Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-12-10

COUNTY )lslE ;l9f M 1ge b s: S'A 81 f.
lJaHs,ary,, ls0gno In Dscehber, tho fol-
year, he published hifssHs= IK[h1okL
4|erbock er's History 1 New 7 o TX ''.1 ]
IN 1910, two Of bis brpthers who we're
Engaged in the, oonDe Business,
lone4 being at the head Of the establish
'Iment i'm ithisncity, and, she other, ipfI iK;,
lerp0oL gave him ran interest ins the
1ConcernL,, with the: unde rstandings that
lkes;was not to enter into theadlties and
"details of the business, bdt to putsue
5|his literary aavpocatib2l{s. Dufihg the
war var, VIII Great, B1taiih III IT, t$fs414,,
The edited the "Anacieotic Magazine, g {,
|and in.the fall Of the latter year, joined
1.-THE military staff OIL the Governor of
..INeM Yorksds abide Camp and military
Isccretary; with the titlei Of Coloneko'5s
on the close ofthee. h1ay,,' 1918,
he embarked fSr Liverpool With , thSs
intention, Of making q second onIl Of
Enrope.la butaalwas..i prevented, ,by,
the sudden and 9great,reverses which
followed atGthesireturn of peace, ooyer,
whel,ning, aattepqaa struggle nof two, 'or
three years, iii which N[r. sIrving took
an active part to avert the .'catas fso-s
.1phe,, tie house, il which BIS brothers
had giy On him All interest aid inyolv
Ing him in its ruin,4 II, ISIS, he deter;
mined to Try his pen as q ineans ot sppii
I >ostt, ::,nd egst,ls,meneeA the papers of
| tl,es ''zS!;oteh Book ,fors publication
Thee or forr D,i:::..55 IFS w ere thus pub.
,lisI,et!, When, finding that they tattraet1
co noticc. il ,El;n!gl;tnnl, bs had chem
publisLsd ip a volume, FEsSlr5llary, 1920 81
fby Mr.. John Miller !; but he i, failing,
shortly after, the work was. transferred
to Mr.: Murray, with "a second: volume,
published in July ftthat year. Mr.
Murray hatt:b0ughts this for &2OO, but
it's success far snrpassing his expecta-
|tions, lie sent Mr.. Irving, of his own
alcord, first flOO, and the sale still
increasing, an additional fl0O: After
H. residence; Of FIVE years in England:
MIR. Irving removed TO- Paris in Au-
I gust 1920 and remained there till July
ofthc following yea:, when he return.
led Ito England sandafpublished his
I" Braeebridge Halln ilril london and
New York, in May, 1894 ito publish
Ibis /" Talysof i Traveller," which Iap,,
pear;ed il August 81 that year in two
volumes, and in four parts, in. New
York ~ In August, he, returned 70
\ Paris, andiin the .\utumn, Of 1925, Wis
d lifted the. South Of France, spending
I part oethe winter in Bordeaux. lin
February 1896, he left that city for
h Madrid, where he remained two years.
y Here lic wrote the life of s.Columbus,' y
i which appeared in. 1928 I'm the
:|spring Of 1928, he left Madrid on, 4
tour to the South Of, Spain, visiting
7 Granada, and. main, points mentioned
III the '.Ch:onicles Of the conquest sQt
Grauafla, bynf'ray ASapida,i' ofswhioh
hemade Il ughtsketch: s.This,he pre-
. pared for the press AT. Seville, and
transmitted to london and New York
:. for publication !; it appeared in 1929
In the spring ot;this year ho again Wis.
, tied Granada, and resided some. three
/" months .in,s the. Alhambra,s where, he
collected materials forjthesi work, pub.
(lished under that name in 1882.
Ii July he went to England, being
q appointed SECRETARY Of legation IS The
). American embassy in London. which
Office lie held until the return ST Mr.
q Acl Lane in 1881, when, after remaining
i. a wjtnonths in charge, he resigned
Il on the arrival of Mr. Van sBurel,s- =.
i While in England, in 1880, Mr.. Irving
e received one OF the fifty guirea gold
t MEDALS, provided by George ", fo1
n eminence in historical composition
the other was awarded to Mr.. Hallain
o the historian. IN 1881, the Tpiyersit,
81 OF Oxford, England, conferred Iou Mr.
d Irving the degree iof ih.L.D.ae In the
spring OF 1882, ahc, returned to- New
e York, after an absence Of seventeen
al years His return was greeted on al
q hands with the warmest enthusiasm
e public dinner was. given to him, a
!. which Chancellor Kent, Ipresided apt
# similar testimonials were Offered lhim
e in other. cities, but which tes declined
j IN the summer of this year he accom-
|, panied Mr.. Ellsworth, Que ofrthe com
!. missioners for removing tile Indiaf
h tribes west Of the Mississippi, an,
j. whom he had met on "a, tour ftt
4 the West, on his expedition I'll,
!. mostdiinterestingg portion. of 9lhi,
n tourney has appearttlsin the {: Tour %
). thelP rairies,'' published lin s85. fThi.
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