THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF
CHRISTMAS STORIES

CHRISTMAS JOLLITY
(John Leech's "Mr. Fezziwig's Ball," from Dickens' "Christmas Carol.")

THE CHILDREN'S BOOK
OF
CHRISTMAS STORIES

EDITED BY

ASA DON DICKINSON

AND

ADA M. SKINNER

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Publishers desire to acknowledge the kindness of the J. B. Lippincott Co., Houghton Mifflin Co., D. C. Heath & Co., The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Milton Bradley Co., Henry Altemus Co., Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd Co., Little, Brown & Co., Moffat, Yard & Co., American Book Co., Perry, Mason Co., Duffield & Co., Chicago Kindergarten College, and others, who have granted them permission to reproduce herein selections from works bearing their copyright.

PREFACE

Many librarians have felt the need and expressed the desire for a select collection of children's Christmas stories in one volume. This book claims to be just that and nothing more.

Each of the stories has already won the approval of thousands of children, and each is fraught with the true Christmas spirit.

It is hoped that the collection will prove equally acceptable to parents, teachers, and librarians.

CONTENTS

(Note.—The stories marked with a star (*) will be most enjoyed by younger children; those marked with a dagger (+) are better suited to older children.)