-- APPENDIX.
LIFE OF WASHINGTON; CONDENSED FROM THE LARGER WORK OF WASHINGTON IRVING.
FOR YOUNG PERSONS AND FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. 1876.
CONTENTS.
I. Birth of Washington.�His Boyhood. II. Washington's Youth.�First
Surveying Expedition. III. Rival Claims of the English and the
French.�Preparations for Hostilities. IV. Washington's Mission to the
French Commander. V. Military Expedition to the Frontier. VI.
Misfortunes.�Capitulation of Fort Necessity. VII. A Campaign under
General Braddock. VIII. Braddock's Advance.�His Defeat. IX. Washington
in Command.�Panics on the Frontier. X. Frontier Service. XI. Operations
against the French.�Washington's Marriage. XII. Campaigns in the
North.�Washington at Mount Vernon. XIII. Colonial Discontents. XIV.
Expedition to the Ohio.�Tea Tax. XV. The First General Congress. XVI.
Military Measures.�Affairs at Lexington. XVII. Capture of Ticonderoga
and Crown Point.�Washington appointed Commander-in-Chief. XVIII. Battle
of Bunker Hill. XIX. Washington on his Way to the Camp. XX. Siege of
Boston. XXI. Projects for the Invasion of Canada. XXII. War along the
Coast.�Progress of the Siege. XXIII. Affairs in Canada. XXIV. Incidents
of the Camp.�Arnold before Quebec. XXV. Washington's Perplexities.�New
York in Danger. XXVI. Attack on Quebec.�Affairs in New York. XXVII.
Movements before Boston.�Its Evacuation. XXVIII. Reverses in Canada.�The
Highlands.�Close of the Invasion of Canada. XXIX. The Army in New York.
XXX. Proceedings of Lord Howe.�Gates and Schuyler. XXXI. The War in
the South.�Affairs in the Highlands. XXXII. Battle of Long
Island.�Retreat. XXXIII. Retreat from New York Island. XXXIV. Retreat
through Westchester County.�Battle of White Plains. XXXV. Washington at
Peekskill.�The Northern Army. XXXVI. Capture of Fort Washington and
Garrison.�Retreat through New Jersey. XXXVII. Retreat across the
Delaware.�Battle of Trenton. XXXVIII. Washington recrosses the
Delaware.�Battle of Princeton. XXXIX. The Army at Morristown.�Attack on
Peekskill. XL. The Northern Army.�British Expedition to Connecticut.
XLI. The Highlands.�Movements of the Army. XLII. Invasion from Canada.
XLIII. Exploits and Movements.�Howe in the Chesapeake. XLIV. Advance
of Burgoyne.�Battle of Oriskany.�Battle of Bennington. XLV. Battle of
the Brandywine.�Fall of Philadelphia. XLVI. The Northern Invasion.�Fall
of the Highland Forts.�Defeat and Surrender of Burgoyne. XLVII. Battle
of Germantown.�Hostilities on the Delaware. XLVIII. The Army on the
Schuylkill.�At Valley Forge.�The Conway Cabal. XLIX. Exploits of Lee
and Lafayette.�British Commissioners. L. Evacuation of
Philadelphia.�Battle of Monmouth Court House. LI. Arrival of a French
Fleet.�Massacre at Wyoming Valley.�Capture of Savannah. LII. Washington
in Philadelphia.�Indian Warfare.�Capture of Stony Point.�Ravages in
Connecticut.�Repulse at Savannah. LIII. Army at Morristown.�Arnold in
Philadelphia.�Charleston Besieged. LIV. Discontents in the Army.�Fall of
Charleston. LV. Marauds in the Jerseys.�The French Fleet at Newport.
LVI. Battle of Camden. LVII. The Treason of Arnold.�Trial and
Execution of Andr�. LVIII. Plan to entrap Arnold.�Projects against New
York. LIX. The War in the South.�Battle of King's Mountain. LX.
Hostilities in the South.�Mutiny. LXI. Battle of the Cowpens.�Battle of
Guilford Court-house. LXII. The War in Virginia.�Demonstrations against
New York. LXIII. Ravages in Virginia.�Operations in Carolina.�Attack on
New London. LXIV. Operations before Yorktown.�Greene in the South. LXV.
Siege and Surrender of Yorktown. LXVI. Dissolution of the Combined
Armies.�Discontents in the Army. LXVII. News of Peace.�Washington's
Farewell to the Army, and Resignation of his Commission. LXVIII.
Washington at Mount Vernon. LXIX. The Constitutional
Convention.�Washington elected President. LXX. Organization of the New
Government. LXXI. Financial Difficulties.�Party Jealousies.�Operations
against the Indians. LXXII. Tour Southward.�Defeat of St.
