Fifth Day of CraftLit (2017)

Originally released December 18, 2017Fifth Day of Craftlit (Find all the days here)Thank you Librivox.org.Elizabeth Harrison(September 1, 1849 – October 31, 1927)was an American educator. She was the founder and first president of what is today National Louis University.[1] Harrison was a pioneer in creating professional standards for early childhood teachers and in promoting early childhood education.How to Celebrate Christmas (p.41) Read by: Heather OrdoverCharles Knight (15 March 1791–9 March 1873)was an English publisher, editor and author. The son of a bookseller and printer at Windsor, he was apprenticed to his father. On completion of his indentures he took up journalism and had an interest in several newspaper speculations, including the Windsor, Slough and Eton Express.A Christmas Pudding from Household Words > Volume II > Page 300 December 21, 1850 (to "turn the page", look in the upper right for the 'previous page' 'next page') Read by:The Recipe from the story: A Pound Christmas Pudding: * One pound raisinsone pound currantsone pound suet (what is it)one pound bread-crumbsquarter pound orange-peeltwo ounces citron-peeltwo ounces lemon-peelone nutmegone teaspoonful powdered gingerone teaspoonful powdered cinnamonone wine-glassful brandyseven eggsone teaspoonful saltquarter pound raw sugarmilk enough to liquefy the mass, if the eggs and brandy be not sufficient for this purpose."Alternate recipes and this with several historic sauce recipes, and a discussion of said puddings Travel writingA pudding cloth: By Malcolm Carruthers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link Arabs and math - smart responses from readers of The Guardian.The politics of it in an image (a.k.a., Charles Knight wasn't alone): By Contributor(s): The Figaro - Copied and digitised from The Figaro, 20 December,1884., Public Domain, LinkAbbie Phillips Walker (1867 - 1951)And that's pretty much all we've got on her. Ruth's Christmas (p.13) Read by: Ruth GoldingThe old Christmas Carol audio files that can be played on any computer or mp3 player are here: audio, and 190 audio, and 191 audio Read by Glen Halstrom for LibrivoxA Christmas Carol*in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2, Stave 3, Staves 4-5Next Book: Anne of Green Gables January 2018Scotland June 21081-800-826-2266Final payment 15th of MarchPut it on your gift list - Get for your favorite CraftLit Listener-trip to Scotland