AGE 172 176 196 215 235 239 266 285 Illustrations THE WEALTHY CITIZEN'S DAUGHTERS ARRIVE "IT PROVED TO BE THE MAST OF A SHIP" Drawn by Julian Rix "HE WAS A GREAT FAVORITE AMONG ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE VILLAGE" From a drawing by F. O. C. Darley "HE WOULD CARRY A FOWLING-PIECE FOR 66 From a photograph of Joseph Jefferson HIS SON RIP, AN URCHIN BEGOTTEN IN HIS OWN From a photograph of Joseph Jefferson "A TART TEMPER NEVER MELLOWS WITH AGE From a drawing by F. O. C. Darley "A CLUB OF SAGES, PHILOSOPHERS, AND OTHER IDLE PERSONAGES OF THE VILLAGE". HIS COMPANION MADE SIGNS TO HIM TO WAI From a drawing by F. O. C. Darley HERE POOR RIP WAS BROUGHT TO A STAND" VOL. 1. PAGE "MY VERY DOG,' SIGHED POOR RIP, HAS FORGOTTEN ME'" ་ 66 From a drawing by F. O. C. Darley "DOES NOBODY KNOW RIP VAN WINKLE?" 68 . 260 "SHE STEPPED LIGHTLY TO THE WINDOW" Drawn by F. S. Church THE CHOIR, WESTMINSTER ABBEY, LOOKING EAST 272 From a photograph ture a plan, however, circumstances compelled me to send them piecemeal to the United States, where they were published from time to time in portions or numbers. It was not my intention to publish them in England, being conscious that much of their contents would be interesting only to American readers, and, in truth, being deterred by the severity with which American productions had been treated by the British press. By the time the contents of the first volume had appeared in this occasional manner, they began to find their way across the Atlantic, |