Clair.�Dissensions in the Cabinet. LXXIII. Washington's Second
Term.�Difficulties with the French Ambassador. LXXIV.
Neutrality.�Whiskey Insurrection.�Wayne's Success against the Indians.
LXXV. Jay's Treaty.�Party Claims.�Difficulties with France.�Farewell
Address. LXXVI. Washington's Retirement and Death.
ABBOTSFORD AND NEWSTEAD ABBEY By Washington Irving
CONTENTS
ARRIVAL AT THE ABBEY.
THE ABBEY GARDEN.
PLOUGH MONDAY.
OLD SERVANTS.
SUPERSTITIONS OF THE ABBEY.
ANNESLEY HALL.
THE LAKE.
ROBIN HOOD AND SHERWOOD FOREST.
THE ROOK CELL.
THE LITTLE WHITE LADY.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH A Biography By Washington Irving
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE -- I. Birth and Parentage�Characteristics of the Goldsmith
Race�Poetical Birthplace�Goblin House�Scenes of Boyhood�Lissoy�Picture
of a Country Parson�Goldsmith�s Schoolmistress�Byrne, the Village
Schoolmaster� Goldsmith�s Hornpipe and Epigram�Uncle Contarine�School
Studies and School Sports�Mistakes of a Night
CHAPTER TWO -- II. Improvident Marriages in the Goldsmith
Family�Goldsmith at the University�Situation of a Sizer�Tyranny of
Wilder, the Tutor�Pecuniary Straits�Street Ballads�College Riot�Gallows
Walsh�College Prize�A Dance Interrupted
CHAPTER THREE -- III. Goldsmith rejected by the Bishop�Second Sally to
see the World�Takes Passage for America�Ship sails without him�Return on
Fiddleback�A Hospitable Friend�The Counselor
CHAPTER FOUR -- IV. Sallies forth as a Law Student�Stumbles at the
Outset�Cousin Jane and the Valentine�A Family Oracle�Sallies forth as a
Student of Medicine�Hocus-pocus of a Boarding-house�Transformations of a
Leg of Mutton�The Mock Ghost�Sketches of Scotland�Trials of Toryism�A
Poet�s Purse for a Continental Tour
CHAPTER FIVE -- V. The agreeable Fellow-passengers�Risks from Friends
picked up by the Wayside�Sketches of Holland and the Dutch�Shifts while
a Poor Student at Leyden�The Tulip Speculation�The Provident
Flute�Sojourn at Paris� Sketch of Voltaire�Traveling Shifts of a
Philosophic Vagabond
CHAPTER SIX -- VI. Landing In England�Shifts of a Man without Money�The
Pestle and Mortar�Theatricals in a Barn�Launch upon London�A City Night
Scene�Struggles with Penury�Miseries of a Tutor�A Doctor in the
Suburb�Poor Practice and Second-hand Finery�A Tragedy in Embryo�Project
of the Written Mountains
CHAPTER SEVEN -- VII. Life as a Pedagogue�Kindness to
Schoolboys�Pertness In Return�Expensive Charities�The Griffiths and the
�Monthly Review��Toils of a Literary Hack�Rupture with the Griffiths
CHAPTER EIGHT -- VIII. Newbery, of Picture-book Memory�How to keep up
Appearances�Miseries of Authorship�A Poor Relation�Letter to Hodson
CHAPTER NINE -- IX. Hackney Authorship�Thoughts of Literary
Suicide�Return to Peckham� Oriental Projects�Literary Enterprise to
raise Funds�Letter to Edward Wells�To Robert Bryanton�Death of Uncle
Contarine�Letter to Cousin Jane
CHAPTER TEN -- X. Oriental Appointment, and Disappointment�Examination
at the College of Surgeons�How to procure a Suit of Clothes�Fresh
Disappointment�A Tale of Distress�The Suit of Clothes in Pawn�Punishment
for doing an act of Charity�Gayeties of Green-Arbor Court�Letter to his
Brother�Life of Voltaire�Scroggins, an attempt at Hock Heroic Poetry
CHAPTER ELEVEN -- XI. Publication of �The Inquiry��Attacked by
Griffith�s �Review��Kenrick, the Literary Ishmaelite�Periodical
Literature�Goldsmith�s Essays�Garrick as a Manager�Smollett and his
Schemes�Change of Lodgings�The Robin Hood Club
CHAPTER TWELVE -- XII. New Lodgings�Visits of Ceremony�Hangers-
on�Pilkington and the White Mouse�Introduction to Dr. Johnson�Davies and
his Bookshop�Pretty Mrs. Davies�Foote and his Projects�Criticism of the
Cudgel
CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- XIII. Oriental Projects�Literary Jobs�The Cherokee
Chiefs�Merry Islington and the White Conduit House�Letters on the
History of England�James Boswell�Dinner of Davies�Anecdotes of Johnson
and Goldsmith
CHAPTER FOURTEEN -- XIV. Hogarth a Visitor at Islington�His
Character�Street Studies�Sympathies between Authors and Painters�Sir
Joshua Reynolds�His Character�His Dinners�The Literary Club�Its
Members�Johnson�s Revels with Lanky and Beau�Goldsmith at the Club
CHAPTER -- XV. Johnson a Monitor to Goldsmith�Finds him in Distress with
