A messenger from Santa Claus : and other Christmas stories
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.257.1
- Call Number
- 813.5 SCR
- Author
- Scribner, Harvey, 1850-1913
- Place of Publication
- Toledo, Ohio
- Publisher
- Franklin Printing & Engraving
- Publication Date
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 191 pages : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christmas
- Christmas fiction
- Short stories
- Notes
- Illustrations by: L. Bang, David L. Stine, Thomas S. Parkhurst
- "By Harvey Scribner author of 'My Mysterious Client' 'The Mystery of an express Robbery etc.'" Tp.
- Stories include:
- A messenger from Santa Claus --
- The ghost of the tower room --
- A visit to Santa Claus --
- The ice king's bride --
- The island witch --
- The magic whistle.
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Christmas stories from Household words and All the year around
Children's Christmas book
Christmas day with Dickens
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.30
- Call Number
- 823.8 DIC
- Author
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Charles E. Graham & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1919
- Physical Description
- 12p. col. ill.
- Inscription
- "H & 1/2 /25" [pencilled in the top left corner of inside cover.]
"To Frank from Uncle Johnnie and Aunt Nettie" [Handwritten in grey ink on front leaf, top, centre.]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christmas stories
- Christmas fiction
- Notes
- A small hardcover gift book popular early in the 20th century.
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The parson's miracle and my grandmother's grandmother's Christmas candle: Christmas in America
The Sunday magazine 1885
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3661.1
- Call Number
- 828.8 WAU v.1885
- Contributor
- Waugh, Benjamin
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Isbister
- Publication Date
- 1885
- Printer
- J.S. Virtue
- Physical Description
- viii, 812, 60, 64 p. : ill., front. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Notes
- A compilation of the issues of The Sunday Magazine published in 1885.
- edited by the Rev. Benjamin Waugh.
- with illustrations from Giacomelli, Haufman, Barraud, Doré, Barnes. Staniland, Bothams, Bell, and others.
- includes index.
- includes supplement: "Where Two Ways Meet: The Sunday Magazine Christmas Story"
- includes supplement: "Little Snow-flakes: 'The Sunday Magazine' Christmas Stories for the Young 1885"
- one of 11 volumes in collection
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