Author: KETCHUM, Annie Chambers
Title: Benny: A Christmas Ballad
Description: New York, S.R. Wells, 1870. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green decorated cloth. (17pp). All edges gilt, illustrations, red decorative borders. Very good. Brief gift inscription on inner flyleaf. Syrupy Victorian verse: "Santa Kaus! Come down de chimney!" Many of today's customs -- the chimney, hanging the stockings, not liking naughty children -- seem well entrenched by this date, and while "Santa Klaus" is not pictured in the illustrations, the depiction of him appears surprisingly modern. .

Keywords: POETRY Poetry


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