Washington Irving’s Contributions to the Corrector.
Title:
Washington Irving’s Contributions to the Corrector.
Author:
Roth, Martin.
ISBN:
9780816664320
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (141 pages)
Series:
Monographs in the Humanities
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 "IT WOULD MAKE A PRETTY REGISTER . . ." -- 2 CANDIDATE BOB -- 3 SYLVANUS AND DANIEL -- 4 BEWARE OF IMPOSTERS !! -- 5 COLONEL BLUBBER -- 6 MAJOR PURDY'S OBSEQUIES -- 7 ISAAC -- 8 BILLY LUSCIOUS -- 9 EPIGRAM -- 10 FOR THE CORRECTOR -- 11 A HORRID TALE -- 12 ARISTIDEAN GALLERY OF PORTRAITS -- 13 CHUCKLEHEADED BOB -- 14 THE CONGRESSIONAL FRACAS -- 15 EBENEZER -- 16 PROMOTION -- 17 COMMUNICATION -- 18 THE COALITION -- 19 TO TOBY TICKLER, ESQ. -- 20 DAVY -- 21 BOB AGAIN -- 22 CHARACTERISTIC PORTRAITS -- 23 ISAAC -- 24 COL. BLUBBER -- 25 THE OLD FOX AND THE OURANG-OUTANG -- 26 THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT -- 27 THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF RECORDS, RELATIVE TO MORGAN AND JOHN -- 28 TO TOBY TICKLER, ESQ. -- 29 ORIGINAL PICTURES -- 30 FIVE CENTS REWARD -- 31 TO TOBY TICKLER, ESQ. -- 32 TO TOBY TICKLER, ESQ. -- 33 "I AM PREPARING A PICKLE . . ." -- 34 TULLY MAGPIE -- 35 "BILLY LUSCIOUS, IS INFORMED . . ." -- 36 CHEETHAMANA -- 37 LETTER, TOM TICKLUM -- 38 CITIZEN W. -- 39 DAVY -- 40 OLD CUPID -- 41 SCHUYLER -- 42 RARE FUN !!! -- 43 THE DILEMMA -- 44 "CHEETHAM HAD THE IMPUDENCE . . ." -- 45 "FAT FERRIS . . ." -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Abstract:
This volume makes available, for the first time in collected form, a series of sketches by Washington Irving which were published anonymously in a political newspaper, The Corrector, in 1804. The Corrector, a short-lived political sheet, was published in.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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