Christmas Gold: The Greatest Holiday Novels, Tales & Poems (Illustrated Edition)

Christmas Gold: The Greatest Holiday Novels, Tales & Poems (Illustrated Edition)
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This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: A Christmas Inspiration and Other Stories (Lucy Maud Montgomery) Old Father Christmas (Juliana Horatia Ewing) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford) Christmas in the Olden Time (Walter Scott) Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) The Twelve Days of Christmas Silent Night Where Love Is, God Is (Leo Tolstoy) Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson) Christmas with Grandma Elsie (Martha Finley) Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Christmas at Thompson Hall (Anthony Trollope) Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery) Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) The Christmas Angel (Abbie Farwell Brown) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling) The Christmas Child (Hesba Stretton) Granny's Wonderful Chair (Frances Browne) The Romance of a Christmas Card (Kate Douglas Wiggin) Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) The Birds' Christmas Carol (Kate Douglas Wiggin) The Wonderful Life – Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton) Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe (Elizabeth Harrison) Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum) The Christmas Angel (Abbie Farwell Brown) The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter) Toinette and the Elves (Susan Coolidge) The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Fyodor Dostoevsky) At the Back of the North Wind (George MacDonald) Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs) Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells) The Lost Word (Henry van Dyke) The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann)…

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Christmas Gold: The Greatest Holiday Novels, Tales & Poems (Illustrated Edition)

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Table of Contents

Novels

Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum)

YOUTH

1. Burzee

2. The Child of the Forest

3. The Adoption

4. Claus

5. The Master Woodsman

6. Claus Discovers Humanity

7. Claus Leaves the Forest

MANHOOD

1. The Laughing Valley

2. How Claus Made the First Toy

3. How the Ryls Colored the Toys

4. How Little Mayrie Became Frightened

5. How Bessie Blithesome Came to the Laughing Valley

6. The Wickedness of the Awgwas

7. The Great Battle Between Good and Evil

8. The First Journey with the Reindeer

9. "Santa Claus!"

10. Christmas Eve

11. How the First Stockings Were Hung by the Chimneys

12. The First Christmas Tree

OLD AGE

1. The Mantle of Immortality

2. When the World Grew Old

3. The Deputies of Santa Claus

Christmas-Tree Land (Mary Louisa Molesworth)

CHAPTER I. THE WHITE CASTLE

CHAPTER II. IN THE FIR-WOODS

CHAPTER III. THE MYSTERIOUS COTTAGE

CHAPTER IV. FAIRY HOUSEKEEPING

CHAPTER V. THE STORY OF A KING'S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER VI. THE STORY OF A KING'S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER VII. A WINDING STAIR AND A SCAMPER

CHAPTER VIII. THE SQUIRREL FAMILY

CHAPTER IX. A COMMITTEE OF BIRDS

CHAPTER X. A SAIL IN THE AIR

CHAPTER XI. THE EAGLES' EYRIE

CHAPTER XII. A VISION OF CHRISTMAS TREES

The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford)

I. HOW JOHN HENRY OVERHOLT SAT ON PANDORA'S BOX

II. HOW A MAN AND A BOY FOUNDED THE LITTLE CITY OF HOPE

III. HOW THEY MADE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW

IV. HOW THERE WAS A FAMINE IN THE CITY

V. HOW THE CITY WAS BESIEGED AND THE LID OF PANDORA'S BOX CAME OFF

VI. HOW A SMALL BOY DID A BIG THING AND NAILED DOWN THE LID OF THE BOX

VII. HOW A LITTLE WOMAN DID A GREAT DEED TO SAVE THE CITY

VIII. HOW THE WHEELS WENT ROUND AT LAST

IX. HOW THE KING OF HEARTS MADE A FEAST IN THE CITY OF HOPE

Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie)

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I

PETER BREAKS THROUGH

CHAPTER II

THE SHADOW

CHAPTER III

COME AWAY, COME AWAY!

CHAPTER IV

THE FLIGHT

CHAPTER V

THE ISLAND COME TRUE

CHAPTER VI

THE LITTLE HOUSE

CHAPTER VII

THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND

CHAPTER VIII

THE MERMAIDS' LAGOON

CHAPTER IX

THE NEVER BIRD

CHAPTER X

THE HAPPY HOME

CHAPTER XI

WENDY'S STORY

CHAPTER XII

THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF

CHAPTER XIII

DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?

CHAPTER XIV

THE PIRATE SHIP

CHAPTER XV

'HOOK OR ME THIS TIME'

CHAPTER XVI

THE RETURN HOME

CHAPTER XVII

WHEN WENDY GREW UP

Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)

