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CHAPTER I.
A Book For Young Americans
By Sherwin Cody
1899
CONTENTS
THE STORY OF WASHINGTON IRVING
CHAPTER I.
HIS CHILDHOOD II. IRVING’S FIRST VOYAGE UP THE HUDSON
RIVER III. A TRIP TO MONTREAL IV. IRVING GOES TO EUROPE V.
"SALMAGUNDI" VI. "DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER" VII. A COMIC
HISTORY OF NEW YORK VIII. FIVE UNEVENTFUL YEARS IX.
FRIENDSHIP WITH SIR WALTER SCOTT X. "RIP VAN WINKLE" XI.
LITERARY SUCCESS IN ENGLAND XII. IRVING GOES TO SPAIN
XIII. "THE ALHAMBRA" XIV. THE LAST YEARS OF IRVING’S LIFE
THE STORY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
CHAPTER I.
THE ARTIST IN WORDS II. POE’S FATHER AND MOTHER III.
YOUNG EDGAR ALLAN IV. COLLEGE LIFE V. FORTUNE
CHANGES VI. LIVING BY LITERATURE VII. POE’S EARLY
POETRY VIII. POE’S CHILD WIFE IX. POE’S LITERARY HISTORY X.
POE AS A STORY-WRITER XI. HOW "THE RAVEN" WAS WRITTEN
XII. MUSIC AND POETRY XIII. POE’S LATER YEARS
THE STORY OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
