Washington Irving's contributions to The corrector / introduction and attribution by Martin Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roth, Martin.

Series:

Minnesota monographs in the humanities ; v. 3.

Minnesota monographs in the humanities ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859--Criticism and interpretation.

Irving, Washington.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, 1968.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume makes available, for the first time in collected form, a series of sketches by Washington Irving which were published anonymously in a political newspaper, The Corrector, in 1804. The Corrector, a short-lived political sheet, was published in.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1 "IT WOULD MAKE A PRETTY REGISTER . . .

2 CANDIDATE BOB

3 SYLVANUS AND DANIEL

4 BEWARE OF IMPOSTERS !!

5 COLONEL BLUBBER

6 MAJOR PURDY'S OBSEQUIES

7 ISAAC

8 BILLY LUSCIOUS

9 EPIGRAM

10 FOR THE CORRECTOR

11 A HORRID TALE

12 ARISTIDEAN GALLERY OF PORTRAITS

13 CHUCKLEHEADED BOB

14 THE CONGRESSIONAL FRACAS

15 EBENEZER

16 PROMOTION

17 COMMUNICATION

18 THE COALITION

19 TO TOBY TICKLER, ESQ.

20 DAVY

21 BOB AGAIN

22 CHARACTERISTIC PORTRAITS

23 ISAAC

24 COL. BLUBBER

25 THE OLD FOX AND THE OURANG-OUTANG

26 THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT

27 THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF RECORDS, RELATIVE TO MORGAN AND JOHN

28 TO TOBY TICKLER, ESQ.

29 ORIGINAL PICTURES

30 FIVE CENTS REWARD

31 TO TOBY TICKLER, ESQ.

32 TO TOBY TICKLER, ESQ.

33 "I AM PREPARING A PICKLE . . .

34 TULLY MAGPIE

35 "BILLY LUSCIOUS, IS INFORMED . . .

36 CHEETHAMANA

37 LETTER, TOM TICKLUM

38 CITIZEN W.

39 DAVY

40 OLD CUPID

41 SCHUYLER

42 RARE FUN !!!

43 THE DILEMMA

44 "CHEETHAM HAD THE IMPUDENCE . . .

45 "FAT FERRIS . . .

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

W.

Notes:

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5864-1

OCLC:

899266761