Round About the Christmas Tree

by Various, Ned Halley (Introduction)

Overview

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Round About the Christmas Tree is the perfect Christmas gift for book lovers as all facets of the festive season are represented here in one gorgeous volume. This anthology shows what an inspiration Christmas was for so many famous writers; whether it be a time for celebration, for family, or a chance to remember those in hardship. There are heart warming stories from Charles Dickens and E. Nesbit, comic fun from G. K Chesterton and Saki, touching whimsy from Hans Christian Anderson and even crimes to solve from Arthur Conan Doyle.

Edited by Becky Brown with an introduction by Ned Halley

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781509866564
Publisher:	Macmillan Collector's Library
Publication date:	11/13/2018
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	3.80(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

W. M. Thackeray, Arthur Conan Doyle, Hans Christian Andersen, Washington Irving, Anthony Trollope, L. M. Montgomery, G. K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens, O. Henry, L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie, Louisa May Alcott, E. Nesbit, Thomas Hardy, William Dean Howells, Saki, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Fyodor Dostoevsky

Table of Contents

1. Round About the Christmas Tree by W. M. Thackeray
2. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle
3. The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
4. Christmas Eve by Washington Irving
5. Christmas at Thompson Hall by Anthony Trollope
6. Christmas Inspiration by L. M. Montgomery
7. The Flying Stars by G. K. Chesterton
8. A Christmas Dinner by Charles Dickens
9. The Fir-Tree by Hans Christian Andersen
10. The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
11. A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
12. The Ghost of Christmas Eve by J. M. Barrie
13. A Country Christmas by Louisa May Alcott
14. The Conscience-Pudding by E. Nesbit
15. The Thieves Who Couldn't Help Sneezing by Thomas Hardy
16. Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells
17. A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens
18. Bertie’s Christmas Eve by Saki
19. Christmas; Or, The Good Fairy by Harriet Beecher Stowe
20. The Snow-image by Nathaniel Hawthorne
21. A Christmas Tree and a Wedding by Fyodor Dostoevsky [trans. Garnett]
22. Christmas at Red Butte by L. M. Montgomery