Part First. CHAPTER I. PLAYING PILGRIMS

CHAPTER II. A MERRY CHRISTMAS

CHAPTER III. THE LAURENCE BOY

CHAPTER IV. BURDEN

CHAPTER V. BEING NEIGHBORLY

CHAPTER VI. BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL

CHAPTER VII. AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION

CHAPTER VIII. JO MEETS APOLLYON

CHAPTER IX. MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR

CHAPTER X. THE P. C. AND P. O

CHAPTER XI. EXPERIMENT

CHAPTER XII. CAMP LAURENCE

CHAPTER XIII. CASTLES IN THE AIR

CHAPTER XIV. SECRETS

CHAPTER XV. A TELEGRAM

CHAPTER XVI. LETTERS

CHAPTER XVII. LITTLE FAITHFUL

CHAPTER XVIII. DARK DAYS

CHAPTER XIX. AMY'S WILL

CHAPTER XX. CONFIDENTIAL

CHAPTER XXI. LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE

CHAPTER XXII. PLEASANT MEADOWS

CHAPTER XXIII. AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION

The Second Part. CHAPTER XXIV. GOSSIP

CHAPTER XXV. THE FIRST WEDDING

CHAPTER XXVI. ARTISTIC ATTEMPTS

CHAPTER XXVII. LITERARY LESSONS

CHAPTER XXVIII. DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES

CHAPTER XXIX. CALLS

CHAPTER XXX. CONSEQUENCES

CHAPTER XXXI. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

CHAPTER XXXII. TENDER TROUBLES

CHAPTER XXXIII. JO'S JOURNAL

CHAPTER XXXIV. A FRIEND

CHAPTER XXXV. HEARTACHE

CHAPTER XXXVI. BETH'S SECRET

CHAPTER XXXVII. NEW IMPRESSIONS

CHAPTER XXXVIII. ON THE SHELF

CHAPTER XXXIX. LAZY LAURENCE

CHAPTER XL. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

CHAPTER XLI. LEARNING TO FORGET

CHAPTER XLII. ALL ALONE

CHAPTER XLIII. SURPRISES

CHAPTER XLIV. MY LORD AND LADY

CHAPTER XLV. DAISY AND DEMI

CHAPTER XLVI. UNDER THE UMBRELLA

CHAPTER XLVII. HARVEST TIME

The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum)

Introduction

1. The Cyclone

2. The Council with the Munchkins

3. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow

4. The Road Through the Forest

5. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman

6. The Cowardly Lion

7. The Journey to the Great Oz

8. The Deadly Poppy Field

9. The Queen of the Field Mice

10. The Guardian of the Gate

11. The Wonderful City of Oz

12. The Search for the Wicked Witch

13. The Rescue

14. The Winged Monkeys

15. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible

16. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug

17. How the Balloon Was Launched

18. Away to the South

19. Attacked by the Fighting Trees

20. The Dainty China Country

21. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts

22. The Country of the Quadlings

23. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish

24. Home Again

Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett)

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

Christmas with Grandma Elsie (Martha Finley)

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVIII

CHAPTER XIX

Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery)

CHAPTER I. Mrs. Rachel Lynde is Surprised

CHAPTER II. Matthew Cuthbert is surprised

CHAPTER III. Marilla Cuthbert is Surprised

CHAPTER IV. Morning at Green Gables

CHAPTER V. Anne’s History

CHAPTER VI. Marilla Makes Up Her Mind

CHAPTER VII. Anne Says Her Prayers

CHAPTER VIII. Anne’s Bringing-up Is Begun

CHAPTER IX. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified

CHAPTER X. Anne’s Apology

CHAPTER XI. Anne’s Impressions of Sunday-School

CHAPTER XII. A Solemn Vow and Promise

CHAPTER XIII. The Delights of Anticipation

CHAPTER XIV. Anne’s Confession

CHAPTER XV. A Tempest in the School Teapot

CHAPTER XVI. Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results

CHAPTER XVII. A New Interest in Life

CHAPTER XVIII. Anne to the Rescue

CHAPTER XIX. A Concert a Catastrophe and a Confession

CHAPTER XX. A Good Imagination Gone Wrong

CHAPTER XXI. A New Departure in Flavorings

CHAPTER XXII. Anne is Invited Out to Tea

CHAPTER XXIII. Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor

CHAPTER XXIV. Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert

CHAPTER XXV. Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves

CHAPTER XXVI. The Story Club Is Formed

CHAPTER XXVII. Vanity and Vexation of Spirit

CHAPTER XXVIII. An Unfortunate Lily Maid

CHAPTER XXIX. An Epoch in Anne’s Life

CHAPTER XXX. The Queens Class Is Organized

CHAPTER XXXI. Where the Brook and River Meet

CHAPTER XXXII. The Pass List Is Out

CHAPTER XXXIII. The Hotel Concert

CHAPTER XXXIV. A Queen’s Girl

CHAPTER XXXV. The Winter at Queen’s

CHAPTER XXXVI. The Glory and the Dream

CHAPTER XXXVII. The Reaper Whose Name Is Death

CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Bend in the road

The Christmas Angel (Abbie Farwell Brown)

CHAPTER I. THE PLAY BOX

CHAPTER II. JACK-IN-THE-BOX

CHAPTER III. THE FLANTON DOG

CHAPTER IV. THE NOAH'S ARK

CHAPTER V. MIRANDA

CHAPTER VI. THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL

CHAPTER VII. BEFORE THE FIRE

CHAPTER VIII. JACK AGAIN

CHAPTER IX. THE DOG AGAIN

CHAPTER X. NOAH AGAIN

CHAPTER XI. MIRANDA AGAIN

CHAPTER XII. THE ANGEL AGAIN

CHAPTER XIII. THE CHRISTMAS CANDLE

CHAPTER XIV. TOM

CHAPTER XV. CHRISTMAS DAY

At the Back of the North Wind (George MacDonald)

CHAPTER I. THE HAY-LOFT

CHAPTER II. THE LAWN

CHAPTER III. OLD DIAMOND

CHAPTER IV. NORTH WIND

CHAPTER V. THE SUMMER-HOUSE

CHAPTER VI. OUT IN THE STORM

CHAPTER VII. THE CATHEDRAL

CHAPTER VIII. THE EAST WINDOW

CHAPTER IX. HOW DIAMOND GOT TO THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND

