| Yorksher Puddin Contributor(s): Hartley, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508724040 ISBN-13: 9781508724049 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1847 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6" W x 9" (0.58 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The last strain of the grand old Christmas hymn had just been warbled forth from the throats and hearts of a number of happy folks, who were seated around the blazing log one Christmas eve; and on the face of each one of that family circle the cheering light revealed the look of happiness; the young-happy in the present, and indulging in hopeful anticipations for the future; the old, -equally happy as the young, and revelling in many a darling memory of the past. "Come, Uncle John " said a bright-eyed, flaxen-haired beauty, over whose head not more than ten Christmas days had passed, -"Come, uncle, do tell us a story; you know that we always expect one from you." "Well, my pretty little niece," he replied, "I fear that I have exhausted all my store of ghosts and hobgoblins, and if I tell you a story now, it must be from the cold, stern world of fact, which, I fear, will be less interesting to you than the romantic fictions I have rehearsed on former occasions |