A collection of timeless short stories by Washington Irving, this edition includes his two best-known classics, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."

Introduction -- Preface to the revised edition -- The author's account of himself -- The voyage -- Roscoe -- The wife -- Rip Van Winkle -- English writers on America -- Rural life in England -- The broken heart -- The art of book-making -- A royal poet -- The country church -- The widow and her son -- A Sunday in London -- The Boar's Head Tavern, Eastcheap -- The mutability of literature -- Rural funerals -- The inn kitchen -- The spectre bridegroom -- Westminster Abbey -- Christmas -- The stage coach -- Christmas Eve -- Christmas day -- The Chrsitmas dinner -- London antiques -- Little Britain -- Stratford-on-Avon -- Traits of Indian character -- Philip of Pokanoket -- John Bull -- The pride of the village -- The angler -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow -- L'Envoy -- Endnotes -- The life and times of Washington Irving -- Further reading.