his Landlady�Relieved by the Vicar of Wakefield�The Oratorio�Poem of The
Traveler�The Poet and his Dog�Success of the Poem�Astonishment of the
Club�Observations on the PoemFIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN -- XVI. New Lodgings�Johnson�s Compliment�A Titled
Patron�The Poet at Northumberland House�His Independence of the
Great�The Countess of Northumberland�Edwin and Angelina�Gosford and Lord
Clare�Publication of Essays�Evils of a rising Reputation�Hangers-on�Job
Writing�Goody Two-shoes�A Medical Campaign�Mrs. Sidebotham
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN -- XVII. Publication of the Vicar of
Wakefield�Opinions concerning it�Of Dr. Johnson�Of Rogers the Poet�Of
Goethe�Its Merits�Exquisite Extract�Attack by Kenrick�Reply�Book-
building�Project of a Comedy
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN -- XVIII. Social Condition of Goldsmith�His Colloquial
Contests with Johnson�Anecdotes and Illustrations
CHAPTER NINETEEN -- XIX. Social Resorts�The Shilling Whist Club�A
Practical Joke�The Wednesday Club�The �Ton of Man��The Pig Butcher�Tom
King�Hugh Kelly�Glover and his Characteristics
CHAPTER TWENTY -- XX. The Great Cham of Literature and the King�Scene at
Sir Joshua Reynolds�s�Goldsmith accused of Jealousy�Negotiations with
Garrick�The Author and the Actor�Their Correspondence
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE -- XXI. More Hack Authorship�Tom Davies and the Roman
History�Canonbury Castle�Political Authorship�Pecuniary Temptation�Death
of Newbery the elder
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO -- XXII. Theatrical Maneuvering�The Comedy of False
Delicacy�First Performance of The Good-Natured Man�Conduct of
Johnson�Conduct of the Author�Intermeddling of the Press
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE -- XXIII. Burning the Candle at both Ends�Fine
Apartments�Fine Furniture�Fine Clothes�Fine Acquaintances�Shoemaker�s
Holiday and Jolly Pigeon Associates�Peter Barlow, Glover, and the
Hampstead Hoax�Poor Friends among Great Acquaintances
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR -- XXIV. Reduced again to Book-building�Rural
Retreat at Shoemaker�s Paradise�Death of Henry Goldsmith�Tributes to his
memory in The Deserted Village
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE -- XXV. Dinner at Bickerstaff�s�Hiffernan and his
Impecuniosity�Kenrick�s Epigram�Johnson�s Consolation�Goldsmith�s
Toilet�The bloom-colored Coat�New Acquaintances�The Hornecks�A touch of
Poetry and Passion�The Jessamy Bride
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX -- XXVI. Goldsmith in the Temple�Judge Day and
Grattan�Labor and Dissipation�Publication of the Roman History�Opinions
of it�History of Animated Nature�Temple Rooker�Anecdotes of a Spider
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN -- XXVII. Honors at the Royal Academy�Letter to his
brother Maurice�Family Fortunes�Jane Contarine and the
Miniature�Portraits and Engravings�School Associations�Johnson and
Goldsmith in Westminster Abbey
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT -- XXVIII. Publication of the Deserted
Village�Notices and Illustrations of it
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE -- XXIX. The Poet among the Ladies�Description of
his Person and Manners� Expedition to Paris with the Horneck Family�The
Traveler of Twenty and the Traveler of Forty�Hickey, the Special
Attorney�An Unlucky Exploit
CHAPTER THIRTY -- XXX. Death of Goldsmith�s Mother�Biography of
Parnell�Agreement with Davies for the History of Rome�Life of
Bolingbroke�The Haunch of Venison
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE -- XXXI. Dinner at the Royal Academy�The Rowley
Controversy�Horace Walpole�s Conduct to Chatterton�Johnson at Redcliffe
Church�Goldsmith�s History of England�Davies�s Criticism�Letter to
Bennet Langton
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO -- XXXII. Marriage of Little Comedy�Goldsmith at
Barton�Practical Jokes at the Expense of his Toilet�Amusements at
Barton�Aquatic Misadventure
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE -- XXXIII. Dinner at General Oglethorpe�s�Anecdotes
of the General�Dispute about Dueling�Ghost Stories
