Henry Van Dyke, Complete Collection
Author: Henry Van Dyke
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-01-31
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9781523790036
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Henry Jackson van Dyke (1852 -1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman. Among his popular writings are the two Christmas stories, "The Other Wise Man" (1896) and "The First Christmas Tree" (1897). Various religious themes of his work are also expressed in his poetry, hymns and the essays collected in Little Rivers (1895) and Fisherman's Luck (1899). He wrote the lyrics to the popular hymn, "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" (1907), sung to the tune of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy." He compiled several short stories in The Blue Flower (1902), named after the key symbol of Romanticism introduced first by Novalis. In this book: The Story of the Other Wise Man The Mansion The First Christmas Tree The Spirit of Christmas The Lost Word The Sad Shepherd, A Christmas Story Fighting For Peace The Valley of Vision The Americanism of Washington The Unruly Sprite Days Off And Other Digressions Little Rivers, A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness The complete Poems of Henry Van Dyke
