trencherman | [184] |
| Ban and Blessing | [186] |
| Thrice Welcome! | [187] |
| Christmas Provender | [188] |
| Glee and Solace | [189] |
| On Saint John's Day | [191] |
| Christmas Alms | [193] |
| Christmas at the Round-Table | [195] |
| [Lullaby.] | |
| A Carol at the Manger | [199] |
| A Dream Carol | [200] |
| The King in the Cradle | [202] |
| Madonna and Child | [205] |
| A Rocking Hymn | [209] |
| A Cradle-Song of the Virgin | [212] |
| Whispering Palms | [214] |
| A Christmas Lullaby | [215] |
| The Virgin's Cradle-Hymn | [216] |
| The Sovereign | [217] |
| By the Cradle-Side | [219] |
| The Virgin Mary to the Child Jesus | [221] |
| A Bedside Ditty | [230] |
| Given Back on Christmas Morn | [231] |
| A Lulling Song | [237] |
| Good-Night | [239] |