The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

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Title	Original Date of Publication	First Appeared In	Summary

"The Author's Account of Himself"	June 23, 1819	First American Installment	Irving introduces his pseudonymous narrator, Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

"The Voyage"	June 23, 1819	First American Installment	Crayon details his ocean voyage from the United States to England. He details the dangers of traveling across the Atlantic to Europe, telling tales of ships lost at sea.

"Roscoe"	June 23, 1819	First American Installment	Irving's tribute to the English writer and historian William Roscoe, whom Irving had met in Liverpool.

"The Wife"	June 23, 1819	First American Installment	A sentimental piece in which the new wife of an impoverished gentleman teaches her husband that money can't buy happiness.

"Rip Van Winkle"	June 23, 1819	First American Installment	The tale of a henpecked husband who sleeps away twenty years in the Catskills – a story allegedly found among the papers of Irving's fictional historian Diedrich Knickerbocker.

"English Writers on America"	July 31, 1819	Second American Installment	Crayon calls for a ceasefire of "the literary animosity daily growing between England and America".

"Rural Life in England"	July 31, 1819	Second American Installment	Crayon fondly describes English character and countrysides.

"The Broken Heart"	July 31, 1819	Second American Installment	Crayon relates the story of a young Irish woman (Sarah Curran) who wasted away "in a slow but hopeless decline" following the death of her true love (Robert Emmet).

"The Art of Bookmaking"	July 31, 1819	Second American Installment	A humorous piece in which literature is created as easily as a cook might make a stew. He specifically discusses how authors go to libraries to research previously written works--sometimes centuries old-- and, partially or completely re-use the concepts discussed in these older works.

"A Royal Poet"	September 13, 1819	Third American Installment	A romanticized description of the literary King James I of Scotland and his writing a poem for his beloved, Lady Jane Beaufort.

"The Country Church"	September 13, 1819	Third American Installment	Crayon contrasts the quiet integrity of the nobleman with the offensive flashiness of the nouveau riche.

"The Widow and Her Son"	September 13, 1819	Third American Installment	An old Englishwoman tends to her dying son after he returns from his (military) conscription at sea.

"A Sunday in London"	1848	Author's Revised Edition	Crayon describes a day in London before, during, and after Sunday church services.

"The Boar's Head Tavern, East Cheap"	September 13, 1819	Third American Installment	A detective story of sorts, in which Crayon attempts to locate the real-life tavern of Shakespeare’s Falstaff.

"The Mutability of Literature"	November 10, 1819	Fourth American Installment	Crayon discusses evolving literary tastes with a talking book he finds in the library of Westminster Abbey.

"Rural Funerals"	November 10, 1819	Fourth American Installment	Crayon discusses English funeral traditions.

"The Inn Kitchen"	November 10, 1819	Fourth American Installment	A description of the kind of hospitality visitors to the Netherlands can expect. One of the visitors staying in the same Inn as Geoffrey Crayon relays the subsequent tale, "The Spectre Bridegroom".

"The Spectre Bridegroom"	November 10, 1819	Fourth American Installment	A ghost story involving a betrothal, an armed robbery and a murder, as well as a happy ending.

"Westminster Abbey"	July 1820	English Edition, Volume 2	A contemplative tour of famous London building.

"Christmas"	January 1, 1820	Fifth American Installment	Crayon reflects on the meaning of Christmas and its celebration.

"The Stage-Coach"	January 1, 1820	Fifth American Installment	Crayon rides with the Bracebridge children to their country manor, Bracebridge Hall, and is invited to stay for Christmas.

"Christmas Eve"	January 1, 1820	Fifth American Installment	Crayon celebrates the holiday at the home of Squire Bracebridge.

"Christmas Day"	January 1, 1820	Fifth American Installment	Christmas festivities – allegedly in the old tradition – continue at Bracebridge Hall.

"Christmas Dinner"	January 1, 1820	Fifth American Installment	Crayon enjoys old English hospitality at the Bracebridge Christmas dinner table.

"London Antiques"	1848	Author's Revised Edition	Prowling London for antiques, Crayon instead stumbles upon the Charter House, home of "superannuated tradesmen and decayed householders"; one of whom gives him a history of "Little Britain" to read.

"Little Britain"	July 1820	English Edition, Volume 2	Crayon transcribes the history provided to him by the superannuated tradesman, which describes the heart of old London.

"Stratford-on-Avon"	July 1820	English Edition, Volume 2	A tribute to the life and work of William Shakespeare.

"Traits of Indian Character"	July 1820	English Edition, Volume 2	A sympathetic portrait of Native Americans, detailing how the White Man took advantage of and outright butchered Native Americans to obtain land.

"Philip of Pokanoket"	July 1820	English Edition, Volume 2	A heroic portrait of the Indian leader.

"John Bull"	March 15, 1820	Sixth American Installment	A tip of the hat to English character and custom.

"The Pride of the Village"	March 15, 1820	Sixth American Installment	A sentimental piece about true love lost, then found again, too late to save the life of a heartbroken young maiden.

"The Angler"	July 1820	English Edition, Volume 2	A character sketch of the English naturalist Izaak Walton.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"	March 15, 1820	Sixth American Installment	Irving’s tale of small-town school teacher, Ichabod Crane, and the Headless Horseman, again attributed to the fictional historian Diedrich Knickerbocker. This ghost story involves the desire for social advancement through marriage, jealousy, and a prank to scare away the competition.

"L'Envoy"	July 1820	English Edition, Volume 2	Crayon thanks his readers for their indulgence.

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"A Sunday in London" and "London Antiques", were added to the Author's Revised Edition of The Sketch Book in 1848.

final_sentence: "A Sunday in London" and "London Antiques", were added to the Author's Revised Edition of The Sketch Book in 1848.