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Title: Joy to the World: A Victorian Christmas by Cynthia Hart, John Grossman, Priscilla Dunhill ISBN: 0-89480-825-7 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: November, 1990 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Almost Perfect but....
Comment: Pretty much the complete history of Christmas in a nutshell is lavishly illustrated here in this beautifully colorful (and I DO mean colorful) book. Of course, the concentration here is on the 19th century-pretty much the LATE 19th century. If you want to know how our great and great great grandparents may have celebrated this glorious holiday-and how they would have SEEN this holiday-it doesn't get any better. Now for my complaint-and it is a big one-although it is only one line in the book. I shall quote it here from page 21: "The creche as a symbol of the Christ Child's birth derived from the fictitious but touching story of an adolescent Mary, great with child, and her gentle middle aged husband Joseph." FICTITIOUS? I'm sorry but that is the basis, the beginning of the whole Christian faith. Without that 'fictitious' birth...well....this is not the place for preaching. The Catholics and Protestants (and many others, I'm sure) know, though. It did put a damper on the rest of the book for me, but I will stand by my review that for the pictures and the history, it truly is excellent. The authors just have to leave out their opinions when writing on a subject that, like it or not, is very religious in nature-and, believe me, a Christmas in Victorian times is\was truly religious. That's why it got a 4 instead of a 5.
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful collage book of victoriana
Comment: This was a great book. I collect antique post cards, so I love the photographic collages the author makes using post cards, die cuts, antiques, and real flowers. Most beautiful.
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Title: A Victorian Scrapbook by Cynthia Hart, John Grossman, Priscilla Dunhill ISBN: 0894806203 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: November, 1989 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Forget-Me-Nots: A Victorian Book of Love by Cynthia Hart, John Grossman, Tracy Gill ISBN: 0894808559 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Cynthia Hart's Victoriana 2004 Calendar: With 4 Postcards/Desktop Calendar/Datebook by Workman Publishing ISBN: 076112926X Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Parlor Cats: A Victorian Celebration by Cynthia Hart, John Grossman, Josephine Banks ISBN: 1563051184 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: February, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Christmas Almanac by Natasha Tabori Fried, Lena Tabori ISBN: 0941807274 Publisher: Welcome Enterprises Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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