eetheart of Scrooge's.
Caroline, wife of one of Scrooge's debtors.
Mrs. Cratchit, wife of Bob Cratchit.
Belinda and Martha Cratchit, daughters of the preceding.

Mrs. Dilber, a laundress.
Fan, the sister of Scrooge.
Mrs. Fezziwig, the worthy partner of Mr. Fezziwig.

CONTENTS

STAVE ONE--MARLEY'S GHOST 3
STAVE TWO--THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS 37
STAVE THREE--THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS 69
STAVE FOUR--THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS 111
STAVE FIVE--THE END OF IT 137

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_IN COLOUR_

"How now?" said Scrooge, caustic
and cold as ever. "What do you
want with me?" _Frontispiece_

Bob Cratchit went down a slide on
Cornhill, at the end of a lane of
boys, twenty times, in honour of
its being Christmas Eve 16

Nobody under the bed; nobody in
the closet; nobody in his dressing-gown,
which was hanging up
in a suspicious attitude against
the wall 20

The air was filled with phantoms,
wandering hither and thither in
restless haste and moaning as
they went 32

Then old Fezziwig stood out to
dance with Mrs. Fezziwig 54

A flushed and boisterous group 62

Laden with Christmas toys and
presents 64

The way he went after that plump
sister in the lace tucker! 100

"How are you?" said one.
"How are you?" returned the other.
"Well!" said the first. "Old
Scratch has got his own at last,
hey?" 114

"What do you call this?" said Joe.
"Bed-curtains!" "Ah!" returned
the woman, laughing....
"Bed-curtains!"

"You don't mean to say you took
'em down, rings and all, with him
lying there?" said Joe.

"Yes, I do," replied the woman.
"Why not?" 120

"It's I, your uncle Scrooge. I have
come to dinne