Sketch-Book

Sketch-Book, Mr. Irving thus modestly refers to its origin:

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The success of the Sketch-Book was followed by the almost equal fortune of "Bracebridge Hall, or the Humorists;" a series of scenes of Old English life, as displayed in one of those venerable halls, that rise, here and there, in a British landscape, as monuments of the hospitality of our ancestors, and better times.

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And there is his "Sketch-Book," -- in blue and gold, in green and gold, in red and gold; -- in what colors, and in what language, does it not appear?

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Mr. Murray entered upon the publication of the "Sketch-Book" in 1820,

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The months roll on; something must be done; the secretaryship at home is abandoned; he must try again; he does try; he sends off "Sketch-Book No. I." to America.

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"Bracebridge Hall," despatched from Paris in 1822, is received with the same favor which had attended the publication of the "Sketch-Book"; and the pecuniary returns are so liberal that he can lie upon his oars for a while, and (what pleases him more) can effectually aid his brother Peter, who was a party to the unfortunate steamboat-scheme.

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Home and Abroad; a Sketch-Book of Life, Scenery, and Men.

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The first book which fascinated his imagination was Irving's "Sketch-Book."

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[40] Irving's _The Sketch-Book_ (Hudson Edition), p. 489.

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The "Sketch-Book" is floating in his thought; but he cannot commit its graces to paper.

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