The Christmas Annual 1847 Review and Contents
A critical look at the Christmas Annual for 1847 titled Gem of the Season. Describes its black morocco binding, gilt edges, twenty engravings, and listed authors. Notes poems and illustrations including The Water Dipper and Emma Wilton story trajectories. Mentions portraits and engravings of a gentleman in tights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Watts
Edwin F. Hatfield
D. Burchard
Joseph P. Thomson
J. ‘Webb
Bedness
Henry Qupenn
Holiday Book List Shows Mixed Cheer and Veiled Critique
A century old catalog highlights holiday publications from 1845 with items by Burton and Thomson, while a lengthy critique blasts the Annuals for dull prose and overblown sentiment. The review laments highfalutin verse and calls out lackluster storytelling, yet notes the enduring market for such gift volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edito
Wourali
William E. Burton
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Posterity
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Pee
Charlottesville
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Moliere
Edward Cary
Alice MacGowan
J. K. Jerome
Rossetti
Elisabeth Luther Cary
Reece Tat
Editorial
London
News of Boston
Jesua’ Prink
Vule
Wiliam E. Burton
Hay
Charles West
Thomson
Agamemnon
Tearness
Peiaien
William Burton