CHAPTER X. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND

CHAPTER XI. HOW DIAMOND GOT HOME AGAIN

CHAPTER XII. WHO MET DIAMOND AT SANDWICH

CHAPTER XIII. THE SEASIDE

CHAPTER XIV. OLD DIAMOND

CHAPTER XV. THE MEWS

CHAPTER XVI. DIAMOND MAKES A BEGINNING

CHAPTER XVII. DIAMOND GOES ON

CHAPTER XVIII. THE DRUNKEN CABMAN

CHAPTER XIX. DIAMOND'S FRIENDS

CHAPTER XX. DIAMOND LEARNS TO READ

CHAPTER XXI. SAL'S NANNY

CHAPTER XXII. MR. RAYMOND'S RIDDLE

CHAPTER XXIII. THE EARLY BIRD

CHAPTER XXIV. ANOTHER EARLY BIRD

CHAPTER XXV. DIAMOND'S DREAM

CHAPTER XXVI. DIAMOND TAKES A FARE THE WRONG WAY RIGHT

CHAPTER XXVII. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

CHAPTER XXVIII. LITTLE DAYLIGHT

CHAPTER XXIX. RUBY

CHAPTER XXX. NANNY'S DREAM

CHAPTER XXXI. THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW

CHAPTER XXXII. DIAMOND AND RUBY

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PROSPECT BRIGHTENS

CHAPTER XXXIV. IN THE COUNTRY

CHAPTER XXXV. I MAKE DIAMOND'S ACQUAINTANCE

CHAPTER XXXVI. DIAMOND QUESTIONS NORTH WIND

CHAPTER XXXVII. ONCE MORE

CHAPTER XXXVIII. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND

Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)

Part I

01 My Early Home

02 The Hunt

03 My Breaking In

04 Birtwick Park

05 A Fair Start

06 Liberty

07 Ginger

08 Ginger's Story Continued

09 Merrylegs

10 A Talk in the Orchard

11 Plain Speaking

12 A Stormy Day

13 The Devil's Trade Mark

14 James Howard

15 The Old Hostler

16 The Fire

17 John Manly's Talk

18 Going for the Doctor

19 Only Ignorance

20 Joe Green

21 The Parting

Part II

22 Earlshall

23 A Strike for Liberty

24 The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse

25 Reuben Smith

26 How it Ended

27 Ruined and Going Downhill

28 A Job Horse and His Drivers

29 Cockneys

30 A Thief

31 A Humbug

Part III

32 A Horse Fair

33 A London Cab Horse

34 An Old War Horse

35 Jerry Barker

36 The Sunday Cab

37 The Golden Rule

38 Dolly and a Real Gentleman

39 Seedy Sam

40 Poor Ginger

41 The Butcher

42 The Election

43 A Friend in Need

44 Old Captain and His Successor

45 Jerry's New Year

Part IV

46 Jakes and the Lady

47 Hard Times

48 Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie

49 My Last Home

The Christmas Child (Hesba Stretton)

CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF JOAN

CHAPTER II. JOAN'S SEARCH

CHAPTER III. THE CHILD IN THE MANGER

CHAPTER IV. LOST AND FOUND

Granny’s Wonderful Chair (Frances Browne)

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II. THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO

CHAPTER III. LADY GREENSLEEVES

CHAPTER IV. CHILDE CHARITY

CHAPTER V. SOUR AND CIVIL

CHAPTER VI. PRINCE WISEWIT'S RETURN

The Romance of a Christmas Card (Kate Douglas Wiggin)

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)

I. THE RIVER BANK

II. THE OPEN ROAD

III. THE WILD WOOD

IV. MR. BADGER

V. DULCE DOMUM

VI. MR. TOAD

VII. THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN

VIII. TOAD'S ADVENTURES

IX. WAYFARERS ALL

X. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF TOAD

XI "LIKE SUMMER TEMPESTS CAME HIS TEARS"

XII. THE RETURN OF ULYSSES

The Birds' Christmas Carol (Kate Douglas Wiggin)

I. A LITTLE SNOW BIRD

II. DROOPING WINGS

III. THE BIRDS' NEST

IV "BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER"

V. SOME OTHER BIRDS ARE TAUGHT TO FLY

VI "WHEN THE PIE WAS OPENED, THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING!"

VII. THE BIRDLING FLIES AWAY

The Wonderful Life - Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton)

PREFACE

BOOK I. THE CARPENTER

CHAPTER I. THE HOLY LAND

CHAPTER II. JERUSALEM AND BETHLEHEM

CHAPTER III. IN THE TEMPLE

CHAPTER IV. THE WISE MEN

CHAPTER V. NAZARETH

CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST PASSOVER

BOOK II. THE PROPHET

CHAPTER I. JOHN THE BAPTIST

CHAPTER II. CANA OF GALILEE

CHAPTER III. THE FIRST SUMMER

CHAPTER IV. SAMARIA

CHAPTER V. THE FIRST SABBATH-MIRACLE

CHAPTER VI. HIS OLD HOME

CHAPTER VII. CAPERNAUM

CHAPTER VIII. FOES FROM JERUSALEM

CHAPTER IX. AT NAIN

CHAPTER X. MIGHTY WORKS

CHAPTER XI. A HOLIDAY IN GALILEE

CHAPTER XII. IN THE NORTH

CHAPTER XIII. AT HOME ONCE MORE

CHAPTER XIV. THE LAST AUTUMN

CHAPTER XV. LAZARUS

CHAPTER XVI. THE LAST SABBATH

BOOK III. VICTIM AND VICTOR

CHAPTER I. THE SON OF DAVID

CHAPTER II. THE TRAITOR

CHAPTER III. THE PASCHAL SUPPER

CHAPTER IV. GETHSEMANE

CHAPTER V. THE HIGH PRIEST’S PALACE

CHAPTER VI. PILATE’S JUDGMENT HALL

CHAPTER VII. CALVARY

CHAPTER VIII. IN THE GRAVE

CHAPTER IX. THE SEPULCHRE

CHAPTER X. EMMAUS

CHAPTER XI. IT IS THE LORD

CHAPTER XII. HIS FRIENDS

CHAPTER XIII. HIS FOES

Oliver Twist

CHAPTER I. TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH

CHAPTER II. TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD

CHAPTER III. RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE

CHAPTER IV. OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE

CHAPTER V. OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE FORMS AN UNFAVOURABLE NOTION OF HIS MASTER’S BUSINESS

CHAPTER VI. OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM

CHAPTER VII. OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY

CHAPTER VIII. OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN

CHAPTER IX. CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS

CHAPTER X. OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER, IN THIS HISTORY

