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Subject(s)

• Christmas—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Santa Claus—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Christmas trees—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Children's poetry [Browse]
• Children's stories [Browse]

Illustrator

• Lamb, Ella Condie, 1862-1936 [Browse]
• Schell, Frank Cresson, 1857-1942 [Browse]
• Edwards, George Wharton, 1859-1950 [Browse]
• Bolles, J. [Browse]
• Dumond, F. Melville [Browse]
• Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924 [Browse]
• Birch, Reginald B., 1856-1943 [Browse]
• Peters, DeWitt Clinton, 1865- [Browse]

Engraver

• Kilburn, Samuel Smith [Browse]

Series

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood. [More in this series]

Notes

• Illustrations signed by Ella Condie Lamb, F. Cresson Schell, Kilburn, George Wharton Edwards, J. Bolles, F. Melville Dumond, F.S. Church, Birch, and D. Clinton Peters.
• Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.

Contents

• December
• President for one hour
• Maid Bess
• Max and the wonder-flower
• A dear little schemer
• How the Secretary of the Treasury once played Santa Claus
• Snap-shots by Santa Claus
• "A visit from St. Nicholas"
• Santa Claus' pathway
• The fool's Christmas
• Merry Christmas
• A random shot
• Benevolent boy
• A race with an avalanche
• The Christmas sleigh-ride
• A new-fashioned Christmas
• Where the Christmas-tree grew
• How a street-car came in a stocking
• The tardy Santa Claus
• The picture
• The elfin bough
• Christmas in Bethlehem
• Misplaced confidence
• "The Christmas Inn"
• Waiting for Santa Claus
• Molly Ryan's Christmas Eve
• Santa Claus Street in Jingletown
• Christmas on the "Polly"
• A gentle reminder
• "This is Sarah Jane Collins"
• The Christmas-tree lights
• A Christmas goblin
• London Christmas pantomimes
• If you're good
• Santa Claus and the mouse
• The best tree
• Cousin Jane's mistake
• Ye merrie Christmas feast
• Santa Claus' pony
• The wandering minstrel
• The bloom of the Christmas-tree
• A Christmas-Eve thought
• A Christmas white elephant
• Osman Pasha at Bucharest
• A snow-bound Christmas
• A Santa Claus messenger boy
• Christmas Eve.

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Other title(s)

Saint Nicholas Christmas book

OCLC

754555803

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