• ST. NICHOLAS • BOOK OF PLAYS • & OPERETTAS •
Reading edition
SECOND SERIES
THE CENTURY CO. NEW YORKLONDON
Copyright, 1916, by
The Century Co. Published September, 1916
Printed in U. S. A.
CONTENTS
PAGE
The Dream-Toy Shop 3
By Jessie M. Baker.
Christmas Babes in the Woods 10
By Corinne Rockwell Swain.
Which Shall Be King? 29
By Anna van Marter Jones.
The Christmas Conspiracy 44
By Elizabeth Woodbridge.
How Christmas Was Saved 67
By Catharine Markham.
The First Thanksgiving Day 89
By Agnes Miller.
Everychild 101
By Content S. Nichols.
“Everygirl” 111
By Rachel Lyman Field.
The Egyptian Cat 122
By Irene Woodbridge Clark.
The Sleeping Beauty 147
By Caroline Verhoeff.
Lord Malapert of Moonshine Castle 164
By E. S. Brooks.
Little Folk in Green 188
By Elizabeth Woodbridge.
A Friend in Need 207
By Maude Morrison Frank.
The New Red Riding-Hood 224
By E. S. Brooks.
The Babes in the Wood 240
By Laura E. Richards.
THE ST. NICHOLAS BOOK OF PLAYS AND OPERETTAS
CHARACTERS
Little Maiden. Two Dolls.
Santa Claus’ Fairy. The Kitty.
Jack-in-the-box. The Bunny.
Two Soldier-boys. The Teddy-bear.