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ILLUSTRATIONS, BOOK III.

READY FOR THE FEAST Page 59

THE BARON'S HALL " 66

A SHEPHERD " 142

A VISION " 200

CONTENTS OF BOOK III.

LEGENDS IN SONG. PAGE

The Hallowed Time 11

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity 12

The First Roman Christmas 23

The Three Damsels 25

King Olaf's Christmas[A] 29

Halbert and Hob 33

Good King Wenceslas 39

The Wise Men of the East 41

Christmas at Sea 46

"Last Christmas was a Year ago"[B] 50

AS IT FELL UPON A DAY.

A Christmas "Now" 59

Christmas Eve Customs 63

Merry Souls 64

Christmas in the Olden Time 66

Ceremonies for Christmas 68

Bringing in the Boar's Head 69

The Boar's Head Carol 70

To be Eaten with Mustard 71

Christmas-Day in the Morning 72

Praise of Christmas 73

Winter's Delights 78

A Christmas Catch 79

The Epic 80

The Country Life 89

Christmas Omnipresent 90

An Old English Christmas-Tide 94

Signs of Christmas 97

The Mistletoe 99

Christmas of Old 101

A Plea for a Present 112

A New-Year's Gift Sent to Sir Simeon Steward 114

The New-Year's Gift 116

An Invitation to the Reve