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Publication: The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories

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  • Publication: The Fireside Book of Christmas StoriesPublication Record # 643786
  • Editor: Edward Wagenknecht
  • Date: 1945-00-00
  • Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Company
  • Pages: xviii+659
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: ANTHOLOGY
  • Notes:
    • The verification copy has no dust jacket; used bookseller photos indicate that the book never had one.
    • Copyright 1945; no printing date.
    • Only speculative fiction has been recorded in the contents here. The remaining contents are:
      • xi • Introduction • essay by Edward Wagenknecht
      • 3 • Saint Matthew • The Birth of Jesus Christ...
      • 6 • Saint Luke • And It Came to Pass...
      • 200 • The True Story of Santy Claus • (1927) • essay by John Macy
      • 212 • When Father Christmas Was Young • (1931) • short story by Coningsby Dawson
      • 241 • A Marchpane for Christmas • (1927) • essay by Katharine Lee Bates
      • 250 • The First Christmas Tree • (1897) • short story by Henry Van Dyke
      • 270 • Santa Claus: A Psychograph • (1925) • essay by Gamaliel Bradford
      • 279 • Christmas with Sir Roger • (1712) • short story by Joseph Addison
      • 283 • Christmas Papers • essay by Washington Irving [excerpts from the "Old Christmas" sketches in The Sketch Book (1820)]
      • 339 • Christmas at Dingley Dell • short fiction by Charles Dickens [excerpt from The Pickwick Papers (1836); contains "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton," indexed separately]
      • 361 • Christmas Storms and Sunshine • (1848) • short story by Mrs. Gaskell
      • 374 • Christmas • (1863) • essay by Alexander Smith
      • 459 • Happy Christmas • (1940) • short story by Daphne Du Maurier
      • 471 • Christmas at Orchard House • short fiction by Louisa May Alcott [excerpt from Little Women (1868)]
      • 483 • The Birds' Christmas Carol • (1886) • novelette by Kate Douglas Wiggin
      • 517 • The Mysterious Chest: Being a True and Temperate Narrative of the Extraordinary Adventures That Befell Several Citizens of the Town of New York on the Eve of Christmas Day in the Year of Grace 1793 • (1908) • novelette by Howard Pyle
      • 539 • My First Christmas Tree • (1911) • essay by Hamlin Garland
      • 544 • To Springvale for Christmas • (1923) • short story by Zona Gale
      • 553 • "I Gotta Idee!" • (1934) • short story by Elsie Singmaster
      • 562 • Christmas in Our Town • (1927) • essay by Alice Van Leer Carrick
      • 571 • A Plantation Christmas • (1927) • essay by Archibald Rutledge
      • 597 • One Christmas Eve • (1932) • short story by Langston Hughes
      • 603 • The Pasteboard Star • (1930) • short story by Margaret Carpenter
      • 611 • The Little Guest • (1930) • short story by Margery Williams Bianco
      • 618 • The Worst Christmas Story • (1921) • short story by Christopher Morley
      • 628 • Merry Christmas • (1941) • short story by Jake Falstaff
      • 641 • God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen • (1938) • short story by Bill Adams
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Anthology Title: The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories • anthology by Edward Wagenknecht

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