V. I. Introduction / by Edwin Percy Whipple. A Christmas carol. The chimes. The cricket on the hearth. The battle of life. The haunted man
v. II. A Christmas tree. What Christmas is, as we grow older. The poor relation's story. The Child's story. The schoolboy's story. Nobody's story. The seven poor travellers. The Holly-tree : Three branches. The wreck of the Golden Mary. The perils of certain English prisoners. A house to let. A message from the sea. Tom Tiddler's ground. Somebody's luggage. Mrs. Lirriper's lodgings. Mrs. Lirriper's legacy. Doctor Marigold. Two ghost stories. Mugby Junction. No thoroughfare.