Content:
This manuscript of "A
Christmas Greeting" was apparently intended for the printer,
as there are few alterations. In right hand corner is notation in red:
"if convenient let me have proof by noon." In left hand corner (in
pencil) is the name "Horace Traubel." The poem was first published in
1889.
Content:
Written in pencil on a tan piece of paper cut from a larger sheet, 130
words with the title "A
North Star [page torn] South." The poem was later revised and
titled "A Christmas
Greeting" (1889).