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PREFATORY NOTE
This anthology grew out of a real need. It has been a happy undertaking to assemble in one volume so rich and varied a collection of juvenile Christmas stories for use in the home, the school, and the library.
The editors of this volume hope that boys and girls will count the hours golden spent in reading “Christmas in Storyland.”
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
The editors of this volume desire to express their deep appreciation for the kindness and courtesy of authors and publishers who have granted permission to reprint stories bearing their copyright.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| THE MAGIC CHRISTMAS GIFT Frances Margaret Fox | [3] |
| THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Edith Houghton Hooker | [8] |
| A MONTANA CHRISTMAS John Clair Minot | [21] |
| THE SECRET CHRISTMAS TREE Elsie Singmaster | [26] |
| HOW OLD MR. LONG-TAIL BECAME A SANTA CLAUS Harrison Cady | [41] |
| THE STORY OF THE FIELD OF ANGELS Florence Morse Kingsley | [49] |
| SHOPPING WITH GRANDMOTHER MINTON Daisy Crabbe Curtis | [56] |
| A MISLAID UNCLE E. Vinton Blake | [65] |
| BUNNY FACE AND THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Gertrude A. Kay | [83] |
| THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mary Austin | [105] |
| CHRISTMAS LUCK Albert Bigelow Paine | [117] |
| A NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Temple Bailey | [129] |
| DAME QUIMP’S QUEST Ellen Manly | [141] |
| WHEN CHRISTMAS CAME AGAIN Beulah Marie Dix | [151] |
| THE KING OF THE CHRISTMAS FEAST Elaine Sterne | [163] |
| NANCY’S SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS Harriet Prescott Spofford | [181] |
| A BOOK FOR JERRY Sarah Addington | [191] |
| THE BISHOP AND THE CARDINAL George Madden Martin | [209] |
| A STORY OF THE CHRIST-CHILD A German legend for Christmas Eve as told by Elizabeth Harrison | [221] |
| SANDY’S CHRISTMAS Thomas Travis | [228] |
| THE LITTLE FIR-TREE Carolyn Wells | [239] |
| SIR CLEGES George Philip Krapp | [245] |
| CHRISTMAS NIGHT Selma Lagerlöf | [258] |
| A QUEER CHRISTMAS Marian Willard | [262] |
| A CHRISTMAS FOR TONY Zona Gale | [268] |
| THE UNWELCOME GIFT Julia Burket | [290] |
| THE STRANGE STORY OF MR. DOG AND MR. BEAR Mabel Fuller Blodgett | [306] |
| A BURNT FORK SANTA CLAUS Elinore Pruitt Stewart | [315] |
CHRISTMAS IN STORYLAND