Selected prose

Introduction

Biographical and bibliographical note. A history of New York. Books IV & V.The sketch-book. The author's account of himself

The voyage

Rip Van Winkle

The mutability of its literature

The spectre bridegroom

Westminster Abbey

Statford-on-Avon

The legend of Sleepy Hollow. Bracebridge Hall. The hall

Family servants

Ready-money Jack

Story-telling

The stout gentleman. Tales of a traveller. To the reader

The great unknown

The hunting-dinner

The bold dragoon

Adventure of the German student. The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus. Book III: chapters II, III, and IV

Book IV: chapter I. The conquest of Granada. Chapters XC-C. The Alhambra. Palace of Alhambra

Legend of the Arabian astrologer

Legend of the Moor's legacy

Legend of the rose of the Alhambra. The crayon of miscellany. A tour on the prairies: chapters VII-X and XXIX. Astoria. Chapters XXII-XXVII.