The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-30
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Death Or Warrington Irving.


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Death Or Washtngton Irving.
The Telegraph yesterday usorung brUughs sad news
from saDD, side. Washington Ivmg, the Father q Asns
Literature, dead. Hs aisa Suddenly .. his resi-
tho Hudson, about ten o'clock Monday
us. Fun Of years and Of nonors, he closed uai
qo, HE ny siainess death
The iolo wing letter relates the circumstances d As
DEATH
SUNNYsrDE, Nov. 2A-1o A. "
Washington Irving dsah He rsured 70 his room
about t~D 0clOek feeling more lsng,iid than mol
com. s'ung Of pam In hs SIDE, bat apparently
we'll ,han be had been f,T several mouths vast
hr reacbeu ha and whiL, his HIM
ie suddenly tn, and IN mons NJ gone physlc,ao
with him, but t.l could bring
him back sax him sthln an hour from the t,ms hr
~as taken, and he eeeIned AZ u N peaceful seep HIS
'Ineral WI take place on THURSDAY, ,as At Christ
shu'cb, TaTIy town The tram that leaves Chambers
-r,tt st eleven Oclock seaches Ia ry al l. ami
trans leave Tsrrybwp for thr CITY ~ about AMI 2
Washington Irving was born b, the city OF Nov York,
the Sd " Aprn, l7S3, and consequently YES, the
OF hs death, In his seventy year. s
shrh he bo, so No 1871 William street, bus
lS4S gave way ~ handsome black uf stnres and
the birthplace OF "GeofIey Crayon 10 devoted ths
sale Of china and toys. Mr.. Irving educated
the legal profession, but early abandoned aea for
the lucrative Of merchant taxing ao in
teres in the tale house brothers, but with an
understanding hat he should abundsut leisure ~
crafty his literary tastcs The financial crisis Shsch fol-
lowed the peace Of 1915 involved family, threw
him upon bis rrsources and 70 this his subsequent
devotion 10 literature may probably b. traced.
The bias Of hH mind had long previous 10
this been eviDced, h,wever, in . series Of letters
which appeared 10 the Norni OAronice, newspaper of
shich bs br.her, Peter Irving, la 1874 he
MADE his first vs to Europe, undertaking the voyage for
n Had
uul portions of Southern Europe, vstei Switzerland
In lSo6 During this WRIT, Alson the arus then
At Rome, had nearly per suaded become painter,
but after hB return no resumed bs studis and
admed 70 the bar. Not Ong ster he joined with James
+. Pauding and hs brother the preparation of
Of whimsical papers. which published under Ihe
name Of Salmagundi" In December, 1870, appeared
.Diedrch Kncker bocker's History Of New York;" ha
murous work. which 1t once became Immensely and per
uusnently popular In Of his subsequent ett,rs,
Godfrey Cfayon,' Mr. Irving thus PLEASANTLY snudes
,he popularity Or Knickerbocker" =
The venerable historian the New Netherlands bal
gathered fsti but hs name has r,seu "
reno~n HIS native city that CITY IN which he mu;h
delighted, bad decrecd all VI crLy hoLors hs
memory found bis figy imprinted upon new year
cakes, and deyOuIed with oager relish by bodaS
great oyster house bOre the Of KnGker booker
Hail; and narrowly escaped ihe pleasure Of being
over Dy y !" hulckerOOckcT OmhlOaB"
Mr.. Ivipgs literary labor seems TO have been the
editing Of the AsaIec Hagassne In 1914 he pinsd the
military sta OF the Governor OF New York. and rejoiced
in the title Of Colonel Al the close Of the
with Great Britain he sailed for Liverpool, with
the purpose OF extending bis travels In the OLD wosh
but the financial Mouoes changed h porpose
his attention wholly to authorship The admirable papers
published the unpresending title Of Sketch
Book, though first appearing in New York, repuo
ihhed in london in 1920 and favorable intro
duction Of their author TO his Engsh literary oonsmpo
raries, among whom he resided for several years
