Irving's pleasure in books published by John Newberry
Subject Person/Organization
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
Collection
Irving Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
n.d.
Transcription
Transcription
B+
I have good authority for Knowing that / while young Irving was a mere child he / was delighted with the [^ juvenile] publications of Mr. / Strawberry of St Paul’s Churchyard, London / and that he often repaired as a purchaser / to a popular store [^ at that early day] in this city where the chap / books of that renowned vendor of infor were / sold. He was wont to dwell upon the / incidents thus stored in memory and in his / among his juvenile [^ assembled] companions repeat / the tale of wonder, with perhaps original / embellishments. But [^ neither] Jack, the Giant Killer / nor Aesops’ fables could not prove a / perpetual study to a [moral?] [intent] / on progrefs.
But to return from this digrefsion:
