The St Nicholas Anthology by Commager, Henry Steele Edited By. Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Jack London, Eudora Welty - 1983

New York: Greenwich House, 1983. Henry Steele Commager, Editor with stories by Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Jack London, Endora Welty and others. Illustrations by artists including Arthur Rackham, E.W. Kemble, Frederick Remington and Howard Pyle. A delightful collection of the works selected from "St. Nicholas", the well-loved magazine, published from 1873 to 1939. Although there are many Christmas stories in the anthology, not all the works have a Christmas theme. The stories range from Theodore Rossevelts non-fiction account of buffalo hunting, with illustrations by Frederick Remington, to the poignant "Sara Crew, or What Happened at Miss Minchin's" by F.H. Burnett. Besides stories, the collections include song, poems and riddles. Introduction by May LAmberton Becker. Preface by the author. A clean, bright attractively bound book in it's bright dust jacket.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.