A detailed Transcriber's Note is at the end of this file. CHRISTMAS STORIES CHRISTMAS STORIES FROM French and Spanish Writers BY ANTOINETTE OGDEN [Illustration] CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG AND COMPANY 1892 COPYRIGHT BY A. C. MCCLURG AND CO. A. D. 1892 [Illustration: Christmas Stories FROM FRENCH AND SPANISH WRITERS BY ANTOINETTE OGDEN CHICAGO A·C·Mc.CLURG & COMPANY M·D·CCCXCII] CONTENTS. PAGE A BIRD IN THE SNOW 11 From the Spanish of Armando Palacio Valdés. A CHRISTMAS IN THE FOREST 33 From the French of André Theuriet. THE LOUIS-D'OR 41 From the French of François Coppée. A CHRISTMAS SUPPER IN THE MARAIS 51 From the French of Alphonse Daudet. THE PRINCESS AND THE RAGAMUFFIN 59 From the Spanish of Benito Pérez Galdós. A TRAGEDY 91 From the Spanish of Antonio Maré. THE THREE LOW MASSES 103 From the French of Alphonse Daudet. THE POET'S CHRISTMAS EVE 117 From the Spanish of Pedro A. de Alarcón. I TAKE SUPPER WITH MY WIFE 135 From the French of Gustave Droz. THE YULE LOG 147 From the French of Jules Simon. THE MULE AND THE OX 177 From the Spanish of Benito Pérez Galdós. SOLANGE, THE WOLF-GIRL 201 From the French of Marcel Prévost. SALVETTE AND BERNADOU 213 From the French of Alphonse Daudet. MAESE PÉREZ, THE ORGANIST 221 From the Spanish of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. THE TORN CLOAK 245 From the French of Maxime du Camp. CHRISTMAS STORIES. A BIRD IN THE SNOW. From the Spanish of ARMANDO PALACIO VALDÉS.