Margaret Fuller’s Reading Worlds

WorkWashington Irving

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow or Knickerbocker's History of New York

Washington Irving (1783–1859)

InferredFuller names 'Irving's wit' explicitly but does not name a specific work. Title left as inferred because no specific title is given.

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No datable encounters with Irving, Washington have been catalogued yet.

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A Drive Through the Country: A Dialogue on Love, Duty, and Taste

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“The shingle palaces, celebrated by Irving's wit, were far more appropriate, for they at least gave free [illegible] to the winds of heaven when the thermometer stood at 95 in the shade.”

Fuller, Margaret. "A Drive Through the Country: A Dialogue on Love, Duty, and Taste." Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Inferred Fuller names 'Irving's wit' explicitly but does not name a specific work. Title left as inferred because no specific title is given.