Carl Krinken, or, The Christmas stocking
By: by the authors of "The wide, wide world," "Queechy," "Golden ladder," &c., &c., &c
Contributors: Warner, Anna Bartlett, 1824-1915, author; Dalziel Brothers
Series: Ellen Montgomery's bookshelf; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Ellen Montgomery's book shelf; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Frederick Warne and Company
Published: 1879
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Poverty; Juvenile fiction; Christian life; Christmas stories; Storytelling; Children's stories
Other titles: Christmas stocking
Description: Father Christmas' gift to a poor boy is that each of his parent's Christmas presents to him (3 apples, 1 red cent, a purse, shoes, a pine cone, a hymn book, a cork boat, and a stocking) has the power of speech and they tell him the stories of their lives.
Notes: Date of publication from inscription.

Frontispiece engraved by Dalziel and printed in colors.

Publisher's catalogue follows text.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Table of contents: title: The Christmas stocking; title: The story of the three apples; title: The story of the penny; title: The story of the purse; title: The story of the two shoes; title: The story of the pine-cone; title: The story of the hymn-book; title: The story of the cork boat; title: The story of the stocking itself.