CONTENTS. TWELFTH NIGHT, OR KING AND QUEEN ST DISTAFF'S DAY, OR THE MORROW AFTER TWELFTH DAY CEREMONY FOR CANDLEMAS EVE. CANDLEMAS EVE. CEREMONY FOR CANDLEMAS DAY (George Wither.) CHRISTMAS VERSES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. HYMN OF THE NATIVITY, SUNG BY THE SHEPHERDS (Richard Crashaw.) 105 THIS IS NOW THE WINTER TIME Winter:- A WRINKLED CRABBED MAN THEY PICTURE THEE . List of Illustrations. DESIGNED AND DRAWN ON WOOD BY BIRKET FOSTER, AND ENGRAVED BY HENRY VIZETELLY. THE NATIVITY A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL IN THE OLDEN TIME CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS: COURTYARD OF ANGLO-NORMAN CASTLE GROUP OF MINSTRELS VIRGIN AND CHILD BOAR HUNT BRINGING IN THE BOAR'S HEAD THE SECOND COURSE: DANCE OF FOOLS DIVISION I. HUNTING SCENE DRINKING GROUP HARVEST HOME IN THE OLDEN TIME. CAROL SINGERS FLYING ANGELS ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS OWL AND TOWER RELIEVING THE POOR HUSBANDMAN'S CHRISTMAS DINNER MILKMAIDS RETURNING HOME INTERIOR OF COUNTRY CHURCH THE WASSAIL BOWL THE OLD COURTIER THE YOUNG COURTIER MUMMING SCENE . DIVISION II. |