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

).U!5!l tl1l MINI: W. \, IS sATUR lI7l +
lJanuary,, 1900 In December, tho fol-
lowing year, he published liss.t sKhick-
l|erbockerr's History of New ork. ~
In lsl0, two Of his brothers who were
ensaged in the commercial business,
one. being, at the head Of the establish
|ment i'll ;thisfcity, and the other in LiY5
1erpooI. gave J him fan interest in, the
concern, with the understanding that
lkerwas not to enter into the duties and
"details Of the business, but to pursue
his literary ayocatiolis. During the
|war: with Great, Britain il IL 1854,
he edited the s@Anaciectiic Magazine, .
and in. the fall. of the latter year, joined
the military staff Of: the Governor! Of
New York'as aidsde Camp, and military
secretary; with the title Of Colonekot9s
On the close Of the war: May, 1918,
! he cmbarded for, Liverpool with, the
intention Of making a second tour, Of
Europe. but az 4was.u prevented. sby
the sudden and great ,reverses which
followed atathesireturn of. peace, oover.
whelming, attcrqa struggle of two, or
three years, iii which Mr.. Irving took
an active part TO avert the 'catasfro-,
|phc,. the house, in il which his brothers
had given linn a, Interest aid involv-
ing him in its ruin In 1918, he deter
| mined to ysh!s pen as q means, ot sup
porn, ANA 2eol,imenetA the papers of
| the ''4S!sctch Book for publication,
Thee or fonr n,i:::::: / / cis were thus pub.
I, iished, When, finding that they attract
Cd notice. iii England, he had them
Published ip q Volume, February, 1920
by Mr.. John Miller !; but, he 4, failing,
shortly after, the work was transferred
to Mr.: Murray, with second volume,
published in July Of that year. Mr..
Murray had bought this for f2o0, but
it's success far sui'passing his expecta-
tions, he sent Mr.. Irving, of his own
ancord, first GlOO, and the sale still
increasing, an additional flo0: After
I. residence Of liNe. years in England.
Mr.. Irving removed to Paris in Au-
gust 1920 and relnained there till July
Oft following yea", when lie ,retur'.-
ed to England anan,published his
&c Bracebridge Halln in',l.ondon and
New York, III May, 1924, ITO publish
his s. Tales of Il Traveller" which .ap.
pearcd ii August Of that year in two
volumes, and in four parts in New
York. In August, he. returned to
Paris, and in the Autumn, Of 1925, Wis
tied the South Of France, spending
part oesthc winter in Bordeaux. In
February 1896, he left that city for
i Madrid, where he remained two years.
Here Ire wrote the life of '''Columbus,' -
which appeared in 1928. In the
Espring OF 1928, he left Madrid on 4
tour to the South Of Spain, visiting
Granada, and main points mentioned
III the tsCh:onicles of the conquest o1
Grauasla, bynFray A%apida,'' OF which
he made u rough sketch. .'rhis'hc pre-
pared for the press at Seville, and
transmitted to london and New York
for publication it appeared in 1929
In the spring otthis year ho again Wis
ted Granada, and resided some three
months in. the Alhambra, where 'ht
collected materials for the work pub
lished under that name in 1882.
/ In July he went to England. being
|appointcd secretary Of legation to tho
American embassy in London, which
office he held until the return of Mr.
Alcl.ane in 1881, when, after remaining
a few months in charge, he resigned
! on the arrival of Mr.. Van Buren, =
/ While in England, in $780, Mr.. Irving
e received one Of the fifty guirca, gold
I medals, provided 10y George w., fo
, eminence in historical composition
the other was awarded to Mr.. Halan
0 the historian. N! !s3l, the Tpiyersit,
# OF Oxford, England, conferred 'ou Mr.
! Irving the degree of hid. In thu
spring Of 1882, he returned to New
e York, after an absence Of seventeen
\ years His return was greeted on al
. hands with the warmcst enthusiasm
: a public dinner was given to him, a
). which Chancellor Kent, presided ant
f similar testimonials were Offered hin
in other cities, but which he declined
] In the Summer of this year he accom-
panled Mr.. Ellsworth, Que Of the com
. nnissioners for removing the India,
h tribes west of the Mississippi, am
whom, he had met on a tour t
the w est, on his expedition. Til,
most interesting portion of ,hi
} tourney has appeartl in the s::Eour. O
!. the Prairies,'' published in ls35. Thi
was followed in the same year b,
!, '*A6botsford and Newsteal Abbey
!, and" Legends of the Conquest o
= Spain" In 1885 he published tsAsto
ria,'' and in the following year the
/, Adventures of Capt. Bonneville" II
: 1889 he entered into an engagement
e which lasted two years with tie pro.
D prietors Of the "Knickerbockcr Maga
\ zine'' to furnish monthly articles fo
0 that periodical. In February, l842
. he received! unsolicited the appoint
]. ment of minister to Spain. He lef
: for Madrid on the 10th of April o
that year, his official duties terminating
e in the summer Of 1s46, he returned t
E this country, and in ls4s, commenced
J. the publication cf' q revised edition, O