- Additional Authors
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
- Description
- 1 online resource ([3], 229, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates) : ill.
- Series Statement
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection
- Uniform Title
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection.
- Alternative Title
- Account of a Christmas spent at Old Court
- Subject
- Christmas stories, English
- Note
- A series of tales, as if told by members of the Fairfax family on succeeding evenings at Christmas at Old Court, 1712.
- Frontispiece by G. Cruikshank.
- "L'envoy," [1] leaf at end not accounted for in collation, states that two of the stories, Katherine Paar and The savoyard peasant, had been previously published.
- First edition of the collection, Block p. 233.
- Work of fiction.
- OCLC
- Author
Tayler, Charles B. (Charles Benjamin), 1797-1875.
- Title
A fireside book, or, The account of a Christmas spent at Old Court [electronic resource] / by the author of May you like it [i.e. C.B. Tayler].
- Imprint
London : Printed for J.A. Hessey, 1828 (T. Davison)
- Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.