02262nam 22004333 450 991016506160332120230213222806.01-77667-561-4(CKB)3710000001065556(MiAaPQ)EBC4810701(Au-PeEL)EBL4810701(CaPaEBR)ebr11350326(OCoLC)974589664(BIP)059104099(EXLCZ)99371000000106555620210901d1883 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Crayon Papers1st ed.Auckland :Floating Press, The,1883.©2017.1 online resource (271 pages)Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Mountjoy: Or Some Passages Out of the Life of a Castle-Builder -- The Great Mississippi Bubble - "A Time of Unexampled Prosperity -- Don Juan: A Spectral Research -- Broek: Of the Dutch Paradise -- Sketches in Paris in 1825 - From the Traveling Note-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent -- American Researches in Italy - Life of Tasso: Recovery of a Lost Portrait of Dante -- The Taking of the Veil -- The Charming Letorières -- The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood - Noted down from His Conversations -- The Seminoles -- Origin of the White, the Red, and the Black Men - A Seminole Tradition -- The Conspiracy of Neamathla - An Authentic Sketch -- Letter from Granada -- Abderahman: Founder of the Dynasty of the Ommiades of Spain -- The Widow's Ordeal: Or a Judicial Trial by Combat -- The Creole Village: A Sketch from a Steamboat -- A Contented Man -- Endnotes.Washington Irving first made an international literary splash with the essay collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. This follow-up volume contains a similarly charming mix of sketches, observations, humor writing, and other short pieces.Irving, Washington, 1783-1859Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.FICIrving Washington138711MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910165061603321The Crayon Papers3005463UNINA