The Book of Christmas / with an introduction by Hamilton W. Mabie and an accompaniment of drawings by George Wharton Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916, author of introduction.

Contributor:

Edwards, George Wharton, 1859-1950, illustrator.

Curran, Stuart A., honoree.

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony, donor.

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection copy)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christmas.

New Year.

Epiphany.

christmas.

new year's day.

Genre:

Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)

Physical Description:

xix, [1], 369, [11] pages, [12] unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Macmillan Company, 1909.

Contents:

Introduction / Hamilton W. Mabie

I. Signs of the Season

II. Holiday Saints and Lords

III. Christmas Customs and Beliefs

IV. Christmas Carols

V. Christmas Day

VI. Christmas Hymns

VII. Christmas Revels

VIII. When All the World is Kin

IX. Christmas Stories

X. New Year

XI. Twelfth Night-Epiphany

XII. Christmas Spirit/

Notes:

Illustrated title page.

"Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1909" -- Title page verso.

Contains "Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity" by John Milton in Part V.

Publisher's advertisements: [4] pages at end.

Dark green cloth boards with front cover illustrated with gilt stamping of Madonna and Child surrounded by Gothic columns. architectural tracery and halos; top edge is gilt stained. Illustrated title page.

Local Notes:

PN6071.C6.B6: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2016 has label of Chas. E. Lauriat. Importers & Booksellers, Boston on lower left hand corner of front free endpaper and faintly penciled autograph McLauthau? at top. Copy has unopened leaves.

Other Format:

Online version: Book of Christmas.

OCLC:

1596129