Clement Clarke Moore: Early History of Columbia College 1825: 1940 facsimile ed
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5 1/2 x 8 3/4" 44-page clothbound book. Columbia University Press: NY 1940. Introduction by Milton Halsey Thomas. Newspaper clipping stin, see 3rd scan. Dimensions given, if any, are approximate. VG or better condition. Defects not visible in scans are described. Item is complete as issued unless otherwise stated. NO facsimiles, copies, reprints or reproductions unless specifically stated in description above. Pictures show actual item, never a stock image.
(Beloved illustrator Holly Hobbie offers a timeless take o...)
Beloved illustrator Holly Hobbie offers a timeless take on the best-known Christmas poem of all time.
In the twilight hours of Christmas Eve, a hushed world enveloped in moonlit snow waits for the soft tinkling of sleigh bells to announce the most magical night of the year. Then comes a thump on the rooftop, a scratching in the chimney, and suddenly--Santa Claus appears!
In her fresh imagining of Clement C. Moore's enduring poem, acclaimed master watercolorist Holly Hobbie captures the magic of this timeless tale. Her vision of the night before Christmas glows with warmth and feeling, and features the delightful addition of a child's-eye view, which magnifies the wonder of this exciting, mysterious time.
("The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before ...)
"The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" redirect here. For other uses, see The Night Before Christmas (disambiguation) and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (disambiguation). 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads "A Visit from St. Nicholas", more commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837. Some commentators now believe the poem was written by Henry Livingston Jr.. The poem has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American"2 and is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today. It has had a massive impact on the history of Christmas gift-giving. Before the poem gained wide popularity, American ideas had varied considerably about Saint Nicholas and other Christmastide visitors. "A Visit from St. Nicholas" eventually was set to music and has been recorded by many artists.
Clement Clarke Moore was an American scholar and writer of verse.
Background
Clement Clarke Moore was born on July 15, 1779, at "Chelsea" in New York. He was the son of the Rev. Benjamin Moore and Charity, second daughter of Maj. Thomas Clarke, whose estate fell to Clement Clarke Moore's parents and was inherited by him, their only child.
Education
After tutoring the boy at home, his father sent him to Columbia College, where he was graduated in 1798. It was the father's hope that the son would take orders, but he preferred to serve the Church as a layman. He regrets "that more of the well-disposed among his young countrymen do not devote their leisure hours to the attainment of useful learning, rather than to frivolous amusements or political wrangling". His own addiction to "the attainment of useful learning" is shown by his devotion to the study of Hebrew.
Career
After his father's death, Moore took an increasing interest in ecclesiastical affairs. In February 1819, he offered, through Bishop Hobart, sixty lots in New York City on condition that "the buildings of the theological school should be erected thereon. " This gift, together with one from a New York layman two years later, made the General Theological Seminary possible. In 1821, he became a professor of Biblical learning and interpretation of Scripture in the diocesan seminary at New York, and in 1823, a professor in the General Theological Seminary, into which the diocesan seminary was merged. In 1825, the first permanent seminary building was erected on the ground he had given. He continued to serve the Seminary as professor of Oriental and Greek literature until his resignation in 1850. This same year he published George Castriot, Surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albania. It is based upon an English translation of Jacques Lavardin's work, and the author's task was to "concentrate Lavardin's history by rendering the language more concise". It is, as are all his serious works, written in a dignified prose based on Johnsonian standards.
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Quotations:
"T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. "
"His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard of his chin was as white as the snow. "
"As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. "
"He had a broad face and a little round belly, that shook, when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly. "
Connections
On November 20, 1813, Moore was married to Catharine Elizabeth Taylor.