Christmas shadows
Subtitle: a tale of the poor needle women
By: with illustrations on steel, designed by Ashley
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: William James Hamersley
Published: 1853
Place of publication: Hartford, Connecticut
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Misers; Fiction; Poverty; Generosity; Piecework; Goblins; Spirits
Description: Like Mr. Dickens' Scrooge, Mr. Cranch is visited by apparitions and reforms his treatment of his clerk, Mr. Taplady Tuff, and the poor needlewomen he employs to manufacture clothing.
Notes: Added title page, engraved.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.