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-.—« ««MMaHmunivii[ii|p i*»•« ip... i. ■■ . —MISCELLANY.THE SKRTCII-ROOK.Under ibis title t he lovers* of literature are promised a series of writing's from the pen of Washington Irving, Esq. The first number, which has already appeared, contains five sketches—an account of Mr. Crayon, the author—of hi? voyage; a sketch of Roscoe; Sketch of a Wife; and the Story of Hip Van Wincle. The sketch of Roscoe is a chaste and manly eulogium upon the character of that historian. The K Wife is a pathetic tale, told with much elegance, and will perhaps be considered the production, Rip Van Wincle isthe author’s cwn vein. The mountain scenery is sketched with a rapid pencil, the personal story of Rip is spirited and full of humor; and the general picture of low life in a Low Dutch village at the foot of the KaUkill Mountains, as it appeared before the revolution, is truly comic — There is, however, a gross improbability in the 9tory, which is in no way cleared 1 up. Rip ascends the mountain with his dog and gun; loiters about till dusk; and • thinking it too late to descend, lays him lt;down to pass the night He is startled at : Jicaring his name called, and repeated; i descries a man lugging a keg of liquor up s tiie cliffs, who presses him into his service, and conducts him to a glen, where he is introduced among an assemblage of mvs-\ tciious personages playing at nine-pins.■ While they are at their game, Rip indulged himself with the contents of die keg. until he falls into a deep sleep. When he awakes (in the morning, as lie supposed* and as the reader takes it,) and de ^scenils the mountain, he finds the face of things changed, his old associates in the village gone, his wife dead, and hardh knows his own house. This is committed in crder that Rip may be astounded at a modern election; which is described suffi-rfciently ludicrous; but the design is unworthy of Mr. Irving.The present number, which is a beau -tiful specimen of American typography, the author modestly tells us is published upon experiment. And Wc need not ex press our belief that the experiment wilt succeed; for, in addition to the reputation already gained, we have ample evidence in the Sketch-Book, that Mr. Irving has not been idle, although he has been long , silent. Philadelphia Union. t
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Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Gazette
Augusta, Georgia, US
Wed, Jul 14, 1819
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