All e-books of Washington Irving

A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky.

CONTENTS: Preface The Author's Account of Himself The Voyage Roscoe The Wife Rip Van Winkle English Writers on America Rural Life in England The Broken Heart The Art of Book-ma...

KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK is the book, published in December, 1809, with which Washington Irving, at the age of twenty-six, first won wide credit and influence.

I'll tell you more; there was a fish taken, A monstrous fish, with, a sword by's side, a long sword, A pike in's neck, and a gun in's nose, a huge gun, And letters of mart in's mouth, from th...

produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) OLD CHRISTMAS WASHINGTON IRVING [Illustration: CHRISTMAS] [Illustration: publisher's log...

AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION IN THE COURSE of occasional visits to Canada many years since, I became intimately acquainted with some of the principal partners of the great Northwest Fur Company, who at ...

from the mss.

Originally published in 1837 Introductory Notice WHILE ENGAGED in writing an account of the grand enterprise of Astoria, it was my practice to seek all kinds of oral information connected wit...

by GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT.

Illustrated by R. Caldecott.

The Washington family is of an ancient English stock, the genealogy of which has been traced up to the century immediately succeeding the Conquest.

Chapter I. Administration of the Adelantado.--Expedition to the Province of Xaragua.

But is old, old, good old Christmas gone?

Sir: I have observed that as a man advances in life, he is subject to a kind of plethora of the mind, doubtless occasioned by the vast accumulation of wisdom and experience upon the brain.

The Northern Army.--British Expedition to Connecticut, .

What I write is most true...

I sit down to perform my promise of giving you an account of a visit made many years since to Abbotsford.

"Under this cloud I walk, gentlemen; pardon my rude assault.

PREFACE I. Birth and Parentage--Characteristics of the Goldsmith Race--Poetical Birthplace--Goblin House--Scenes of Boyhood--Lissoy--Picture of a Country Parson--Goldsmith's Schoolmistress--Byrne,...