Carl Krinken, or, The Christmas stocking
By: by the authors of "The wide, wide world," "Quenchy," "Speculation," etc. etc
Contributors: Warner, Anna Bartlett, 1824-1915, joint author; Dalziel Brothers
Series: Ellen Montgomery's book shelf; 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 & Company
Published: 1870
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Poverty; Juvenile fiction; Christian life; Christmas stories; 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: Illustrations engraved by Dalziel.

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.