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This book contains a selection of lesser known Christmas short stories by Charles Dickens written in the 1850 and 1860s and features beautiful black and white illustrations. Included in these stories is Somebody’s Luggage, in which a waiter finds some luggage left behind at the hotel where he works. He looks through the contents to try to identify the owner however he is unsuccessful. He does, however, find a number of interesting stories which manages to get published. 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The pages are browning and have age spots and markings throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c!-- split --\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReader's note\u003c\/h2\u003eThis beautiful ruby red antique jewel is a stunning addition to any library. This old book will take any reader on a trip back into the past with the words of traditional nursery rhymes. Even the author himself felt this as he wrote the introduction in the 1890s - To read the old Nursery Rhymes brings back lost memories of a man's own childhood. One seems to see the loose floppy picture-books of long ago, with their boldly coloured pictures. The books were tattered and worn, and my first collection consisted of a wooden box full of these volumes. And I can remember being imprisoned for some crime in the closet where the box was, and how my gaolers found me, happy, sitting on the box, with its contents all round me, reading. - I'm sure there are many of us that have memories like this to this very day! Remember your favourites and read them aloud to the next generation.","brand":"Country House Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40279419551831,"sku":"9187556","price":97.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2458\/8207\/products\/orig_264365_jpg.jpg?v=1697200391"}],"url":"https:\/\/countryhouselibrary.co.uk\/collections\/antiquarian.oembed?page=10","provider":"Country House Library ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}