EDITOR'S NOTE
WASHINGTON IRVING
I. PRELIMINARY
II. BOYHOOD
III. MANHOOD—FIRST VISIT TO EUROPE
IV. SOCIETY AND “SALMAGUNDI”
V. THE KNICKERBOCKER PERIOD
VI. LIFE IN EUROPE—LITERARY ACTIVITY
VII. IN SPAIN
VIII. RETURN TO AMERICA—SUNNYSIDE—THE MISSION TO MADRID
IX. THE CHARACTERISTIC WORKS
X. LAST YEARS—THE CHARACTER OF HIS LITERATURE