![]() Sentinel by a friend-much to Moore’s chagrin, since he considered his Masterpiece was sent anonymously to the Troy Theological Seminary in New York, who wrote verse to amuse his children. Shall see presently, that was not the end of the matter.)Ĭlarke Moore (1779–1863) was a professor of biblical study at the General ![]() The usual suspects-there were just two-and published my results in the journal Manuscripts (Nickell 2002, 2003). (often just developed) scientific-seeming “tests.” Nevertheless, I rounded up Reliance on the best evidence will inevitably be pushed aside by thoseĪttracted to long shots, motivated by what-ifs, and dazzled by the latest Once asked to take on the case and solve the question of authorship, which Iĭid, but there is always one problem with such an assignment: a detective’s Lighthearted verse began a mystery and a controversy that persists today. ![]() ![]() Nicholas”-better known as “The Night BeforeĬhristmas”-has long been the subject of a very adult controversy over itsįirst published anonymously in a New York newspaper, the Troy Sentinel, on December 23, 1823, the The best known and most loved children’s poem in the English language, an ![]()
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