Dr. Clement C. Moore, the author of these verses, was born in the city of New York in 1779. The son of Bishop Benjamin Moore, he became a well-known classical scholar, and Greek Literature in the Protestant Episcopal Seminary in New York. He died in 1863. Among his contributions to literature and learning is a monumental“Hebrew and English Lexicon,”a work of great labour and the produce of many year's toil. Yet, strangely enough, Dr. Moore's fame today rests almost solely on this poem, which he wrote one Christmas-time for his children.Published first under the title“A visit from St.Nicholas,”it has been translated into nearly all European languages, and has even been issued in Braille.