2019 collection of items with a Christmas theme containing traditional stories, Christmas traditions, Christmas cakes. We hope you will enjoy it.
01 A Christmas Carol Charles Kingsley
02 Christmas Eve in the Far South Seas Louis Becke
03 Bethlehem Gate Alfred Gurney
04 What Christmas is as we Grow Older Charles Dickens
05 Christmas Cakes Alice Urquhart Fewell
06 A Christmas Crime William Henry Bishop
07 Christmas Ideas and Celebrations from Everywhere Marion Brownfield
08 A Christmas Dinner in the Bay of Biscay Anonymous
09 The Festival of St. Nicholas Mary Mapes Dodge
10 Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse Charles Dickens
11 The Heavenly Christmas Tree Fyodor Dostoyevsky
12 His Christmas Gift Jacob A. Riis
13 The Holy Night Selma Lagerlöf
14 In Memorium Alfred, Lord Tennyson
15 The Little Mixer Lillian Shearon
16 The Night After Christmas Anonymous
17 Nobody's Story Charles Dickens
18 Old Father Christmas Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
19 The Orphan's Dream of Christmas Anonymous Öl
20 Santa Claus and Little Billie John Kendrick Bangs
21 Snap-Dragons Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
22 The Tailor of Gloucester Beatrix Potter
23 A Rocking Hymn George Wither
As a young man, Kingsley was influenced by The Kingdom of Christ (1838) by Frederick Denison Maurice. Originally intended for the legal profession, he changed his mind and chose to pursue a ministry in the church.
In 1850 Kingsley novel Alton Locke was published. The book attempted to expose the social injustice suffered by agricultural labourers and workers in the clothing trade. In Alton Locke Kingsley also describes the Chartist campaign that he was involved with in the 1840s.
Kingsley's life was written by his widow in 1877, entitled Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life, and presents a very touching and beautiful picture of her husband, but perhaps hardly does justice to his humour, his wit, his overflowing vitality and boyish fun.
Charles Kingsley was born in Holne (Devon), the son of a vicar. His brother, Henry Kingsley, also became a novelist. He spent his childhood in Clovelly, Devon and was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, before choosing to pursue a ministry in the church. From 1844, he was rector of Eversley in Hampshire, and in 1860, he was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge.
Kingsley's interest in history spilled over into his writings, which include The Heroes (1856), a children's book about Greek mythology, and several historical novels, of which the best known are Hypatia (1853), Hereward the Wake (1865), and Westward Ho! (1855).
In 1872 Kingsley accepted the Presidency of the Birmingham and Midland Institute and became its 19th President.
Kingsley died in 1875 and was buried in St Mary's Churchyard in Eversley.
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