This edition from 1907 features a puzzle on each page so that the reading of the poem becomes an interactive experience. This tiny stocking stuffer edition from the “The Christmas Stocking Series” published by Chicago’s Reilly & Britton in 1905 features an introduction by The Wizard of Oz author L. Click on the image to enlarge.Īn early appearance in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine in December 1857.Ĭhristmas Poems and Pictures was published in New York in 1864 and features an illustration by Thomas Nast, the famous political caricaturist. In honor of this yuletide classic, I thought I’d share a selection of images from different versions of the poem that are housed here in Special Collections in the King Collection of Juvenile Literature and our other rare book collections. Nick, his reindeer, and his arrival on Christmas Eve to deliver toys to children is credited with influencing our modern conventions surrounding Santa Claus and Christmas. His poem, originally written for his own children, has appeared in a variety of formats since it’s early appearances, including newspapers, periodicals, broadsides, and separate publications.
Moore (1779-1863) was a professor of literature and divinity at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Moore was not identified as the author until the 1837 publication of the poem in The New-York Book of Poetry published by George Dearborn (which we do have a copy of here in Special Collections). Though the poem was reprinted several times in the following years, Clement C. The seasonal poem first appeared uncredited in a New York state newspaper, The Troy Sentinel, in 1823. Nicholas”, also known as “The Night Before Christmas”. In fact, here in Special Collections, “not a creature stirring – not even a mouse”…and that’s the way we like it since mice are bad for rare books and manuscripts! Of course, I’m quoting that most famous of Christmas poems, Clement C. Oxford and campus are blanketed by a picturesque layer of snow and all is calm after the flurry of activity surrounding this semester’s classes, researchers, and programs.
Now that the students have gone home for the holiday break, it’s very quiet here in the library.
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