Wolfert's Roost

Several papers were written by Irving in 1839 and the following year, for the " Knickerbocker," a monthly periodical conducted by his friend, Lewis Gaylord Clark, all of them such as he only could write. They were afterward collected into a volume, entitled " Wolfert''sRoost," from the ancient name of that beautiful residence of his on the banks of the Hudson, in which they were mostly written. Th...