The Friendly Year : Chosen and Arranged from the Works of Henry van Dyke (1852 - 1933) By George Sydney Webster, D.D.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Second and Revised Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Frontis-portrait. NEW YORK : 1922. Hardback. Dark blue ribbed cloth, gilt letterd spine and cover. Blind stamped cover. Frontispiece; sepia photograph with facsimile signature of author dated 1917 (with tissue guard). Top-edge trimmed; others untrimmed as issued. A bright clean copy. No owner name or internal markings. (xi), 185 pages. This is the BEST EDITION; includes author's writings since 1906. Collected writings presented for reading each day of the year. Uncommon title in UK.**Henry van Dyke (1852 - 1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman, and professor of English literature at Princeton between 1899 and 1923. In 1908-09 Dr. Van Dyke was an American lecturer at the University of Paris. By appointment of President Wilson he became Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1913. Among his popular writings are the two Christmas stories The Other Wise Man (1896) and The First Christmas Tree (1897). The various religious themes of his work are also expressed in his poetry, hymns and essays.** **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Art, Bagster, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE