...reader has his flrst book : I mean to ' say, one boob, among all others, which, in early youth, first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and satisfies the desires of bis mind. To me, this first book was the " Sketch -Book" of Washington Irving. I was a schoolboy when...

...Every reader has his first book; I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...was published, and read each succeeding number with ever increasing wonder and delight, spell-bound by its pleasant humor, its melancholy tenderness, its...

...Every reader has his first book; I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...Washington Irving. I was a school-boy when it was published [in 1819], and read each succeeding number with ever increasing wonder and delight, spell-bound by...

..."Remarks Upon the Death of Irving," "I mean to say one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...first book was The Sketch-Book of Washington Irving." THE YOUNG POET "The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts," Longfellow would write in "My Lost...

...writes, " has his first book ; I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...was published, and read each succeeding number with ever increasing wonder and delight, spell-bound by its pleasant humor, its melancholy tenderness, its...

...desires of his mind. To me this first book was 'The Sketch Book' of Washington Irving. I was a school boy when it was published and read each succeeding number with ever-increasing wonder and delight. Yet still the charm of 'The Sketch Book' remains unbroken ; the old fascination remains about it ;...