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47 LEWIS LEARY Martin, Terrence. "Rip, Ichabod, and the American Imagination," American Literature, 31:137-49 (May 1959). Pochmann, Henry A. "Irving's German Sources in The Sketch Book," Studies in Philology, 27:477-507 (July 193°)Snell, George. "Washington Irving: A Revaluation," Modern Language Quarterly, 7:303-10 (September 1946). Webster, C. M. "Irving's Expurgation of the 1809 A History of New York," American Literature, 4:293-95 (November 1932). Wegelin, Christopher. "Dickens and Irving: The Problem of Influence," Modern Language Quarterly, 7:83-91 (November 1932).
In 1849 he arranged with George P. Putnam for a revised edition of his works, which would finally grow from fifteen to twenty-one, to twentyseven volumes. " Meant as praise, these words describe much of Irving's literary fortune, and foretell the inevitable decline of his reputation. For forty years there had been no change. This man of limpid style was without a subject, except as he could find it ready-made, available for transforming to language adroitly adapted to popular taste. Adventures as revealed in old tales or old documents, nostalgic recollection of bygone scenes, and the fallible, lovable, admirable characteristics of people — these were the themes which brought Geoffrey Crayon fame.
New York: G. P. Putnam, 1849. Mahomet and His Successors. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1850. Wolfert's Roost. New York. G. P. Putnam, 1855. Life of George Washington. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1855-59. Spanish Papers and Other Miscellanies. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1866. The Wild Huntsman. Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1924. Abu Hassan. Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1924. Journals Journal of Washington Irving, 1803, edited by Stanley T. Williams. New York: Oxford University Press, 1934. Washington Irving; Notes and Journal of Travel in Europe, 1804-1805, edited by William P.