Children of Christmas, and Others

CONTENTS

I
CHILDREN OF CHRISTMAS
Cradle Song	9
How Many	9
Her Christmas Present	10
A Christmas Spy	11
Refreshments for Santa Claus	12
How the Christmas Tree was brought to Nome	12
Holly and Mistletoe	15
The Firebrand	15
The Foundling	17
Meeting the Kings	19
The Procession of the Kings	24
Melchior’s Ride	25
One of the Twelve	26
The Witch’s Child	28
Babushka	31
A Christmas Offering	33
Christmas Post	33
The Christmas Sheaf	34
The Birds on the Christmas Sheaf	36
What the Pine Trees Said	36
Two Child Angels	37
The Old Doll	38
II
OTHER CHILDREN
The Apple-blossom Switch	41
The Indignant Baby	42
A Question of Spelling	42
“Yours Severely”	43
A Lack of Attention	43
“I Ought to Mustn’t”	44
A Vain Regret	44
In the Dark Little Flat	44
The Little Girl from Town	45
For Every Day	46
The Day-Dreamer	47
Born Deaf, Dumb, and Blind	48
The Cradle-Child	49
Some Ladies of the Olden Time	50
A Water-Lily	51
The Kinderbank	51
Buonamico	54
The Prince and the Whipping-Boy	57
Master Corvus	59
“P. Abbott”	62
The Giant’s Daughter	64
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