PLATES IN COLORS

The Annunciation	Dante Gabriel Rossetti	Frontispiece
		PAGE
The Nativity	Botticelli	Facing 4
Shepherds and Shepherd Boy		20
In a Christmas Market on the Neva		36
The Yule Sheaf		52
Nuremberg Where the Toys are Made		72
Roumanian Boys in a Religious Procession		80
An English “Adoration”		96

ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK AND WHITE

The Shepherds Adoring	Ghirlandajo	8
The Adoration of the Magi	Bernadino	12
The Adoration of the King	Veronese	16
Holy Night	C. Müller	24
A Christmas Gift on the Way to Christmas Dinner		28
The Holy Night	Correggio	32
The Bells	Blashfield	40
The Triumph of the Innocents	Hunt	44
Bethlehem	Hofmann	48
The Christmas Tree Market in New York		56
Heads of the Christ Child from Raphael’s Paintings		60
The Holy Family with the Shepherds	Titian	64
Making Glass and Tinsel Ornaments for Christmas Trees		68
Doll-making		76
Wig-making		78
A Christmas Tree at the Immigration Station, New York		84
“We joined hands and danced around the tree”		88
Dressing Dolls in Germany for American Christmas Trees		92
An American Christmas Tree		100
The Adoration of the Magi	Memling	104
The Adoration of the Shepherds	Bouguereau	108

COMPILER’S NOTE

Wherever it has been possible, the material used has been quoted in the exact words of the writer. In some cases omissions have been made of sentences which would be unintelligible because that part of the original book to which they refer is not herein included. In a very few cases where the books quoted were not written for children, the selections have been condensed and the language simplified. It is hoped that injustice has been done to none.