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Washington Irving (1783–1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the 19th century. He is best known for his short stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington and Oliver Goldsmith, and several histories of 15th-century Spain, dealing with subjects such as the Moors and the Alhambra.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION SPEECH: NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 18, 1842 by Charles Dickens

COLLECTIONS OF SHORT STORIES:

THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT.

Rip Van Winkle

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Old Christmas

Roscoe

The Wife

TALES OF A TRAVELLER

Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman

Buckthorne and His Friends

The Italian Banditti

The Money Diggers

BRACEBRIDGE HALL

The Busy Man

The Widow

The Lovers

Family Reliques

An Old Soldier

WOLFERT'S ROOST AND MISCELLANIES

THE CRAYON PAPERS

TRAVEL SKETCHES AND MEMOIRS:

TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA

ABBOTSFORD AND NEWSTEAD ABBY

A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES

SATIRICAL WORKS:

KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK

LETTERS OF JONATHAN OLDSTYLE, GENT.

HISTORICAL WORKS:

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE

ASTORIA

CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA

LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH

LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON: VOLUME I

THE STUDENT'S LIFE OF WASHINGTON

DRAMAS:

THE WILD HUNTSMAN

ABU HASSAN

POEMS:

ECHO AND SILENCE

ON PASSAIC FALLS

RHYMED ADDRESS

THE DULL LECTURE

TO MISS EMILY FOSTER ON HER BIRTHDAY

SONG

THE LAY OF THE SUNNYSIDE DUCKS

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

WRITTEN IN THE DEEP DENE ALBUM

EXTRACTS FROM ABU HASSAN

SONG FROM THE WILD HUNTSMAN

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN WASHINGTON IRVING AND EDGAR ALLAN POE

BIOGRAPHY:

WASHINGTON IRVING by Charles Dudley Warner