ment with Houghton Mifflin Company;
and "The Three Kings of Cologne" by Eugene Field, and "Earl Sigurd's
Christmas Eve" by H.H. Boyesen, by special arrangement with Charles
Scribner's Sons.

The story of St. Christopher is taken chiefly from the "Golden Legend,"
but a few suggestions for its adaptation were obtained from a version by
Olive Logan.

CONTENTS

"THE GRACIOUS TIME"

THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS
ST. LUKE, II, 1-16

THE CHILD BORN AT BETHLEHEM
HORACE ELISHA SCUDDER

AS JOSEPH WAS A-WALKING
OLD ENGLISH CAROL

THE PEACEFUL NIGHT
JOHN MILTON

THE CHRISTMAS SILENCE
MARGARET DELAND

NEIGHBORS OF THE CHRIST NIGHT
NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH

CHRISTMAS CAROL
FROM THE NEAPOLITAN

A CHRISTMAS HYMN
RICHARD WATSON GILDER

THE SONG OF A SHEPHERD--BOY AT BETHLEHEM
JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS ROSES
ADAPTED FROM AN OLD LEGEND

THE LITTLE GRAY LAMB
ARCHIBALD BERESFORD SULLIVAN

THE HOLY NIGHT
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING

THE STAR BEARER
EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN

THE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN
ST. MATTHEW, II, 1-12

THE THREE KINGS
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

THE THREE HOLY KINGS
ADAPTED FROM THE GOLDEN LEGEND, AND OTHER SOURCES

THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE
EUGENE FIELD

BABOUSCKA
ADELAIDE SKEEL

THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
SELMA LAGERLOeF

THE HAUGHTY ASPEN
NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH

THE LITTLE MUD-SPARROWS
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS

THE CHILDREN OF WIND AND THE CLAN OF PEACE
FIONA MACLEOD

THE CHILD JESUS IN THE GARDEN
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

THE MYSTIC THORN
ADAPTED FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES

THE BLOOMING OF THE WHITE THORN
EDITH MATILDA THOMAS

LEGEND OF ST. CHRISTOPHER
ADAPTED FROM THE GOLDEN LEGEND

ST. CHRISTOPHER OF THE GAEL
FIONA MACLEOD

THE CROSS OF THE DUMB
FIONA MACLEOD

THE CHRISTMAS SONG OF CAEDMON
H.E.G. PARDEE

GOOD KING WENCESLAS
JOHN MASON NEALE

THE CHRISTMAS AT GRECCIO: A STORY OF ST. FRANCIS
SOPHIE JEWETT

THE SIN OF THE PRINCE BISHOP
WILLIAM CANTON

EARL SIGURD'S CHRISTMAS EVE
HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN

A CHRISTMAS LEGEND
FLORENCE SCANNELL

THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS ROSE
SELMA LAGERLOeF

FELIX
EVALEEN STEIN

THE SABOT OF LITTLE WOLFF
FRANCOIS COPPEE

THE LITTLE FRIEND
ABBIE FARWELL BROWN

WHERE LOVE IS, THERE GOD IS ALSO
COUNT LYOF N. TOLSTOI

CHRISTMAS IN
LEGEND AND STORY

"THE GRACIOUS TIME"

According to tradition, on the Holy Nigh