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Carl Krinken, or, The Christmas stocking / by the authors of "The wide, wide world," "Queechy," "Gol...

Carl Krinken, or, The Christmas stocking / by the authors of "The wide, wide world," "Queechy," "Gol...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVEzKVxwX

Carl Krinken, or, The Christmas stocking / by the authors of "The wide, wide world," "Queechy," "Golden ladder," &c., &c., &c.

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Full title

Carl Krinken, or, The Christmas stocking / by the authors of "The wide, wide world," "Queechy," "Golden ladder," &c., &c., &c.

Publisher

London : Frederick Warne and Company, [1879?]

Record Identifier

74VKVEzKVxwX

MMS ID

991024130697402626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (153 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : color illustrations.

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Contents

The Christmas stocking -- The story of the three apples -- The story of the penny -- The story of the purse -- The story of the two shoes -- The story of the pine-cone -- The story of the hymn-book -- The story of the cork boat -- The story of the stocking itself.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Frederick Warne and Company, [1879?]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1879?]

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

Father Christmas' gift to a poor boy is that each of his parent's Christmas presents to him (3 apples, 1 red cent, a purse, shoes, a pine cone, a hymn book, a cork boat, and a stocking) has the power of speech and they tell him the stories of their lives.

Alternative Titles

Full title

Carl Krinken, or, The Christmas stocking / by the authors of "The wide, wide world," "Queechy," "Golden ladder," &c., &c., &c.

Portion of title

Christmas stocking

Notes

General note

Ellen Montgomery's bookshelf

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood

Date of publication from inscription.

Frontispiece engraved by Dalziel and printed in colors.

Publisher's catalogue follows text.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida....

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Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

74VKVEzKVxwX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVEzKVxwX

Other Identifiers

MMS ID

991024130697402626