CHAPTER XI. TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE

CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE REVERTS TO THE MERRY OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS YOUTHFUL FRIENDS

CHAPTER XIII. SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY

CHAPTER XIV. COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S, WITH THE REMARKABLE PREDICTION WHICH ONE MR. GRIMWIG UTTERED CONCERNING HIM, WHEN HE WENT OUT ON AN ERRAND

CHAPTER XV. SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY WERE

CHAPTER XVI. RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY

CHAPTER XVII. OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION

CHAPTER XVIII. HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS

CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON

CHAPTER XX. WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES

CHAPTER XXI. THE EXPEDITION

CHAPTER XXII. THE BURGLARY

CHAPTER XXIII. WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. BUMBLE AND A LADY; AND SHOWS THAT EVEN A BEADLE MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE ON SOME POINTS

CHAPTER XXIV. TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY

CHAPTER XXV. WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY

CHAPTER XXVI. IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY THINGS, INSEPARABLE FROM THIS HISTORY, ARE DONE AND PERFORMED

CHAPTER XXVII. ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY

CHAPTER XXVIII. LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES

CHAPTER XXIX. HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER RESORTED

CHAPTER XXX. RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM

CHAPTER XXXI. INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION

CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS

CHAPTER XXXIII. WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK

CHAPTER XXXIV. CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO NOW ARRIVES UPON THE SCENE; AND A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH HAPPENED TO OLIVER

CHAPTER XXXV. CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND A CONVERSATION OF SOME IMPORTANCE BETWEEN HARRY MAYLIE AND ROSE

CHAPTER XXXVI. IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS PLACE, BUT IT SHOULD BE READ NOTWITHSTANDING, AS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST, AND A KEY TO ONE THAT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ITS TIME ARRIVES

CHAPTER XXXVII. IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES

CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MR. MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW

CHAPTER XXXIX. INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY HEADS TOGETHER

CHAPTER XL. A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER

CHAPTER XLI. CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE

CHAPTER XLII. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLIS

CHAPTER XLIII. WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE

CHAPTER XLIV. THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS

CHAPTER XLV. NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION

CHAPTER XLVI. THE APPOINTMENT KEPT

CHAPTER XLVII. FATAL CONSEQUENCES

CHAPTER XLVIII. THE FLIGHT OF SIKES

CHAPTER XLIX. MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT

CHAPTER L. THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE

CHAPTER LI. AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY

CHAPTER LII. FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE

CHAPTER LIII. AND LAST

Happy Hearts

Chapter I. Whom Have We Always

Chapter II. Fritz Dead, Yet Lives

Chapter III. How? Answered

Chapter IV. What the Stars Saw

The Doctor's Christmas Eve

Part I

I. The Children of Desire

II. When a Boy Finds Out About His Father

III. The Books of the Year

IV. The Book of the Years

V. Evergreen and Thorn Tree

Part II

I. Two Other Winter Snowbirds at a Window

II. Four in a Cage

III. The Realm of Midnight

IV. Time-Spirit and Eternal Spirit

V. When a Father Finds Out About a Son

VI. Living Out the Years

Pollyanna

Chapter I. Miss Polly

Chapter II. Old Tom and Nancy

Chapter III. The Coming of Pollyanna

Chapter IV. The Little Attic Room

Chapter V. The Game

Chapter VI. A Question of Duty

Chapter VII. Pollyanna and Punishments

Chapter VIII. Pollyanna Pays a Visit

Chapter IX. Which Tells of the Man

Chapter X. A Surprise for Mrs. Snow

Chapter XI. Introducing Jimmy

Chapter XII. Before the Ladies’ Aid

Chapter XIII. In Pendleton Woods

Chapter XIV. Just a Matter of Jelly

Chapter XV. Dr. Chilton

Chapter XVI. A Red Rose and a Lace Shawl

Chapter XVII “Just Like a Book”

Chapter XVIII. Prisms

Chapter XIX. Which Is Somewhat Surprising

Chapter XX. Which Is More Surprising

Chapter XXI. A Question Answered

Chapter XXII. Sermons and Woodboxes

Chapter XXIII. An Accident

Chapter XXIV. John Pendleton

Chapter XXV. A Waiting Game

Chapter XXVI. A Door Ajar

Chapter XXVII. Two Visits

Chapter XXVIII. The Game and Its Players

Chapter XXIX. Through an Open Window

Chapter XXX. Jimmy Takes the Helm

Chapter XXXI. A New Uncle

Chapter XXXII. Which Is a Letter From Pollyanna

Pollyanna Grows Up

Chapter I. Della Speaks Her Mind

Chapter II. Some Old Friends

Chapter III. A Dose of Pollyanna

Chapter IV. The Game and Mrs. Carew

Chapter V. Pollyanna Takes a Walk

Chapter VI. Jerry to the Rescue

Chapter VII. A New Acquaintance

Chapter VIII. Jamie

Chapter IX. Plans and Plottings

Chapter X. In Murphy's Alley

Chapter XI. A Surprise for Mrs. Carew

Chapter XII. From Behind a Counter

Chapter XIII. A Waiting and a Winning

Chapter XIV. Jimmy and the Green-Eyed Monster

Chapter XV. Aunt Polly Takes Alarm

Chapter XVI. When Pollyanna Was Expected

Chapter XVII. When Pollyanna Came

Chapter XVIII. A Matter of Adjustment

Chapter XIX. Two Letters

Chapter XX. The Paying Guests

Chapter XXI. Summer Days

Chapter XXII. Comrades

Chapter XXIII "Tied to Two Sticks"

