An Exposition of Works By Henry James, Washington Irving, and Other American Authors, Second Edition

Henry James is represented by Sir Edmund Orne, The Turn of the Screw, and Owen Wingate. Washington Irving is represented by “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” ”Rip Van Winkle,” “The Student of Salamanca,” “The Devil and Tom Walker,” “The Spectre Bridegroom,” “Philip of Pokanoket,” and “Geoffrey Crayon Sails to Liverpool.” Also included are “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain, “The Griffin and the Minor Canon” by Frank Stockton, “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” by Stephen Crane, and “Evangeline” by Longfellow. All the essentials of the plots are presented, as well as a few critical comments.