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR -- XXXIV. Mr. Joseph Cradock�An Author�s
Confidings�An Amanuensis�Life at Edgeware�Goldsmith Conjuring�George
Colman�The Fantoccini
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE -- XXXV. Broken Health�Dissipation and Debts�The
Irish Widow�Practical Jokes�Scrub�A Misquoted Pun�Malagrida�Goldsmith
proved to be a Fool�Distressed Ballad-Singers�The Poet at Ranelagh
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX -- XXXVI. Invitation to Christmas�The Spring-velvet
Coat�The Haymaking Wig �The Mischances of Loo�The fair Culprit�A dance
with the Jessamy Bride
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN -- XXXVII. Theatrical delays�Negotiations with
Colman�Letter to Garrick�Croaking of the Manager�Naming of the Play�She
Stoops to Conquer�Foote�s Primitive Puppet Show, Piety on Pattens�First
Performance of the Comedy�Agitation of the Author�Success�Colman
Squibbed out of Town
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT -- XXXVIII. A Newspaper Attack�The Evans
Affray�Johnson�s Comment
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE -- XXXIX. Boswell in Holy-Week�Dinner at
Oglethorpe�s�Dinner at Paoli�s�The policy of Truth�Goldsmith affects
Independence of Royalty�Paoli�s Compliment�Johnson�s Eulogium on the
Fiddle�Question about Suicide�Boswell�s Subserviency
CHAPTER FORTY -- XL. Changes in the Literary Club�Johnson�s objection to
Garrick�Election of Boswell
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE -- XLI. Dinner at Dilly�s�Conversations on Natural
History�Intermeddling of Boswell�Dispute about Toleration�Johnson�s
Rebuff to Goldsmith�His Apology�Man-worship�Doctors Major and Minor�A
Farewell Visit
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO -- XLII. Project of a Dictionary of Arts and
Sciences�Disappointment�Negligent Authorship�Application for a
Pension�Beattie�s Essay on Truth�Public Adulation�A high-minded Rebuke
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE -- XLIII. Toil without Hope�The Poet in the Green-
room�In the Flower Garden�At Vauxhall�Dissipation without Gayety�Cradock
in Town�Friendly Sympathy�A Parting Scene�An Invitation to Pleasure
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR -- XLIV. A return to Drudgery�Forced Gayety�Retreat
to the Country�The Poem of Retaliation�Portrait of Garrick�Of
Goldsmith�of Reynolds�Illness of the Poet�His Death�Grief of his
Friends�A last Word respecting the Jessamy Bride
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE -- XLV. The Funeral�The Monument�The
Epitaph�Concluding Reflections
WOLFERT�S ROOST AND MISCELLANIES By Washington Irving
CONTENTS
A CHRONICLE OF WOLFERT�S ROOST.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE KNICKERBOCKER.
A CHRONICLE OF WOLFERT�S ROOST.
SLEEPY HOLLOW.
THE BIRDS OF SPRING.
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ALHAMBRA.
THE ABENCERRAGE.
THE ENCHANTED ISLAND.
THE ADELANTADO OF THE SEVEN CITIES.
NATIONAL NOMENCLATURE.
DESULTORY THOUGHTS ON CRITICISM.
SPANISH ROMANCE.
LEGEND OF DON MUNIO SANCHO DE HINOJOSA.
COMMUNIPAW.
CONSPIRACY OF THE COCKED HATS.
A LEGEND OF COMMUNIPAW.
GUESTS FROM GIBBET-ISLAND.
THE BERMUDAS.
THE THREE KINGS OF BERMUDA.
PELAYO AND THE MERCHANT�S DAUGHTER.
THE KNIGHT OF MALTA.
THE GRAND PRIOR OF MINORCA,
LEGEND OF THE ENGULPHED CONVENT.
THE COUNT VAN HORN.
KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK COMPLETE By Washington Irving
CONTENTS
KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK�VOLUME I INTRODUCTION THE AUTHOR'S
APOLOGY Notices ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR TO THE PUBLIC
BOOK I -- CONTAINING DIVERS INGENIOUS THEORIES AND PHILOSOPHIC
SPECULATIONS, CONCERNING THE CREATION AND POPULATION OF THE WORLD, AS
CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK. CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V
BOOK II -- TREATING OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF NIEUW
NEDERLANDTS. CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX
BOOK III -- IN WHICH IS RECORDED THE GOLDEN REIGN OF WOUTER VAN TWILLER.
CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER
VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX
BOOK IV -- CONTAINING THE CHRONICLES OF THE REIGN OF WILLIAM THE TESTY.
CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V
KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK�VOLUME II INTRODUCTION
HISTORY OF NEW YORK�BOOK IV (Cont'd.) CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER
VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII
BOOK V -- CONTAINING THE FIRST PART OF THE REIGN OF PETER STUYVESANT,
AND HIS TROUBLES WITH THE AMPHICTYONIC COUNCIL. CHAPTER I CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
BOOK VI -- CONTAINING THE SECOND PART OF THE REIGN OF PETER THE
HEADSTRONG, AND HIS GALLANT ACHIEVEMENTS ON THE DELAWARE. CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX
BOOK VII -- CONTAINING THE THIRD PART OF THE REIGN OF PETER THE
HEADSTRONG-HIS TROUBLES WITH THE BRITISH NATION, AND THE DECLINE AND
FALL OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY. CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII
TALES OF A TRAVELLER By Washington Irving
CONTENTS
TALES OF A TRAVELLER
PART FIRST�STRANGE STORIES BY A NERVOUS GENTLEMAN.
A HUNTING DINNER.
THE ADVENTURE OF MY UNCLE.
THE ADVENTURE OF MY AUNT.
THE BOLD DRAGOON;
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MYSTERIOUS PICTURE.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.
THE STORY OF THE YOUNG ITALIAN.
PART SECOND�BUCKTHORNE AND HIS FRIENDS.
LITERARY LIFE.
A LITERARY DINNER.
THE CLUB OF QUEER FELLOWS.
THE POOR DEVIL AUTHOR.
BUCKTHORNE, OR THE YOUNG MAN OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
THE BOOBY SQUIRE.
THE STROLLING MANAGER.
PART THIRD�THE ITALIAN BANDITTI.
THE INN AT TERRACINA.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE LITTLE ANTIQUARY.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE POPKINS FAMILY.
THE PAINTER�S ADVENTURE.
THE STORY OF THE BANDIT CHIEFTAIN.
THE STORY OF THE YOUNG ROBBER.
PART FOURTH�THE MONEY DIGGERS.
HELL GATE.
KIDD THE PIRATE.
THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER.
WOLFERT WEBBER; OR, GOLDEN DREAMS.
THE ADVENTURE OF SAM, THE BLACK FISHERMAN.
BRACEBRIDGE HALL OR THE HUMORISTS By Washington Irving
CONTENTS
BRACEBRIDGE HALL; OR, THE HUMOURISTS
THE AUTHOR.
THE HALL.
THE BUSY MAN.
FAMILY SERVANTS.
THE WIDOW.
THE LOVERS.
FAMILY RELIQUES.
AN OLD SOLDIER
THE WIDOW�S RETINUE.
READY-MONEY JACK.
BACHELORS.
WIVES.
STORY TELLING.
THE STOUT GENTLEMAN.
FOREST TREES.
A LITERARY ANTIQUARY.
THE FARM-HOUSE.
HORSEMANSHIP.
LOVE SYMPTOMS.
FALCONRY.
HAWKING.
ST. MARK�S EVE.
GENTILITY.
FORTUNE-TELLING.
LOVE-CHARMS.
THE LIBRARY.
THE STUDENT OF SALAMANCA.
BRACEBRIDGE HALL;
ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMEN.
A BACHELOR�S CONFESSIONS.
ENGLISH GRAVITY.
GIPSIES.
MAY-DAY CUSTOMS.
VILLAGE WORTHIES.
THE SCHOOLMASTER.
THE SCHOOL.
A VILLAGE POLITICIAN.
THE ROOKERY.
MAY-DAY.
THE MANUSCRIPT.
ANNETTE DELARBRE.
TRAVELLING.
POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS.
THE CULPRIT.
FAMILY MISFORTUNES.
LOVERS� TROUBLES.
THE HISTORIAN.
THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
DOLPH HEYLIGER.
THE STORM-SHIP.
THE WEDDING.
THE AUTHOR�S FAREWELL.