Chapter XXIV. Jimmy Wakes Up

Chapter XXV. The Game and Pollyanna

Chapter XXVI. John Pendleton

Chapter XXVII. The Day Pollyanna Did Not Play

Chapter XXVIII. Jimmy and Jamie

Chapter XXIX. Jimmy and John

Chapter XXX. John Pendleton Turns the Key

Chapter XXXI. After Long Years

Chapter XXXII. A New Aladdin

Children of the Tenements

Preface

The Rent Baby

A Story of Bleecker Street

The Kid Hangs Up His Stocking

The Slipper-Maker's Fast

Death Comes to Cat Alley

A Proposal on the Elevated

Little Will's Message

Lost Children

Paolo's Awakening

The Little Dollar's Christmas Journey

The Kid

When the Letter Came

The Cat Took the Kosher Meat

Nibsy's Christmas

In the Children's Hospital

Nigger Martha's Wake

What the Christmas Sun Saw in the Tenements

Midwinter in New York

A Chip From the Maelstrom

Sarah Joyce's Husbands

Merry Christmas in the Tenements

Abe's Game of Jacks

A Little Picture

A Dream of the Woods

'Twas 'Liza's Doings

Heroes Who Fight Fire

John Gavin, Misfit

A Heathen Baby

The Christening in Bottle Alley

In the Mulberry Street Court

Difficulties of a Deacon

Fire in the Barracks

War on the Goats

He Kept His Tryst

Rover's Last Fight

How Jim Went to the War

A Backwoods Hero

Jack's Sermon

Skippy of Scrabble Alley

Making a Way Out of the Slum

The Tailor of Gloucester

Little Prudy's Sister Susy

Preface

Chapter I. Keeping Secrets

Chapter II. Before Daylight

Chapter III. Susy's Christmas

Chapter IV. Susy's Wings

Chapter V. Prudy's Trouble

Chapter VI. Rosy Frances Eastman Mary

Chapter VII. Little Troubles

Chapter VIII. Annie Lovejoy

Chapter IX. Moral Courage

Chapter X. Ruthie Turner

Chapter XI. Susy's Birthday

Chapter XII. Farewell

Little Peter: A Christmas Morality

Chapter I. Which Deals With the Opinions of a Cat, and the Sorrows of a Charcoal Burner

Chapter II. Which Introduces the Reader to an Admirer of the Ancient Romans

Chapter III. Which Improves Our Acquaintance With the Grasshopper Man

Chapter IV. Which Leaves Some at Home and Takes Some to Church

Chapter V. Which Is Both Social and Religious

Chapter VI. Which Attempts to Show Why the Skies Fall

Chapter VII. Which Describes a Pleasant Dinner-Party, and an Unpleasant Walk

Chapter VIII. Which Proves That Even Philosophic Politicians May Have to Admit Themselves in the Wrong

Chapter IX. Which Is Very Short, Because, in Some Ways, It Is Rather Sad

Chapter X. Which Ends the Story

Snap-Dragons or, Old Father Christmas

Snap-Dragons: A Tale of Christmas Eve

Mr and Mrs Skratdj

The Little Skratdjs

The Skratdj’s Dog and the Hot-Tempered Gentleman

Christmas Eve

Conclusion

Old Father Christmas

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Christmas Holidays at Merryvale

Chapter I. Toad's Wish

Chapter II. The Snow Fight

Chapter III. The Victory

Chapter IV. Chuck's Rude Awakening

Chapter V. The Adventure in the Snow

Chapter VI. Toad's Unselfishness

Chapter VII. The Boys Plan a Surprise

Chapter VIII. What Mike Found

Chapter IX. Christmas Morning

The Ice Queen

Chapter I. Thrown Upon Their Own Resources

Chapter II "The Youngster's" Plan

Chapter III. Fitting Out the "Red Erik"

Chapter IV. Making a Start

Chapter V. Comfort in a Log Cabin

Chapter VI. Norse Tales

Chapter VII. The First Day on the Lake

Chapter VIII. Jim's Rebellion

Chapter IX. Skating by Compass

Chapter X. An Ugly Ferriage

Chapter XI. Camping Against an Ice Wall

Chapter XII. Snowed Under

Chapter XIII. Saved From Starvation

Chapter XIV. The Arctic Visitors

Chapter XV. Christmas Bird-Catching

Chapter XVI. How Tug Made "Twitch-Ups"

Chapter XVII. The Breaking Up of the Ice

Chapter XVIII. Rescuing the Wanderers

Chapter XIX. Adrift on an Ice Raft

Chapter XX. A Night in an Open Boat

Chapter XXI. The Escape to the Shore

Chapter XXII. Rex Fights Unknown Enemies

Chapter XXIII. Exploring the Island

Chapter XXIV. The Wild Dogs Again

Chapter XXV. The Perils of a Midnight Search

Chapter XXVI. Finding Snow-Birds and Losing the Captain

Chapter XXVII. Another Encounter With the Wild Dogs

Chapter XXVIII. The Accident Explained

Chapter XXIX. Deciding Upon a New Move

Chapter XXX. Katy Tames the Wild Dogs

Chapter XXXI. Abandoning the Island

Chapter XXXII. An Astonished Farmer

Chapter XXXIII. The "Times" Correspondent

Chapter XXXIV. A Happy Conclusion

Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

Chapter I. Joe's Grand Discovery

Chapter II. Planning in the Twilight

Chapter III. A Chance for Flossy

Chapter IV. The Identical Shoe

Chapter V. Good Luck for Joe

Chapter VI. Fortunes and Misfortunes

Chapter VII. The Old Tumbler, After All

Chapter VIII. Florence in State

Chapter IX. Fourth of July

Chapter X. Which Should She Choose?

