Books with title Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Ten Christmas Stories

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This is a collection of ten Christmas Stories, some of which have been published before. I have added a little essay, written on the occasion of the first Christmas celebrated by the King of Italy in Rome.The first story has never before been published.It is but fair to say that I have not drawn on imagination for Laura's night duty, alone upon her island. This is simply the account of what a brave New-England woman did, under like circumstances, because it was the duty next her hand.If any reader observes a resemblance between her position and that of a boy in another story in this volume, I must disarm censure, by saying, that she had never heard of him when she was called to this duty, and that I had never heard of her when I wrote his story. * * *"THERE he comes! here he comes!""He" was the "post-rider," an institution now almost of the past. He rode by the house and threw off a copy of the "Boston Gazette." Now the "Boston Gazette," of this particular issue, gave the results of the drawing of the great Massachusetts State Lottery of the Eastern Lands in the Waldo Patent.Mr. Cutts, the elder, took the "Gazette," and opened it with a smile that pretended to be careless; but even he showed the eager anxiety which they all felt, as he tore off the wrapper and unfolded the fatal sheet. "Letter from London," "Letter from Philadelphia," "Child with two heads,"--thus he ran down the columns of the little page, --uneasily. "Here it is! here it is!--Drawing of the great State Lottery.

Volume 5 in the Series: "CHRISTMAS STORIES". - Five Christmas Books.and nineteen Christmas Stories, by Charles Dickens.- John Leech’s illustrations for a Christmas Carol (1843 first edition). - Illustrated biographical note.Regarding " Cristmas Books", "A Christmas Carol", a separate volume is dedicated to him in the series, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. But it seemed important to me to show the talent of John Leech in this volume 5.About the Series: Volume 1." Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of any Age" by Lucas Malet (Illustrated by Paul Hardy).Volume 2. "A Captured Santa Claus" by Thomas Nelson Page (Illustrated by W. L. Jacobs) / "Christmas: A Story" by Zona Gale (Illustrated by Leon V. Solon).Volume 3." Old Christmas : From the Sketch Book" by Washington Irving (Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott).Volume 4."A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham).

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Original dated 1850, green hardbound cover with patterned edging and gilt lettering, 142 pgs. Spine cover is detached on one side, some cracking and corner wear, 2 stains on back end pages, embossed stamp on front end page. Good condition except for spine cover. Great collectible. All proceeds benefit Galveston's Rosenberg Library. We pack carefully and ship quickly.

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