THE ALHAMBRA By Washington Irving
CONTENTS PAGE The Journey 1 Palace of the Alhambra 33 Important
Negotiations 47 Inhabitants of the Alhambra 54 The Hall of Ambassadors
58 The Jesuits' Library 64 Alhamar, the Founder of the Alhambra 65
Yusef Abul Hagig 72 The Mysterious Chambers 76 Panorama from the Tower
of Comares 85 The Truant 92 The Balcony 95 The Adventure of the Mason
101 The Court of Lions 105 The Abencerrages 112 Mementos of Boabdil
124 Public F�tes of Granada 129 Local Traditions 137 The House of the
Weathercock 139 Legend of the Arabian Astrologer 142 Visitors to the
Alhambra 162 Relics and Genealogies 167 The Generalife 170 Legend of
Prince Ahmed Al Kamel 172 A Ramble Among the Hills 205 Legend of the
Moor's Legacy 214 The Tower of Las Infantas 236 Legend of the Three
Beautiful Princesses 237 Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra 262 The
Veteran 279 The Governor and the Notary 281 Governor Manco and the
Soldier 288 A F�te In the Alhambra 306 Legend of the Two Discreet
Statues 311 The Crusade of the Grand Master of Alc�ntara 330 Spanish
Romance 338 Legend of Don Munio Sancho De Hinojosa 341 Poets and
Poetry of Moslem Andalus 347 An Expedition In Quest of A Diploma 355
The Legend of the Enchanted Soldier 358 The Author's Farewell to
Granada 373
SPANISH PAPERS By Washington Irving
CONTENTS. THE LEGEND OF DON RODERICK. CHAPTER I. PAGE Of the Ancient
Inhabitants of Spain.- Of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked. 1 CHAPTER
II. The Rise of Don Roderick.- His Government. 8 CHAPTER III. Of the
Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata. 13 CHAPTER IV. Of Count
Julian. 19 CHAPTER V. The Story of Florinda. 22 CHAPTER VI. Don
Roderick receives an Extraordinary Embassy. 31 CHAPTER VII. Story of
the Marvelous and Portentous Tower. 35 [Pg viii]CHAPTER VIII. Count
Julian.- His Fortunes in Africa.- He hears of the Dishonor of his
Child.- His Conduct thereupon. 45 CHAPTER IX. Secret Visit of Count
Julian to the Arab Camp.- First Expedition of Taric el Tuerto. 53
CHAPTER X. Letter of Muza to the Caliph.- Second Expedition of Taric el
Tuerto. 58 CHAPTER XI. Measures of Don Roderick on Hearing of the
Invasion.- Expedition of Ataulpho.- Vision of Taric. 64 CHAPTER XII.
Battle of Calpe.- Fate of Ataulpho. 69 CHAPTER XIII. Terror of the
Country.- Roderick rouses himself to Arms. 76 CHAPTER XIV. March of the
Gothic Army.- Encampment on the Banks of the Guadalete.- Mysterious
Predictions of a Palmer.-Conduct of Pelistes thereupon. 82 CHAPTER XV.
Skirmishing of the Armies.- Pelistes and his Son.- Pelistes and the
Bishop. 88 CHAPTER XVI. Traitorous Message of Count Julian. 93 [Pg
ix]CHAPTER XVII. Last Day of the Battle. 97 CHAPTER XVIII. The Field of
Battle after the Defeat.- The Fate of Roderick. 103 ILLUSTRATIONS OF
THE FOREGOING LEGEND. The Tomb of Roderick. 108 The Cave of Hercules.
109 LEGEND OF THE SUBJUGATION OF SPAIN. CHAPTER I. Consternation of
Spain.- Conduct of the Conquerors.- Missives between Taric and Muza. 119
CHAPTER II. Capture of Granada.- Subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains.
125 CHAPTER III. Expedition of Magued against Cordova.-Defense of the
Patriot Pelistes. 132 CHAPTER IV. Defense of the Convent of St. George
by Pelistes. 136 CHAPTER V. Meeting between the Patriot Pelistes and
the Traitor Julian. 142 [Pg x]CHAPTER VI. How Taric el Tuerto captured
the City of Toledo through the Aid of the Jews, and how he found the
famous Talismanic Table of Solomon. 146 CHAPTER VII. Muza ben Nosier.-
His Entrance into Spain and Capture of Carmona. 153 CHAPTER VIII. Muza
marches against the City of Seville. 158 CHAPTER IX. Muza besieges the
City of Merida. 160 CHAPTER X. Expedition of Abdalasis against Seville
and the "Land of Tadmir." 168 CHAPTER XI. Muza arrives at Toledo.-
Interview between him and Taric. 177 CHAPTER XII. Muza prosecutes the
Scheme of Conquest.- Siege of Saragossa.-Complete Subjugation of Spain.
182 CHAPTER XIII. Feud between the Arab Generals.- They are summoned to
appear before the Caliph at Damascus.-Reception of Taric. 187 [Pg
xi]CHAPTER XIV. Muza arrives at Damascus.-His Interview with the
Caliph.- The Table of Solomon.- A rigorous Sentence. 193 CHAPTER XV.
Conduct of Abdalasis as Emir of Spain. 198 CHAPTER XVI. Loves of
Abdalasis and Exilona. 203 CHAPTER XVII. Fate of Abdalasis and
Exilona.- Death of Muza. 208 LEGEND OF COUNT JULIAN AND HIS FAMILY.
