Rip Van Winkle & Other Stories By Washington Irving

The youngest of 11 children of a successful New York hardware merchant, Washington Irving was born in 1783. While sometimes a biographer (he published works on Christopher Columbus and George Washington), he is best known for his short fiction.

This collection includes: "Rip Van Winkle," "The Spectre Bridegroom," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "The Adventure of the German Student," "The Devil and Tom Walker," "The Adventure of the Mason," "Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra," "The Governor and the Notary" and "Governor Manco and the Soldier."