Children of Christmas, and Others
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1. Front matter2. CRADLE SONG For one Born at Christmas3. HOW MANY4. HER CHRISTMAS PRESENT A True Incident5. A CHRISTMAS SPY6. REFRESHMENTS FOR SANTA CLAUS7. HOW THE CHRISTMAS TREE WAS BROUGHT TO NOME8. HOLLY AND MISTLETOE9. THE FIREBRAND (Northern Ohio, Christmas Eve, 1804)10. THE FOUNDLING11. MEETING THE KINGS (Suggested by “A Provençal Christmas Postscript,” Thomas A. Janvier)12. THE PROCESSION OF THE KINGS13. MELCHIOR’S RIDE14. ONE OF THE TWELVE A Christmas Carol From the Provençal of Roumanille15. THE WITCH’S CHILD16. BABUSHKA (A Russian Legend)17. A CHRISTMAS OFFERING (Florence, Italy)18. CHRISTMAS POST19. THE CHRISTMAS SHEAF (Provençal)20. THE BIRDS ON THE CHRISTMAS SHEAF21. WHAT THE PINE TREES SAID22. TWO CHILD ANGELS23. THE OLD DOLL (Just after Christmas)24. THE APPLE-BLOSSOM SWITCH25. THE INDIGNANT BABY26. A QUESTION OF SPELLING27. “YOURS SEVERELY” (The Letter of a Five Year Old)28. A LACK OF ATTENTION29. “I OUGHT TO MUSTN’T”30. A VAIN REGRET31. IN THE DARK LITTLE FLAT AT THE END OF THE COURT32. THE LITTLE GIRL FROM TOWN33. FOR EVERY DAY34. THE DAY-DREAMER35. BORN DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND (At an Asylum)36. THE CRADLE-CHILD37. SOME LADIES OF THE OLDEN TIME38. A WATER LILY39. THE KINDERBANK[4] The Little Mothers40. BUONAMICO A Legend of Florence41. THE PRINCE AND THE WHIPPING-BOY42. MASTER CORVUS43. “P. ABBOTT” (A Tradition of Westminster Abbey)44. THE GIANT’S DAUGHTER45. EROTION AND THE DOVE.46. THE HOMESICK SOLDIER47. THE COSSACK MOTHER48. THE BLOSSOM-CHILD49. THE CLOCK OF THE YEAR50. THE YOUNG OF SPRING51. THE TRIUMPH OF THE BROWN THRUSH52. DAY—WIDE DAY!53. THE BLOSSOMS OF TO-MORROW54. THE NEST IN THE HEATHER (In Scotland it was an old custom for the young people on Easter morning to hunt for eggs of the wild fowl)55. LADY-GROVE (SILVER BIRCHES)56. SHADOW BROOK57. THE BROOK AND THE BIRD58. THE BIRDS OF SOLEURE59. THE PRAIRIE NEST60. THE MOVING OF THE NEST61. THE WIDOWED EAGLE62. THE CHICKADEE63. THE EARTH-MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN64. “WHEN THE LEAVES ARE GONE”65. THE FIRST THANKSGIVING (1621)66. “MASCOTS”67. MOTHER FUR68. WHAT THE CAT-MOTHER SAID69. WHAT THE BIRD-MOTHER SAID70. WHAT THE FRIEND OF BOTH SAID71. THE LITTLE BROWN BAT72. THE LOST CHARTER (Based on an Arabic Legend)73. THE SAVING OF JACK An East Side Incident74. SKYE OF SKYE75. TIP’S KITTEN76. THE KING OF CATS77. WAIFS78. FROST-FLOWERS OF THE PAVEMENT79. STARS OF THE SNOW80. JUNE IN THE SKY81. MOTHER EARTH82. THE RAIN RAINS EVERY DAY83. THE GOOD BY