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Various. Little Folks' Christmas Stories and Plays
Little Folks' Christmas Stories and Plays
Table of Contents
A FOREWORD
Part I. STORIES CHILDREN CAN READ
LITTLE FOLKS’ CHRISTMAS. STORIES AND PLAYS
THE CHRISTMAS KINGS. RUTH SAWYER
THE CHRISTMAS CAKE[4] MAUD LINDSAY
THE DOLL’S WISH. ANNA E. SKINNER
THE CHRISTMAS SPRUCE TREE (Norwegian Legend) ANNA VON RYDINGSVÄRD
A LITTLE ROMAN SHEPHERD[5] CAROLINE SHERWIN BAILEY
THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE NURSERY[6] RICHARD WATSON GILDER
THE STARS AND THE CHILD. ANDREA HOFER PROUDFOOT
THE STRANGER CHILD[7] FRIEDRICH RÜCKERT (Translated from the German by Frances Jenkins Olcott)
THE STAR SONG. ROBERT HERRICK
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II
III
Star
THE VISIT OF THE WISHING MAN[8] JAY T. STOCKING
KRISS KRINGLE[9] THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. ELEANOR L. SKINNER
NUTCRACKER AND MOUSE KING. EDWARD THEODOR WILLIAM HOFFMANN
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. CLEMENT C. MOORE
CHRISTMAS IN MANY LANDS
Part II. STORIES TO READ AND TELL TO CHILDREN
SELECTION FROM THE BIBLE. LUKE II, 8–20
THE FINDING OF THE TREASURE[11] MARY STEWART
THE MEANING OF THE STAR[12] EMMA G. SEBRING
WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR. FLOCKS BY NIGHT. MARGARET DELAND
THE GREAT WALLED COUNTRY[13] RAYMOND MacDONALD ALDEN
GOING TO MEET CHRISTMAS[14] EDMUND VANCE COOKE
A LEGEND OF SAINT BONIFACE. ELEANOR L. SKINNER
COSETTE’S CHRISTMAS EVE. VICTOR HUGO (Translated by Alma J. Foster) I
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A WOOD SLED. WASHINGTON GLADDEN
KIDNAPPING SANTA CLAUS. L. FRANK BAUM
CHRISTMASLAND. HEINRICH SEIDEL (Translated by Emma A. Schaub)
I. Werner and Anna
II. The Little Bird
III. Christmasland
IV. The Christmas Warehouse
V. The Mines
VI. Conclusion
A CHRISTMAS LEGEND (A Florentine Legend of the Nativity) VERNON LEE
THE STAR IN THE EAST
Scene I. Hills outside Jerusalem
Scene II. Manger Scene
A BLESSING. ABBIE FARWELL BROWN
