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The decorative cover of a hardback book, green with a holly-like decorative border.

Mr. Kris Kringle, 1893

December 23, 2016 Circulating Now

By Margaret Kaiser ~ It is Christmas eve, a Christmas with no presents and the loss of the family home, until a surprising visitor appears…

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The title of A printed poem with a gold foil star at the top.

Dr. Mitchell’s Christmas Poem, 1913

December 23, 2015 Circulating Now

By Laura Hartman ~ For his 1913 Christmas greeting card, eminent 19th century neurologist and best-selling novelist Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914) penned a poem entitled

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A detail of the title on the gold tooled cover of the book Medical World.

A Portrait of the Medical World of 1911

December 8, 2015 Circulating Now

By Stephen J. Greenberg It is, perhaps, a bit hard for the modern reader to imagine that a coffee table book consisting solely of portraits

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Yours Very Truly S. Weir Mitchell

Dr. S. Weir Mitchell’s Literary Career

December 12, 2013 Circulating Now

By Margaret Kaiser Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914) was among the foremost physicians of his time and a prolific writer of both scientific and literary works. 

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