Irving College - Irvingiana Yearbook (Mechanicsburg, PA)

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flllxzrpel Qisszrg Q CVLI12 stints nf El1ff1ixrg'n N gfikzirlr ' n11k 215 Qi. gllllzrnilhzx Zag, 'UE 66 O Washington Irving belongs the distinction of being the first of our great writers in general literature. He , was not a great theologian like Jonathan Edwards, nor a practical philosopher and moralist like Franklin, nor a statesman like Jefferson and Hamilton. He was alone all a literary man and his writings belong, in I large measure at least, to the field of belles-lettres. In his most characteristic writings, he aimed not so much at instruction as at entertainment. He achieved that finished excellence of form that at once elevates literature to the classic rank. He was the first American writer to gain general recognition abroad, says a critic, or to use Thackeray's words, Irving was the first ambassador whom the New World of letters sent to the Oldf' Cnr literature has had many ambassadors since, but is doubtful whether any other has ever been more cordially welcomed or more pleasantly remem- bered. As a boy, Irving was fond of visiting new scenes and observing strange characters and manners. He began his travels by tours of discovery into foreign and unknown parts of his native city. His holidays were spent in rambles about the surrounding country, until he was familiar not only with the country, but also with the people's habits and customs, gaining much information that, inafter years, was useful to him in writing. This rambling habit strengthened as he grew older. After becoming familiar with his own country, he went to Europe. As he says, NI visited various parts of my own country, and had I been merely a lover of line scenery, I should have felt little desire to seek elsewhere its gratification, for on no country had the charms of nature been more prodigally lavished. But Europe held forth the charms of storied