1 J Thomas Nast's (CHRISTMAS DRAWINGS FOll The Human Race NEW YORK . HARPER & BROTHERS PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS . FRANKLIN SQUARE • M DCCC XC FIRST-PRIZE CIIRISTMAS-CARD BEING FARTHEST FROM THE SUBJECT. PUBLISHER'S NOTE. THIS volume of Mr. Nast's "Christmas Drawings" is the first collection of his works which has been published. The pictures are well called " Drawings for the Human Race," because they appeal to the sympathy of no particular religious denomination or political party, but to the universal delight in the happiest of holi- days, consecrated by the loftiest associations and endeared by the tenderest domestic traditions. Christmas is the holiday of all ; but it is especially the Children's day. The grotesque and airy fancies of childhood which cling about Santa Claus, as the good genius of Christmas, are reproduced upon these pages, in delightfully imagi- native reality by the sympathetic touch of the artist, so that the book is an overflowing feast of true Christmas cheer. Mr. Nast's hand, when dealing with current topics of the time, tips the flashing shafts of wit with morality; with relentless humor puts cunning pretence in the pillory; and exposes public wrong to the fatal merriment which laughs it away. But the artist's hand is never happier than when, with the lambent light of the same humor, it irradiates the play of domestic affection, and makes the home circle gay. It is the bluff, honest Santa Claus of "The Night before Christmas;" the Santa Claus of the reindeer and the sleigh, alighting on the snowy roof, and de- scending the chimney with his wondrous pack of treasures; the Santa Claus of ursuspecting childhood, and the Mother Goose of undoubting infancy, to whom these pages introduce us. There is no child who cannot understand them, no parent who cannot enjoy them. Mr.- Nast is fairly without a rival in this kind. His Santa Claus is old Father Christmas himself, and his welcome will be as general and as hearty as that which salutes the crammed and enchanted stocking on Christmas morning. STOCKING OF CONTENTS. "Another Stocking to Fill." First-prize Christmas-card — being Farthest from THE Subject. Tailpiece. Stocking of Contents. Tailpiece. Merry Christmas. Santa Claus's Route. Darning the Stocking. Christmas Furlough. "Who Said Anything about Christmas Dinner.?" Cutting Mistletoe in the South. Christmas Greens. Christmas Post. Santa Claus's Mail. "Hello! Santa Glaus!" " Hello ! Little One !" "'TwAS THE Night before Christmas." Santa Glaus and his Works. Messages and Lists for Santa Glaus. Reciprocation. Christmas Fancies. " He Prayed, ' and let Santa Glaus Fill my Stock- ings JUST AS Full as he can. Amen.'" Christmas Eve. " Santa Glaus can't Say that I've Forgotten Any- thing." The Watch on Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve. — Santa Glaus Waiting for the Children to Get to Sleep. Seeing Santa Glaus. A VERY Bad Boy. "'TwAS THE Night before Christmas, and all through the House Not a Creature was Stirring, not even a Moused Christmas Station. The same Old Christmas Story over again. " Here we are again !" Peace and Good Will. The Coming of Santa Claus. Christmas Eve. — Old Faces for Young Hearts. Merry Christmas. A Christmas Sketch. A Christmas Box. Caught ! The Shrine of St. Nicholas. "Little Bo-Peep fell Fast Asleep and Dreampt — " See! the Christmas Plum Pudding. "Come now, Santa Claus, I's Ready." Christkindchen. Little Jack Horner. Christmas Flirtation. The Domestic Express. Old Mother Goose Melodies. Nursery Tiles. The Crusty Old Bachelor who is Bound to have Something in his Stocking. A Christmas Story. Merry Christmas. Merry Old Santa Claus. Santa Claus's Rebuke. The Christ Child. The Dear Little Boy that Thought Christmavs Came Oftener. Moving Day. "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, so Say we Al.l OF US," Santa Claus's Tool-Box. Christmas in Camp. Christmas Supplement to "Harper's Weekly." A Merry Christmas. "Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good- Night." "Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happ-y New Year." 'TwAS the Night after Christmas. SANTA CLAUS'S EOUTE. WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT CHRISTMAS DINNER?" CHRISTMAS POST. SANTA CLAUS'S MAIL. 'i I I I HELLO! LITTLE ONE!" 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFOKE CHEISTMAS." A chance to test Santa Claus's generosity. "He prayed, 'And let Santa Claus fill my stockings just as full as he can. Amen.'" THE WATCH ON CHRISTMAS EYE. I CHRISTMAS EVE.— Santa Glaus waiting for the children to get to sleep. A VERY BAD BOY. CHKISTMAS STATION. CHRISTMAS EYE.— OLD FACES FOR YOUNG HEARTS. MEREY CHEISTMAS. A CHKISTMAS SKETCH.— " Five o'clock in the morning. CAUGHT ! CHKISTKINDCHEK CHRISTMAS FLIRTATION. THE DOMESTIC EXPRESS. Old Bachelor : " How glad I am that I don't have to cart round endless bundles for greedy brats during the holidays." A CHEISTMAS STORY.— "I am Cinderella, and you are the wicked sisters." MEERY OLD SANTA GLAUS. THE DEAR LITTLE BOY THAT THOUGHT CHRISTMAS CAME OFTENER. MOVING DAY. SANTA CLAUS'S TOOL-BOX. p GETTV CENTER LIBRARV 3 3125 00037 8139