Chapter XI. Out of the Old Home-Nest

Chapter XII. Joe's Fortune

Chapter XIII. From Gray Skies to Blue

Chapter XIV. A Flower-Garden in Doors

Chapter XV. How Charlie Ran Away

Chapter XVI. Almost Discouraged

Chapter XVII. Lost at Sea

Chapter XVIII. A Song in the Night

Chapter XIX. In the Old Home-Nest Again

Chapter XX. Wherein the Old Shoe Becomes Crowded

Chapter XXI. How the Dreams Came True

Chapter XXII. Christmastide

Little Maid Marian

Chapter I. A Mustard Seed

Chapter II. The School-Teacher

Chapter III. A New Road

Chapter IV. Companions

Chapter V. Blackberries

Chapter VI. The White Apron

Chapter VII. Patty's Letter

Chapter VIII. A Trip to Town

Chapter IX. A Visit to Patty

Chapter X. Running Away

Chapter XI. A Letter's Reply

Chapter XII. The Christmas Tree

Short Stories

A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories

Merry Christmas

A Christmas Dream and How It Came True

Becky's Christmas Dream

Kitty's Class Day

Rosa's Tale

Tilly's Christmas

The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation

Chapter I. Dramatis Personae

Chapter II. Byplay

Chapter III. Who Was It?

Chapter IV. Feeding the Peacocks

Chapter V. Under the Mistletoe

Chapter VI. Miracles

Chapter VII. A Ghostly Revel

Chapter VIII. Jasper

What the Bell Saw and Said

The Gift of the Magi

The Fir Tree

The Little Match Girl

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

The Snow Queen

Story the First. Which Describes a Looking-Glass and the Broken Fragments

Second Story. A Little Boy and a Little Girl

Third Story. The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Could Conjure

Fourth Story. The Prince and Princess

Fifth Story. Little Robber-Girl

Sixth Story. The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman

Seventh Story. Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and What Happened There at Last

Betty's Bright Idea

Scene I

Scene II

Scene III

Scene IV

Scene V

Scene VI

The First Christmas Of New England

Chapter I

Chapter II. The First Day on Shore

Chapter III. Christmas Tide in Plymouth Harbor

Chapter IV. Elder Brewster's Christmas Sermon

Deacon Pitkin's Farm

Chapter I. Miss Diana

Chapter II. Biah Carter

Chapter III. The Shadow

Chapter IV. The Good-By

Chapter V. Mother and Son

Chapter VI. Gone to Sea

Chapter VII. Thanksgiving Again

The Holy Night

Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe

A Letter from Santa Claus

The Christmas Angel

Chapter I. The Play Box

Chapter II. Jack-In-The-Box

Chapter III. The Flanton Dog

Chapter IV. The Noah's Ark

Chapter V. Miranda

Chapter VI. The Christmas Angel

Chapter VII. Before the Fire

Chapter VIII. Jack Again

Chapter IX. The Dog Again

Chapter X. Noah Again

Chapter XI. Miranda Again

Chapter XII. The Angel Again

Chapter XIII. The Christmas Candle

Chapter XIV. Tom

Chapter XV. Christmas Day

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Toinette and the Elves

Christmas at Thompson Hall

Chapter I. Mrs. Brown’s Success

Chapter II. Mrs. Brown’s Failure

Chapter III. Mrs. Brown Attempts to Escape

Chapter IV. Mrs. Brown Does Escape

Chapter V. Mrs. Brown at Thompson Hall

Christmas Day at Kirkby Cottage

Chapter I. What Maurice Archer Said About Christmas

Chapter II. Kirkby Cliffe Church

Chapter III. Showing How Isabel Lownd Told a Lie

Chapter IV. Showing How Isabel Lownd Repented Her Fault

The Mistletoe Bough

Not if I Know It

The Two Generals

The Princess and the Goblin & The Princess and Curdie

The Princess and the Goblin

Chapter I. Why the Princess Has a Story About Her

Chapter II. The Princess Loses Herself

Chapter III. The Princess And—we Shall See Who

Chapter IV. What the Nurse Thought of It

Chapter V. The Princess Lets Well Alone

Chapter VI. The Little Miner

Chapter VII. The Mines

Chapter VIII. The Goblins

Chapter IX. The Hall of the Goblin Palace

Chapter X. The Princess's King-Papa

Chapter XI. The Old Lady's Bedroom

Chapter XII. A Short Chapter About Curdie

Chapter XIII. The Cobs' Creatures

Chapter XIV. That Night Week

Chapter XV. Woven and Then Spun

Chapter XVI. The Ring

Chapter XVII. Spring-Time

Chapter XVIII. Curdie's Clue

Chapter XIX. Goblin Counsels

Chapter XX. Irene's Clue

Chapter XXI. The Escape

Chapter XXII. The Old Lady and Curdie

Chapter XXIII. Curdie and His Mother

Chapter XXIV. Irene Behaves Like a Princess

Chapter XXV. Curdie Comes to Grief

Chapter XXVI. The Goblin Miners

Chapter XXVII. The Goblins in the King's House

Chapter XXVIII. Curdie's Guide

Chapter XXIX. Mason-Work

Chapter XXX. The King and the Kiss

Chapter XXXI. The Subterranean Waters

Chapter XXXII. The Last Chapter

The Princess and Curdie

Chapter I. The Mountain

Chapter II. The White Pigeon

Chapter III. The Mistress of the Silver Moon

Chapter IV. Curdie's Father and Mother

Chapter V. The Miners

Chapter VI. The Emerald

Chapter VII. What is in a Name?

