Summaries of Tales of Washington Irving and Other American Authors

Included are the following works of Washington Irving: "e;The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,"e; "e;Rip Van Winkle,"e; "e;The Student of Salamanca,"e; "e;The Devil and Tom Walker,"e; "e;The Spectre Bridegroom,"e; "e;Philip of Pokanoket,"e; and "e;Geoffrey Crayon Sails to Liverpool."e; Also included are "e;The Prince and the Pauper"e; by Mark Twain, "e;The Griffin and the Minor Canon"e; by Frank Stockton, "e;The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"e; by Stephen Crane, "e;Evangeline"e; by Longfellow, and "e;The Turn of the Screw"e; by Henry James. All the essentials of the plots are presented, as well as a few critical comments.