OF

WASHINGTON IRVING.

NEW EDITION, REVISED.

VOL. II.

THE SKETCHBOOK.

NEW-YORK.
GEORGE P. PUTNAM.

THE

SKETCH BOOK

OF

G E OFFREY CRAYON, GENT.

THE AUTHOR'S REVISED EDITION.

COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

NEW-YORK:
GEORGE P. PUTNAM, 155 BROADWAY,

And 142 Strand, London

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by

WASHINGTON IRVING, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of

New-York.

LEAVITT, Trow & Co.,
Printers and Stereotypers,

49 Ann-street, N. Y.

CONTENTS.

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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-MAKING,

A ROYAL POET,

THE COUNTRY CHURCH,

THE WIDOW AND HER Son,

A SUNDAY IN LONDON,

THE BOAR's HEAD TAVERN,

THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE,

RURAL FUNERALS,

THE INN KITCHEN,

The SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM,

WESTMINSTER ABBEY,

CHRISTMAS,

The Stage Coach,

CHRISTMAS EVE,

CHRISTMAS DAY,

THE CHRISTMAS DINNER,

LONDON ANTIQUES,

LITTLE BRITAIN,