Christmas Stories from the Household Words. Conducted by Charles Dickens

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Christmas paries FROM THE HOUSEHOLD WORDS. CONDUCTED BY CHARLES DICKENS. LONDON : CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY; AND " ALL THE TEAR ROUND" OFFICE. WELLINGTON STREET NORTH. LONDON PBIHTEn DY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STKEF.T. CONTENTS. A Christmas Tree. The Squire's Story. Christmas in Lodgings. Uncle George's Story. Christmas in the Navy. The Colonel's Story. A Christmas Pudding. The Scholar's Story. Christmas among the London Poor and Sick. Nobody's Story. Christmas in India. The Seven Poor Travellers : - The First Poor Traveller. The Second Poor Traveller. The Third Poor Traveller. The Fourth Poor Traveller. The Fifth Poor Traveller. The Sixth Poor Traveller. The Seventh Poor Traveller. Christmas in the Frozen Regions. Christmas Day in the Bush. Household Christmas Carols : — The Lame Child's Carol.

The Deaf Child's Carol. The Deformed Child's Carol. The Deaf and Dumb Child's Carol. The Blind Child's Carol. The Road. The Sick Child's Carol. The Healthy Child's Carol. The Holly-Tree Inn The Guest What Christmas is, as we Grow Older. The Ostler. What Christmas is to a Bunch of People. The Boots. An Idyl for Christmas In-Doors. The Landlord. What Christmas is in Country Places. The Barmaid. What Christmas is in the Company of John Doe. The Poor Pensioner. The Bill. The Orphan's Dream of Christmas. The Wreck of the Golden Mary. What Christmas is after a Long Absence. The Wreck. What Christmas is if you Outgrow it. The Beguilement in the Boats. The Round Game of the Christmas Bowl. The Deliverance. The Poor Relation's Story. The Perils of certain English Prisoners, and their treasure, in women. chil- DREN, Silver and Jewels.

The Child's Story. Somebody's Story. The Island of Silver-Store. The Old Nurse's Story. The Host's Story. The Prison in the Woods. The Grandfather's Story. The Rafts on the Kiver. The Charwoman's Story. A House to Let. The Deaf Playmate's Story. Over the Way. The Guest's Story. The Manchester Marriage. The Mother's Story. Going into Society. The Schoolboy's Story. Three Evenings in the House. The Old Lady's Story. Trottle's Report. Over the Way's Story. Let at Last. The Angel's Story. THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER. HOUSEHOLD WORDS A WEEKLY JOURNAL. CONDUCTED BY CHARLES DICKENS. N° 39.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1850. [Price Id. A CHBISTMAS TBEE. into existence on the earth, have their wild adornments at that well-remembered time. I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree.