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  • The Old Year and The New

    I definitely posted this way back when I typed out the antique children’s book Joyous Times, but it is too fitting not to repeat. Joyous Times is an 1880s book. Sometimes they even had poems for New Year! I like when they credit the authors of the poem or story, even if it is something…

  • The Father Christmas

    A long time back we talked of Our Darlings, a book I got while I was in England in 2010. It’s hard to tell when it was published, because sometimes they didn’t put years on the copyright page. This is especially true with British publications. I think this is from the 20s. THE FATHER CHRISTMAS.…

  • Christmas Cards

    This is from Our Darlings, the British book we’ve spoken of before. I think this poem is very cute! CHRISTMAS CARDS. Now first they saved the money, And then they went to buy Their Christmas Cards, some funny, But all to please the eye. Then next they found the inkpot And borrowed Mother’s pen. Without…

  • A Christmas Day With Whittier

    This is from a beautiful tall, skinny book entitled A Christmas Day With Whittier, 1911. It has some really beautiful pictures! At first, I thought that the second ‘o’ in the second picture was a misprint, but I just realized that it isn’t! It is the exclamation without punctuation. With glad jubilations Bring hope To…