Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-12-21
WASHINGTON IRVING.

sketch Book ulcl NJ nlN IsNlH'h'''
side. !" ON the Hudson river, New York, on the
evening of tho 1Sth inst, could not huyo taken
h,. surrrisr those who have been aware that lor
some time his health has been IN prer"riour
condition. mud thn: he himself considered that'
with the complcticn of tho last volume oil ms
:. Life of Washington" his literary career was
completed. .u,,.;,,
We have not at hand, nor in our rccoIlec''oh'
tho material from which Ia compile nm accurate
history of his long and brilliant career anu VIC
must sneak mainly from such lccting and nncrr-
t,in rcmembrancos ~ we can call up to meet the
nrescnt exircnov Hereafter, we shall doubtless
be better enabled to DO what we wish we're now
possible. v,rL
Washington Irving was n native of New York
aud L,ln,rnJ IA one of the old KnickorbOckcr
families, which have furnished some oi the most
notable men in that State. lie very carry uo'oi
opcd a love of letters, in contributing to the Pc
riodicals of his youthful days. loEether WIZ"
James X. Paulding, and some others. whose nance
ara less distinguished, he wrote and published
for some time, u series of papers under the title
of ..Snlnagundi,'' - in the city of New York on
tho plan of {" The Spectator, I" The Rambler.
&c. and which laid the foundation OF his reputa-
tion IA an essayist. Ills next literary undcrta-
king was Il satirical or, rather, humorous MS
.ory of his native State, under tho nom ae Pf"''e
ofH Diedrich Knickcrbockcr. About the yr"r
loHV' ne Mo'' ri, ~ : scr;os or short tales and
Inc Sketch Dooh' ;,I ',.;th ,rront favor both
essays, wli'ch were tvo''o ,,ntrv FnunJinr his
thcro anu IL, Ms Hin StcaIe and Goldsmith
models ho delighted the English by his iaiVhioi
nortrniture of the rural habits and costumes Vi
loi .' i.i"iSu't W ,.L;,c his ,couniptnnce with tho
'leir I?u"S,! r t,ncr;co and the habits and Gus
tg c -. ee,r,v settlers furnished him with a
toms OF lts early Set'i'is' ~ dascr;ntion
lunu ol hu'"i", L ",,u Rr,ccbridre HAIL." pub
ms next wofN ~"5 we, I',Inn aud this WAS
ished IN ioI. OF 10 ~ Tro",,ar >, these two
iolio"ea ny ms l"'es 81 tia ,nost celebrated of
DOCKS containing S9n,o S y. , ramcmber his dcscrip-
ms css'ys' nv S,J,, nuGI n an Inn ), in Brace
ton OF "a fa'',y 1uIo"S d. vnn W;nkle " his Fat
bridge Hall, ms y mp '"n " 'A'
uchlleni"n "no;,,,,v "j intended bv those who
Irving WAS ors'tnIiy i'',u Cor a ,,wver but
had the direction U' MS tnreo. tircum.
he never TOOK N'1u'y W ."o r,,oro;oj hcnt to his
stat ces afterwards sa,o at;ned ~ hc that of his
course Du' 'iis ""' NV 'tod Etaratnro a, his
HE anu ','''s w r tbrouoh life, and wor
professor, d. Inn ,rT,ss mo "Or ronutotion
in 1t a deathless roPuta!ion. outb,r IT,
.;na ohet tho vsar 1905 went over to the Con
Vlhs' "oou1 'nr yoal - i" ,;,'o in Sn,in with tho
Iihel', n.'u nC rhirb he made himself
ris'oy ",u % ~ isos he gnvn TO the world his
n. ' st"r;n,I ,york :. The Life and yoya-
ils' 'cI.V ":Iau i,n,nnhrs ), in four volumes
gTs g: o. Uni INV h;s rnmantic work The
MS "'e r %n,d, ), and that. in turn, by tho
co''!uesC VI T'I"s nr th., Ahowbra," in which
i0sc''i,''1r2 ,,,,,roJ IN tbe most brillisn.
h'o" " ''a"v ""' pl;td1 pV".E;1 history or the old
manner Oyer ."o lqUC ~ ~n"naJ, A thread of fc-
nioo' '',i ;rt, the vob of the.e works.
tiVi - I:i'oty ,t,, tho most fascinating power
over the readers mind.