A Christmas Child: A Sketch of a Boy's Life (Illustrated Edition)

A Christmas Child by Mrs Molesworth is a sketch of boy-life, or rather, though Ted grows to boyhood, of child-life; for it is the child that is the more vividly portrayed. And a very sweet, tenderly drawn sketch it is, with life and reality manifest throughout. Very few can rival Mrs Molesworth in the power of making us see the children of fancy; and in this Christmas Child something has given to her pen a special power. Source: The Pall Mall Budget, December 10, 1880.

This edition of the book contains eight original illustrations, rejuvenated, and two additional Christmas illustrations that are unique to this edition of the book.