Chapter VIII. Curdie's Mission

Chapter IX. Hands

Chapter X. The Heath

Chapter XI. Lina

Chapter XII. More Creatures

Chapter XIII. The Baker's Wife

Chapter XIV. The Dogs of Gwyntystorm

Chapter XV. Derba and Barbara

Chapter XVI. The Mattock

Chapter XVII. The Wine-Cellar

Chapter XVIII. The King's Kitchen

Chapter XIX. The King's Chamber

Chapter XX. Counter-Plotting

Chapter XXI. The Loaf

Chapter XXII. The Lord Chamberlain

Chapter XXIII. Dr. Kelman

Chapter XXIV. The Prophecy

Chapter XXV. The Avengers

Chapter XXVI. The Vengeance

Chapter XXVII. More Vengeance

Chapter XXVIII. The Preacher

Chapter XXIX. Barbara

Chapter XXX. Peter

Chapter XXXI. The Sacrifice

Chapter XXXII. The King's Army

Chapter XXXIII. The Battle

Chapter XXXIV. Judgment

Chapter XXXV. The End

Thurlow's Christmas Story

I

II

A Little Book of Christmas

A Toast to Santa Clause

The Conversion of Hetherington

A Merry Christmas Pie

The Child Who Had Everything But

A Holiday Wish

Santa Clause and Little Billee

Christmas Eve

The House of the Seven Santas

Christmas Every Day

Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas

Little Girl’s Christmas

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Mother Holle

The Star Talers

Snow-White

The Lost Word

I. The Poverty of Hermas

II. A Christmas Loss

III. Parting, but No Farewell

IV. Love in Search of a Word

V. Riches Without Rest

VI. Great Fear and Recovered Joy

A Kidnapped Santa Claus

The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood

The Blue Bird

Christmas Every Day

Turkeys Turning the Tables

The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express

The Pumpkin Glory

Butterflyfutterby and Flutterbybutterfly

The Heavenly Christmas Tree

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day - Ten Christmas stories

Preface

They Saw a Great Light

Chapter I. Another Generation

Chapter II. Tripp's Cove

Christmas Waits in Boston

I

II

III

Alice's Christmas-Tree

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Daily Bread

I. A Question of Nourishment

II. St. Victoria's Day

III. St. Victoria's Day in the Country

IV. How They Broke the Blockade

V. Christmas Morning

Stand and Wait

I. Christmas Eve

II. Christmas Again

III. Christmas Again

IV. One Christmas More

The Two Princes

I

II

III

IV

V

The Story of Oello

Love Is the Whole

Christmas and Rome

The Survivor's Story

The Same Christmas in Old England and New

A Visit From Saint Nicholas

Christmas - A Story

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

The Story of the Other Wise Man

Introduction

The Sign in the Sky

By the Waters of Babylon

For the Sake of a Little Child

In the Hidden Way of Sorrow

A Pearl of Great Price

Where Love Is, God Is

Christmas Roses

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

Christmas Stories

The History of John Wildgoose

The Smuggler

Good-Nature, or Parish Matters

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

Christmas Eve

The Gifts

The Favorite

Wonder Upon Wonders

The Battle

The Sickness

The Story of the Hard Nut

The Uncle and Nephew

The Victory

The Puppet Kingdom

The Capital

The Conclusion

A Christmas Carol

Stave I. Marley's Ghost

Stave II. The First of the Three Spirits

Stave III. The Second of the Three Spirits

Stave IV. The Last of the Spirits

Stave V. The End of It

The Chimes

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

The Cricket on the Hearth

Chirp the First

Chirp the Second

Chirp the Third

The Battle of Life

Part the First

Part the Second

Part the Third

The Haunted Man

Chapter I. The Gift Bestowed

Chapter II. The Gift Diffused

Chapter III. The Gift Reversed

A Christmas Tree

What Christmas Is As We Grow Older

The Poor Relation's Story

The Child's Story

The Schoolboy's Story

Nobody's Story

The Seven Poor Travellers

Chapter I. In the Old City of Rochester

Chapter II. The Story of Richard Doubledick

Chapter III. The Road

The Holly-Tree

First Branch. Myself

Second Branch. The Boots

Third Branch. The Bill

The Wreck of the Golden Mary

The Perils of Certain English Prisoners

Chapter I. The Island of Silver-Store

Chapter II. The Prison in the Woods

Chapter III. The Rafts on the River

A House to Let

Over the Way

The Manchester Marriage

Going Into Society

Three Evenings in the House

Trottle's Report

Let at Last

The Haunted House

The Mortals in the House

The Ghost in the Clock Room

The Ghost in the Double Room

The Ghost in the Picture Room

The Ghost in the Cupboard Room

The Ghost in Master B.'s Room

The Ghost in the Garden Room

The Ghost in the Corner Room

A Message From the Sea

Chapter I. The Village

Chapter II. The Money

Chapter III. The Club-Night

Chapter IV. The Seafaring Man

Chapter V. The Restitution

Tom Tiddler's Ground

Chapter I. Picking Up Soot and Cinders

Chapter II. Picking Up Evening Shadows

Chapter III. Picking Up Terrible Company

Chapter IV. Picking Up Waifs at Sea

Chapter V. Picking Up a Pocket-Book

Chapter VI. Picking Up Miss Kimmeens

Chapter VII. Picking Up the Tinker

Somebody's Luggage

Chapter I. His Leaving It Till Called For

Chapter II. His Boots

Chapter III. His Umbrella

Chapter IV. His Black Bag

Chapter V. His Writing-Desk

Chapter VI. His Dressing-Case

Chapter VII. His Brown-Paper Parcel

Chapter VIII. His Portmanteau

Chapter IX. His Hat-Box

Chapter X. His Wonderful End

Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings

Chapter I. How Mrs. Lirriper Carried on the Business

Chapter II. How the First Floor Went to Crowley Castle

Chapter III. How the Side-Room Was Attended Ey a Doctor

Chapter IV. How the Second Floor Kept a Dog

Chapter V. How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries

Chapter VI. How the Best Attic Was Under a Cloud

Chapter VII. How the Parlours Added a Few Words

Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy

Chapter I. Mrs. Lippiper Relates How She Went On, and Went Over

Chapter II. A Past Lodger Relates a Wild Story of a Doctor

