Front matter
Reading edition
EDITED BY
MAUD VAN BUREN
Librarian Free Public Library Owatonna, Minnesota
AND
KATHARINE ISABEL BEMIS
Co-editor “Thrift and Success,” “Stories of Patriotism,” “Special Day Pageants,” etc.
THE CENTURY CO. New York & London
Copyright, 1927, by The Century Co.
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
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
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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