Anna Burnam Bryant. The Christmas Cat. Illustrated by Edith Browning Brand. Boston, Chicago, The Pilgrim Press, 1902
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Anna Burnam Bryant. The Christmas Cat. Illustrated by Edith Browning Brand. Boston, Chicago, The Pilgrim Press, 1902
Clement Clarke Moore. A visit from St. Nicholas, Boston, Published by L. Prang & Co, 1864.
It was a tradition in my family to read this poem every Christmas Eve just before bedtime when I was young. The poem was first published anonymously in 1823, but Moore admitted authorship in 1837. The poem is credited with cementing the idea of Santa Claus and gift-giving into the Christmas traditions of modern times. This is the earliest edition that I was able to locate, and the entire poem is included beneath the fold.
Washington Gladden. Santa Claus on a Lark. New York, The Century co., 1890.
Georgene Faulkner. The Story Lady’s Christmas Stories. Illustrated by Frederic Richardson. Chicago, Daughaday and company, 1916.
If you’re in the mood for some traditional Christmas art, please click-through. I’ve included all of the colour plates from the book.
Charles Dickens. Christmas Stories. Illustrated by Spencer Baird Nicholas. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1913
Jacob A. Riis. Is There a Santa Claus. New York : The Macmillan Company ; London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1904
Marion Ames Taggert. Beth’s Wonder – Winter. Illustrated by William F. Stecher. Boston, Chicago, W. A. Wilde company, 1914
Alvin Tresselt. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. White Snow Bright Snow. New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. Inc., 1947
Forrestine C,. Hooker. Prince Jan, St. Bernard, How a dog from the land of snow made good in the land of no snow. Garden City, N.Y., Toronto, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921.
Belle Owen. A Prairie Winter. New York: The Outlook Company, 1903.
John Strange Winter, Frances E. Compton, Mrs. Molesworth. The Christmas Fairy. Philadelphia, H. Altemus, 1900.
I love the juxtaposition of the Christmas book title placed next to a graphic design full of fruit and flowers.
Edith Ogden Harrison. The Lady of the Snows. Illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Chicago, A.C. McClurg & co., 1912.
W. Crispin Sheppard. The Rambler Club’s Winter Camp. Philadelphia, The Penn publishing company, 1910.