There are time honored classics by Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, and O. Henry as well as little known tales by Stephen Crane, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Bret Harte. Celebrate America's first Christmas at Valley Forge in a moving story by F. Van Wyck Mason. Enjoy a wonderful fantasy by L. Frank Baum about A Kidnapped Santa Claus. The spirit of giving is embodied by John Cheever's Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor. There are stories for children by Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, L. M. Montgomery and Laura Ingalls Wilder as well as surprising treasures by Cleveland Amory, Pearl S. Buck, Willa Cather, Christopher Morley and many others.