The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of HomeDickens, Charles
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The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home
Dickens, Charles
Christmas stories, English; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Holidays -- Fiction
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP. With Seventy Five
Illustrations by G. CATTERMOLE and H. K. BROWNE. In
one volume, price 13_s._ cloth.
SKETCHES BY "BOZ." _A New Edition_, with Forty
Illustrations by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. In one volume,
8vo, price 21_s._ cloth.
THE PICKWICK PAPERS. With Forty Three Illustrations by
"PHIZ." In one volume 8vo, price 21_s._ cloth.
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. With Forty Illustrations by "PHIZ."
In one volume, 8vo, price 21_s._ cloth.
THE CHIMES. A GOBLIN STORY OF SOME BELLS THAT RANG AN
OLD YEAR OUT AND A NEW YEAR IN. The Illustrations by
DANIEL MACLISE, R.A.; CLARKSON STANFIELD, R.A.; JOHN
LEECH; and RICHARD DOYLE. _Twelfth Edition._ In
Foolscap 8vo, price 5_s._
A CHRISTMAS CAROL. IN PROSE. BEING A GHOST STORY OF
CHRISTMAS. With Four Coloured Etchings, and Woodcuts,
by LEECH. _Tenth Edition._ In Foolscap 8vo, price
5_s._
PORTRAIT OF MR. DICKENS. Engraved by FINDEN, from a
Painting by DANIEL MACLISE, R.A. Price--in quarto,
plain paper, 1_s._; folio, India paper, 2_s._
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Varied hyphenation was retained
such as teaboard and tea-board.
Text uses both hers and her's and yours and your's.
Page 33, "care" changed to "Care" (Care.' Yes, yes, it's)
Page 121, "controul" changed to "control" (resisted his control)
Page 130, "emphasied" changed to "emphasised" (Miss Slowboy emphasised)
End of Project Gutenberg's The Cricket on the Hearth, by Charles Dickens
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