Chapter III. Another Past Lodger Relates His Experience as a Poor Relation

Chapter IV. Another Past Lodger Relates What Lot He Drew at Glumper House

Chapter V. Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story

Chapter VI. Another Past Lodger Relates Certain Passages to Her Husband

Chapter VII. Mrs. Lirriper Relates How Jemmy Topped Up

Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions

Chapter I. To Be Taken Immediately

Chapter II. Not to Be Taken at Bed-Time

Chapter III. To Be Taken at the Dinner-Table

Chapter IV. Not to Be Taken for Granted

Chapter V. To Be Taken in Water

Chapter VI. To Be Taken With a Grain of Salt

Chapter VII. To Be Taken and Tried

Chapter VIII. To Be Taken for Life

Mugby Junction

Barbox Brothers

Barbox Brothers and Co

Main Line. The Boy at Mugby

No. 1 Branch Line. The Signal-Man

No. 2 Branch Line. The Engine-Driver

No. 3 Branch Line. The Compensation House

No. 4 Branch Line. The Travelling Post-Office

No. 5 Branch Line. The Engineer

No Thoroughfare

The Overture

Act I

Act II

Act III

Act IV

Madelaine Tube and Her Blind Brother

Chapter I. The Broken Cup

Chapter II. A Picture of Poverty

Chapter III. Uneasiness

Chapter IV. Christmas Gifts

Chapter V. Happiness Destroyed

Chapter VI. New Misfortunes

Chapter VII. Trouble Increases

Chapter VIII. The Sale

Chapter IX “When Distress is Greatest, Help Is Nearest”

Chapter X. The Wonders of the Eye

Chapter XI. The Journey and the Baths

Chapter XII. The Operation

Chapter XIII. The Enjoyment of Sight

Chapter XIV. Conclusion

A Christmas Inspiration and Other Stories (Lucy Maud Montgomery)

A Christmas Inspiration

The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road

Aunt Cyrilla’s Christmas Basket

The Falsoms’ Christmas Dinner

The Josephs’ Christmas

The Osbornes’ Christmas

Clorinda’s Gifts

Christmas at Red Butte

A Christmas Mistake

The Unforgotten One

The Red Room

Uncle Richard’s New Year’s Dinner

Bertie’s New Year

Ida’s New Year Cake

Boreas Bluster's Christmas Present

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

A Christmas Fairy

The First Christmas Tree and Other Christmas Stories

Christmas Hymn

The Symbol and the Saint

Christmas Eve

Joel's Talk With Santa Claus

The Three Kings of Cologne

The Coming of the Prince

I

II

III

Chrystmasse of Olde

The Mouse and the Moonbeam

Christmas Morning

Mistress Merciless

Bethlehem-Town

The First Christmas Tree

Star of the East

A Christmas Greeting: A Series of Stories

The Old House

The Drop of Water

The Happy Family

The Story of a Mother

The False Collar

The Shadow

The Old Street-lamp

The Dream of Little Tuk

The Naughty Boy

The Two Neighboring Families

The Darning-needle

The Little Match Girl

The Red Shoes

A Winter Nosegay, Being Tales for Children at Christmastide

The Man in the Moon

Cat and Dog Stories

A Fortune in an Empty Wallet

Susy Diller's Christmas Feast

The Thieves who couldn't Stop Sneezing

Poems & Carols

Silent Night

The Three Kings (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Christmas Bells (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Angels from the Realms of Glory (James Montgomery)

Christmas in the Olden Time (Sir Walter Scott)

Marmion: A Christmas Poem (Sir Walter Scott)

Old Santa Claus (Clement Clarke Moore)

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Minstrels (William Wordsworth)

Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling)

Hymn On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity (John Milton)

A Christmas Carol (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

The Oxen (Thomas Hardy)

A Christmas Ghost Story (Thomas Hardy)

The Savior Must Have Been A Docile Gentleman (Emily Dickinson)

'Twas just this time, last year, I died (Emily Dickinson)

The Magi (William Butler Yeats)

The Mahogany Tree (William Makepeace Thackeray)

A Bell (Clinton Scollard)

Christmas Carol (Sara Teasdale)

The Mystic’s Christmas (John Greenleaf Whittier)

Christmas Cheer (Thomas Tusser)

Noel: Christmas Eve 1913 (Robert Seymour Bridges)

The Holly and the Ivy

Adam lay ybounden

Christmas Day (Charles Kingsley)

Christmas Fancies (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)

Twas jolly, jolly Wat (C. W. Stubbs)

A Tale Of Christmas Eve (William Topaz McGonagall)

Jest 'Fore Christmas (Eugene Field)

A Christmas Folksong (Paul Laurence Dunbar)

As with Gladness Men of Old (William Chatterton Dix)

Nativity a Christmas (John Donne)

Boar's Head Carol

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus (Charles Wesley)

Coventry Carol

Here We Come A-wassailing

A Defective Santa Claus

King Winter

Christmas Gifts and Other Poems

Christmas Gifts

A Christmas Thought

The Week Before Christmas

A Safe and Sane Christmas

A Recollection

Overheard in a Department Store

A Christmas Petition

An Unorthodox Christmas

Some Christmas Bromidioms

Christmas Eve

Etiquette for Christmas

My Choice

An Imminent Disaster

Out of All Proportion

Retribution

A Needed Institution

Ballade of Human Nature

Explained

Wanted: A Looker

A Ballade of Christmas Burdens

On Christmas Eve

In Absence

A Sterling Nuisance

The Bachelor's Christmas Spoils

Forebodings

Her Christmas Shopping

At the Bargain Counter

The Christmas Nightmare

A True Advertisement

Circumstances Alter Cases

Ballade of Christmas of Long Ago

A Fine Old Man

When Santa Claus and Cupid Met

The Auto-Christmas

A Ballade of the Mistletoe Bough

Christmas on Mt. Olympus

Christmas Rubaiyat

A Ballade of Christmas

A Sad Fate

Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy

The Mermaid

An Explanation

The Night After Christmas

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Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum)

Christmas-Tree Land (Mary Louisa Molesworth)

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Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings (Charles Dickens)

Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy (Charles Dickens)

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