Classical Christmas stories for children's bed-time stories.
_Chapter Heading_ 1
_Mrs. Muffet had read this in a book_ 2
_To meditate on the passage of time_ 3
_The kind of thing that Miss Muffet sat on_ 4
_Fairly jumped off her tuffet_ 6
_Chapter Heading_ 8
_They sat down_ 9
_Every town crier in England_ 13
_The blighted being_ 15
_Chapter Heading_ 18
_Miss Muffet closed her eyes_ 19
_She could catch glimpses of travelers_ 20
_Tom Sawyer trying to "hitch on" behind_ 21
_Alice with all the strange friends she had found in Wonderland_ 23
"_This is the main caravan road to Bagdad_" 25
_Elves_ 28
_The woods were full of merry little people_ 29
_An old witch who was not nearly so bad as she looked_ 31
_Chapter Heading_ 32
_Introduced the Orientals to the North Country people_ 33
_Aladdin explains the virtues of his lamp_ 37
"_Listening . . . is hard on the eyes_" 39
_Chapter Heading_ 44
_The shyest persons in the room_ 45
_Scampering off into the dark_ 47
_Chapter Heading_ 54
"_I am sorry to be so late_" 55
_Hal cut his string_ 63
"_I don't think I ever knew two persons more different_" 65
"_You dear little Rosamond_" 67
_Chapter Heading_ 69
_One was beating the other_ 71
_A little talk about dervishry_ 73
_An expressive glance at the executioner_ 75
_Aladdin's brother and the Dervish_ 79
_Chapter Heading_ 82
"_I must have the full set_" 85
_Telling anecdotes_ 87
"_It all depends on grammar_" 89
_Chapter Heading_ 92
_Wynken, Blynken, and Nod_ 93
_He was a little prudent_ 96
_The Rockaby Lady saying good-night_ 97
_Flew away . . . into the night_ 100
_Into his overcoat pocket_ 101
_Red Riding-Hood's Grandmother began to dance_ 103
_A long time to get on their overshoes_ 105
_Closed her eyes_ 106
_Tail Piece_ 107
