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Pool, Daniel. Seven Stories. Nov. 1997. c.160p. photogs. LC 97-24779. ISBN 1-888363-55X. $16.95. TRAV
This short book is centered around a somewhat unusual theme: Christmas time in New York City. Pool, a lawyer and author of What Jane Austin Are and Charles Dickens Knew (LJ 7/93) and Dickens' Fur Coat and Charlotte's Unanswered Letters (LJ 4/15/97), describes the history of several New York traditions, including the Christmas trees and decorations on Fifth Avenue. We learn how "'Twas the Night …