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THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF
CHRISTMAS STORIES

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

[iii]

THE CHILDREN'S BOOK
OF
CHRISTMAS STORIES

EDITED BY

ASA DON DICKINSON

AND

ADA M. SKINNER

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Publishers desire to acknowledge the kindness ofthe J. B. Lippincott Co., Houghton Mifflin Co., D. C.Heath & Co., The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Milton BradleyCo., Henry Altemus Co., Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd Co.,Little, Brown & Co., Moffat, Yard & Co., AmericanBook Co., Perry, Mason Co., Duffield & Co., ChicagoKindergarten College, and others, who have grantedthem permission to reproduce herein selections fromworks bearing their copyright.

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PREFACE

Many librarians have felt the need and expressedthe desire for a select collection of children's Christmasstories in one volume. This book claims to be justthat and nothing more.

Each of the stories has already won the approval ofthousands of children, and each is fraught with the trueChristmas spirit.

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

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CONTENTS

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