Now let's take a look at the black and white interior illustrations from the 1911 edition of "A Christmas Carol" illustrated by A.C. Michael.
Here they are in plot-chronological order:
I think these are nice little vignettes and add a lot, so this would have been a nice edition for a 1911 family to enjoy.
A few of these illustrations were also used on the endpapers of the book, but there's an extra one that is not used within the text and I don't know what it represents.
Take a look...
My first thought was that it's Scrooge going in to Fred's house on Christmas morning, but the man looks too young to be Scrooge and that doesn't appear to the maid letting him in.
So, does that actually represent a scene from the book? I don't think it does. Did they just throw in an additional illustration by A.C. Michael for no apparent reason?
Another mystery!
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