Nicholas, A Manhattan Christmas Story
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NICHOLAS
A Manhattan Christmas Story
By
Anne Carroll Moore
With Drawings By
Jay Van Everen
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
New York & London
The Knickerbocker Press
1924
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THE COMING OF NICHOLAS
Copyright, 1924
by
Anne Carroll Moore
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Made in the United States of America
To
THE CHILDREN OF NEW YORK
AND
HIS FRIENDS EVERYWHERE
Nicholas Dedicates This Book
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I.— | Nicholas Appears | 3 |
| II.— | At Lucky’s | 9 |
| III.— | Down Fifth Avenue | 19 |
| IV.— | At Old Trinity | 31 |
| V.— | Bowling Green and the Battery | 38 |
| VI.— | To Washington Square | 52 |
| VII.— | Christmas Eve in Chelsea | 58 |
| VIII.— | St. Nicholas Comes | 75 |
| IX.— | Brownie’s Big Party | 82 |
| X.— | A Christmas Sail to Richmond | 125 |
| XI.— | Nicholas at Bronx Park | 141 |
| XII.— | The Hippodrome | 152 |
| XIII.— | New Year’s in Maine | 162 |
| XIV.— | A Twelfth Night Surprise | 190 |
| XV.— | Heroes and Valentines | 204 |
| XVI.— | Celebrating Washington’s Birthday | 238 |
| XVII.— | The Circus Comes | 304 |
| XVIII.— | Nicholas Sails | 323 |
PICTURES
| PAGE | |
| The Coming of Nicholas | Frontispiece |
| The Ship | 3 |
| Lucky’s Christmas Fire | 9 |
| The Traffic Tower | 19 |
| Trinity Spire | 31 |
| Sea Gulls | 38 |
| St. Nicholas at Bowling Green | 45 |
| Strange Fishes | 51 |
| Milligan Place Light | 52 |
| The Dummy Boy’s Train | 58 |
| The Night before Christmas House | 73 |
| The Trumpeter | 75 |
| The Library Lions in a Snowstorm | 82 |
| Cock-Crow | 124 |
| Nicholas on a Ferry-Boat | 125 |
| Nicholas in Bronx Park | 149 |
| Skating at the Hippodrome | 160 |
| Nicholas and the Squirrel | 162 |
| Tobogganing in Maine | 180 |
| The Troll on a Midnight Stroll | 203 |
| A Searchlight | 204 |
| Brooklyn Bridge | 211 |
| A Penny Ride | 221 |
| Nicholas Dancing | 236 |
| St. Paul’s | 237 |
| Barucca Plays Ball | 295 |
| The Butterfly Act | 304 |
| The Circus | 314 |
| The Clipper Ship Rainbow | 323 |
| Nicholas Writes John Moon | 332 |
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NICHOLAS · HIS MAP
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