"Bracebr,dge Ha first published in LONDON 1872,
and in 1928 "Tales Of Traveller put press
Boon after he Madrid where he wrote "fe VI
Coumbus," which won for HIM one Of the nfty guinea
gold medals provided by George w. for iu his
toricsl composition. In 1928 and 1929 be in the
south of span engaged 10 historical researches aud
"Chroncles Of the Conquest Of Gransia' and "raisa
Of the Alhambrao wore result Of bis invsstiga-
tons, though considered but as eps,des OF hls
historical studies. He was soon after appointed
Secretary OF Legation TO ths American Emoassy
in London, and held tho Office until 1881,
1882 when he returned his native country after an
absence Of seventeen years. While In England he iu
innate with most Of the leading literary of the ume
and among other era'y honos received the degree Of
ILL., D. nom the University Of Oxford. It 70 said that
while in Spain Mr. Irving imagined himself forgotten oy
his countrymen, but his arrival in his CITY
was undeceved BY ovation, in the form Of festival
which gathered his surviving frienos all the
usriouB of the metropolis. In the summer OF 1888
he accompanied Commissioners for Of tie
Indian tribes west Of the Mississippi and this trip afford
ed the materials for the graphic "Tour the Praes."
"Abbotsford and Newstead ""Legends Of Spain,
astoria, and adventures Of Capt Bonnsville
where be coptinued until ls46 On hs return he com
menced the publication Of revised edition Of his works,
to which the "Iife Of Goldsmith and "Mabomst his
Successors" were soon after ADDED But his greatest
work. which the closing years Of HIS e have been de
voted, hs "le Of Washington the last volume Of
which was esued but q few months since.
Tho following n complete list Of Mr.. Irvings Works
now sale by his pubnshers:-
kn'ckerbockers New York. Crayon Miscellany.
sk tch Book, Capt Bonneville,
Columbus, (3 vOB.) Oliver Goldsmith,
Brhcebridge Ball. 4Ahomct, q vols
Tales Of q Traveller, Grabada
Attora, Aihambra,
Life Of Washington, Is vols.) wotsrs's Roost,
The list comprises IN all twenty-one volumes, not In
cluding "samagunoi," BY Irving PaudIus, &C., OF the
letters Of "Young Jonathan Old s,ye," published in
volume some years ago. without Mr.. Lrvings sanctoo
The Boston Po a recent article the Of books,
says
OF Washington Irving's works-excusive Of the "Iife
OF Washington" "Ihe Sketch Book there have
been SOLD within the last ten years twenty Thousand
sets Of fifteen volumes each vi the 'Sketl Book"
thirty Eve thousand copies have been distributed,
the Washington" forty two Thousand i've
each and ~ prices ranging from seven collars Sgaty
i've collars per Set This gives and totai i've
dreo and seventy i've Thousand volumes disposed
der G. r. Putnam 3 management since iS49 while,
Mr.. Irving has received reWadd oi mis- brain work.
the snug ne sum of seventy i've Thousand dollars the
past TEN years. curious scrap Of secret literary history
Sc lQf ha tus ff vru
Lea Banchaid IN 1874, there occurred hdtss Of I've
years, into which Other Publishers ventured leap
during this time the genial author Of Sunnyside (thun
in SpaD) imagined himself obsolete orgotseu his
works being almost entirely out Of the ket, and no
proposals. being made to hm for their republication Ia
l84t MIR g. r. Putnam rendered tO Mr.. Irving formal
offer assume the reissue Of the various wvrls
form ana attractive style, which proposition the great
writer accepted without suggesting single change
terms; and the immense sales mentioned the fruits
OF the contract then entered into
Mr.. Irving purchased "Sunnysdc " his late residence
the home Of "wofer acxer'' and valiant Van
Tassells celebrated in Knickerbockers story, about
twenty years ago. repaired renovated and adorned