Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859

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Geoffrey Crayon. * * * * * To The Editor Of The Knickerbocker.

* * * * * A Chronicle Of Wolfert's Roost. Found Among The Papers Of The Late Diedrich Knickerbocker.

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Geoffrey Crayon. * * * * * Sleepy Hollow. By Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

* * * * * The Birds Of Spring. By Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Geoffrey Crayon. * * * * * Recollections Of The Alhambra. By The Author Of The Sketch-book.

* * * * * Geoffrey Crayon. The Abencerrage. A Spanish Tale.

* * * * * The Enchanted Island. By The Author Of The Sketch-book.

* * * * * The Adelantado Of The Seven Cities. A Legend Of St. Brandan.

* * * * * National Nomenclature. To The Editor Of The Knickerbocker.

* * * * * Desultory Thoughts On Criticism.

G.c. * * * * * Spanish Romance. To The Editor Of The Knickerbocker.

* * * * * Legend Of Don Munio Sancho De Hinojosa. By The Author Of The Sketch-book. * * * * *

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Communipaw. To The Editor Of The Knickerbocker.

Hermanus Vanderdonk. * * * * * Conspiracy Of The Cocked Hats. To The Editor Of The Knickerbocker.

Roloff Van Ripper. * * * * *

* * * * * The Bermudas. A Shaksperian Research: By The Author Of The Sketchbook.

* * * * * The Three Kings Of Bermuda. And Their Treasure Of Ambergris.

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* * * * * Pelayo And The Merchant's Daughter. By The Author Of The Sketch-book.

* * * * * The Knight Of Malta. To The Editor Of The Knickerbocker

Geoffrey Crayon. * * * * * The Grand Prior Of Minorca, A Veritable Ghost Story.

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* * * * * The Count Van Horn.

I had heard enough! I thanked my old playmate for his intelligence, and departed from the Sleepy Hollow church with the sad conviction that I had beheld the last lingerings of the good old Dutch times in this once favored region. If any thing were wanting to confirm this impression, it would be the intelligence which has just reached me, that a bank is about to be established in the aspiring little port just mentioned. The fate of the neighborhood is therefore sealed. I see no hope of averting it. The golden mean is at an end, The country is suddenly to be deluged with wealth. The late simple farmers are to become bank directors and drink claret and champagne; and their wives and daughters to figure in French hats and feathers; for French wines and French fashions commonly keep pace with paper money. How can I hope that even Sleepy Hollow can escape the general inundation? In a little while, I fear the slumber of ages will be at end--the strum of the piano will succeed to the hum of the spinning-wheel; the trill of the Italian opera to the nasal quaver of Ichabod Crane; and the antiquarian visitor to the Hollow, in the petulance of his disappointment, may pronounce all that I have recorded of that once favored region a fable.

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THE BIRDS OF SPRING.

BY GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT.

My quiet residence in the country, aloof from fashion, politics, and the money market, leaves me rather at a loss for important occupation, and drives me to the study of nature, and other low pursuits. Having few neighbors, also, on whom to keep a watch, and exercise my habits of observation, I am fain to amuse myself with prying into the domestic concerns and peculiarities of the animals around me; and, during the present season, have derived considerable entertainment from certain sociable little birds, almost the only visitors we have, during this early part of the year.