Legend of Count Julian and his Family. 217 Note to the preceding
Legend. 232 THE LEGEND OF PELAYO. CHAPTER I. Obscurity of the Ancient
Chronicles.- The Loves of Do�a Lucia and the Duke Favila.- Birth of
Pelayo, and what happened thereupon; His Early Fortunes, and his
Tutelage under the veteran Count Grafeses. 237 CHAPTER II. What
happened to Pelayo at the Court of Witiza. 246 [Pg xii]CHAPTER III. How
Pelayo lived among the Mountains of Cantabria.- His Adventure with the
Needy Hidalgo of Gascony and the Rich Merchant of Bordeaux.- Discourse
of the Holy Hermit. 249 CHAPTER IV. Pilgrimage of Pelayo, and what
befell him on his Return to Spain. 261 CHAPTER V. The Battle of
Covadonga. 268 CHAPTER VI. Pelayo becomes King of Leon.- His Death. 274
ABDERAHMAN: THE FOUNDER OF THE DYNASTY OF THE OMMIADES OF SPAIN. CHAPTER
I. Of the Youthful Fortunes of Abderahman. 279 CHAPTER II. Landing of
Abderahman in Spain.- Condition of the Country. 289 CHAPTER III.
Triumphs of Abderahman.- The Palm-tree which he planted, and the Verses
he composed thereupon.- Insurrections.- His Enemies subdued.-Undisputed
Sovereign of the Moslems of Spain.- Begins the famous Mosque in
Cordova.- His Death. 293 [Pg xiii]CHRONICLE OF FERNAN GONZALEZ, COUNT
OF CASTILE. Introduction. 313 CHAPTER I. Installation of Fernan
Gonzalez as Count of Castile.- His First Campaign against the Moors.-
Victory of San Quirce.- How the Count disposed of the Spoils. 316
CHAPTER II. Of the Sally from Burgos, and Surprise of the Castle of
Lara.-Capitulation of the Town.- Visit to Alfonso the Great, King of
Leon. 321 CHAPTER III. Expedition against the Fortress of Mu�on.-
Desperate Defense of the Moors.- Enterprise against Castro Xeriz. 326
CHAPTER IV. How the Count of Castile and the King of Leon make a
Triumphant Foray into the Moorish Country.- Capture of Salamanca.- Of
the Challenge brought by the Herald, and of the Count's Defiance. 329
CHAPTER V. A Night Assault upon the Castle of Carazo.- The Moorish
Maiden who betrayed the Garrison. 331 CHAPTER VI. Death of Alfonso,
King of Leon.- The Moors determined to strike a fresh Blow at the Count,
who [Pg xiv] summons all Castile to his Standard.- Of his Hunt in the
Forest while waiting for the Enemy, and of the Hermit that he met with.
335 CHAPTER VII. The Battle of the Ford of Cascajares. 340 CHAPTER
VIII. Of the Message sent by the Count to Sancho II., King of Navarre,
and the Reply.- Their Encounter in Battle. 343 CHAPTER IX. How the
Count of Toulouse makes a Campaign against Castile, and how he returns
in his Coffin. 347 CHAPTER X. How the Count went to receive the Hand of
a Princess, and was thrown into a Dungeon.- Of the Stranger that visited
him in his Chains, and of the Appeal that he made to the Princess for
his Deliverance. 351 CHAPTER XI. Of the Meditations of the Princess,
and their Result.- Her Flight from the Prison with the Count, and Perils
of the Escape.- The Nuptials. 355 CHAPTER XII. King Garcia confined in
Burgos by the Count.- The Princess intercedes for his Release. 361
CHAPTER XIII. Of the Expedition against the ancient City of Sylo.-The
unwitting Trespass of the Count into a Convent, and his Compunction
thereupon. 363 [Pg xv]CHAPTER XIV. Of the Moorish Host that came up
from Cordova, and how the Count repaired to the Hermitage of San Pedro,
and prayed for Success against them, and received Assurance of Victory
in a Vision.- Battle of Hazinas. 366 CHAPTER XV. The Count imprisoned
by the King of Leon.- The Countess concerts his Escape.- Leon and
Castile united by the Marriage of the Prince Ordo�o with Urraca, the
Daughter of the Count by his first Wife. 373 CHAPTER XVI. Moorish
Incursion into Castile.- Battle of San Estevan.- Of Pascual Vivas and
the Miracle that befell him.- Death of Ordo�o III. 378 CHAPTER XVII.
