Christmas Messages From Noted Literary Lights
Christmas messages from well known writers reflect holiday mood and sentiment. Junius Henri Browne comments on holy and hot day expectations while others send personalized notes and poems. The piece includes Uncle Ike’s Chismus Farewell in dialect and notes on authors Miss McClelland and Jennie June Croly, with reflections on Christmas spirit and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junius Henri Browne
McCuetrad
Miss McClelland
Mia
Jennie June Croly
Sven Christ
Christmas Poets Send Greetings From Various Authors
Edith M. Thomas, Julia Magruder, William H. Hayne, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, Clinton Scollard and George W. Cable contribute verses and commentary for a Christmas collection. The piece highlights poetry on holly and mistletoe, Christian themes, and charitable efforts, with notes on the authors and their reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Hayne
Hasne
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Amos Deans Christmas Tale Returns Lost Son at Sea
In a seaside village Amos Dean prays for his missing son lost at sea. A brutal nor’easter brings snow on Christmas Eve, renewing faith as the long separated family is joyfully reunited at the church service. Caleb Dunn, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Amos
Moore
Amos
Caleb Dunn
Lost shipmates and a Māori captivity tale recalled
The narrator and guide rescue two white men on the Hankan islands, revealed as Clifford Baldwin and his younger companion, George Wellman, brother of the lost Albatross captain. Baldwin recalls his son’s Boston origin and a perilous cyclone voyage after the Albatross vanished. The pair had endured six years of Maori captivity before escape, with the discovery prompting plans to reach Boston and reunite with Baldwin Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equator
Srolf
Sir Georg Cie
Sir Ge
Baldwi
de Avery
Baldwin van Boston
Baldwin
Wellman
Albatross
Clifford
Sauilor
Trim
Biel
Sentothite
Australasia
Storf
Forbidden Land
England
Old
Ananhers
Hankan
Tone
Clifford Baldwin
George Wellman
Capta
Bee
New Bedford
Hankan Islands
Boston
Auckland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Murat
Edith M. ‘Thomas
Orn M.thomas
Tony
Menar Iatsman
Julia Magruder
Marsh
Rose Hawthon
Nathaniel Hawthorne
New York City
Clinton Scollant
Clinton Scollard
George W. Cable
Northampton
Mass
Amos Dean
Parson Moore
Parson
New Zealand
Are
Christ
Maya
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