CONTENTS

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I. The Legend of the "White Gifts"--Phebe A. Curtiss 9

II. Her Birthday Dream--Nellie C. King 13

III. The Fir Tree--Hans Andersen--adapted by J. H. Stickney 25

IV. The Little Match Girl--Hans Andersen 37

V. Little Piccola--Nora A. Smith 41

VI. The Shepherd's Story--Dr. Washington 47

VII. The Story of Christmas--Nora A. Smith 63

VIII. The Legend of the Christmas Tree--Lucy Wheelock 69

IX. Little Jean--French of Francois Coppe. Translated by
Nannie Lee Frayser 71

X. How the Fir Tree Became the Christmas Tree--Aunt Hede
in Kindergarten Magazine 77

XI. The Magi in the West and Their Search for the
Christ--Frederick E. Dewhurst 79