King Sancho the Fat.- Of the Homage he exacted from Count Fernan
Gonzalez, and of the strange Bargain that he made with him for the
Purchase of his Horse and Falcon. 385 CHAPTER XVIII. Further of the
Horse and Falcon. 389 CHAPTER XIX. The Last Campaign of Count Fernan.-
His Death. 393 CHRONICLE OF FERNANDO THE SAINT. CHAPTER I. The
Parentage of Fernando.- Queen Berenguela.- The Laras.- Don Alvar
conceals the Death of King[Pg xvi] Henry.- Mission of Queen Berenguela
to Alfonso IX.- She renounces the Crown of Castile in favor of her son
Fernando. 401 CHAPTER II. King Alfonso of Leon ravages Castile.-
Captivity of Don Alvar.- Death of the Laras. 408 CHAPTER III. Marriage
of King Fernando.- Campaign against the Moors.- Aben Mohamed, King of
Baeza, declares himself the Vassal of King Fernando.- They march to
Jaen.- Burning of the Tower.- Fernando commences the Building of the
Cathedral at Toledo. 415 CHAPTER IV. Assassination of Aben Mohamed.-His
Head carried as a Present to Abullale, the Moorish King of Seville.-
Advance of the Christians into Andalusia.- Abullale purchases a Truce.
420 CHAPTER V. Aben Hud.- Abullale purchases another Year's Truce.-
Fernando hears of the Death of his Father, the King of Leon, while
pressing the Siege of Jaen.- He becomes Sovereign of the two Kingdoms of
Leon and Castile. 423 CHAPTER VI. Expedition of the Prince Alonzo
against the Moors.- Encamps on the Banks of the Guadalete.- Aben Hud
marches out from Xerez and gives Battle.- Prowess of Garcia Perez de
Vargas.- Fight and Pursuit of the Moors.- Miracle of the Blessed
Santiago. 427 [Pg xvii]CHAPTER VII. A bold Attempt upon Cordova, the
Seat of Moorish Power. 435 CHAPTER VIII. A Spy in the Christian Camp.-
Death of Aben Hud.- A vital Blow to Moslem Power.- Surrender of Cordova
to King Fernando. 439 CHAPTER IX. Marriage of King Fernando to the
Princess Juana.- Famine at Cordova.- Don Alvar Perez. 446 CHAPTER X.
Aben Alhamar, Founder of the Alhambra.- Fortifies Granada and makes it
his Capital.- Attempts to Surprise the Castle of Martos.- Peril of the
Fortress.- A Woman's Stratagem to save it.- Diego Perez, the Smasher.-
Death of Count Alvar Perez de Castro. 450 CHAPTER XI. Aben Hudiel, the
Moorish King of Murcia, becomes the Vassal of King Fernando.- Aben
Alhamar seeks to drive the Christians out of Andalusia.- Fernando takes
the Field against him.- Ravages of the King.- His last Meeting with the
Queen-Mother. 456 CHAPTER XII. King Fernando's Expedition to
Andalusia.- Siege of Jaen.- Secret Departure of Aben Alhamar for the
Christian Camp.- He acknowledges himself the Vassal of the King, who
enters Jaen in Triumph. 465 [Pg xviii]CHAPTER XIII. Axataf, King of
Seville, exasperated at the Submission of the King of Granada, rejects
the Propositions of King Fernando for a Truce.- The latter is encouraged
by a Vision to undertake the Conquest of the City of Seville.- Death of
Queen Berenguela.- A Diplomatic Marriage. 470 CHAPTER XIV. Investment
of Seville.- All Spain aroused to Arms.- Surrender of Alcala del Rio.-
The Fleet of Admiral Ramon Bonifaz advances up the Guadalquivir.- Don
Pelayo Correa, Master of Santiago.- His Valorous Deeds and the Miracles
wrought in his Behalf. 475 CHAPTER XV. King Fernando changes his Camp.-
Garci Perez and the seven Moors. 482 CHAPTER XVI. Of the Raft built by
the Moors, and how it was boarded by Admiral Bonifaz.- Destruction of
the Moorish Fleet.- Succor from Africa. 488 CHAPTER XVII. Of the Stout
Prior Ferran Ruyz, and how he rescued his Cattle from the Moors.-Further
Enterprises of the Prior, and of the Ambuscade into which he Fell. 492
CHAPTER XVIII. Bravado of the Three Cavaliers.- Ambush at the Bridge
over the Guadayra.-Desperate Valor of Garci Perez.-Grand Attempt of
Admiral Bonifaz on the Bridge of Boats.- Seville dismembered from
Triana. 496 [Pg xix]CHAPTER XIX. Investment of Triana.- Garci Perez and
the Infanzon. 504 CHAPTER XX. Capitulation of Seville.- Dispersion of
the Moorish Inhabitants.- Triumphant Entry of King Fernando. 508
CHAPTER XXI. Death of King Fernando. 514 SPANISH ROMANCE. Spanish
Romance. 519 Legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa. 523