Thursday, January 7, 2021

The Rainy Day Series - "A Christmas Carol" - Brewer, Barse & Co. (1907) - Part 1




"A Christmas Carol" (1907)
The Rainy Day Series
Brewer, Barse & Co. (Chicago)
Adaptor: Margaret Waters
Illustrator: Hugo von Hofsten

We kick it old school for this snappy little children's edition from 1907!



The title page indicates that it was "rewritten for young readers" by Margaret Waters, but it's really more just some judicial editing, as you can see:



The main attraction with any edition is usually the illustrations and this has some nice color plates by Hugo von Hofsten (1865-1947):






Next: Do any of those illustrations look familiar?

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