LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Portrait 4
Illustrated Title-Page 5
List of Illustrations 7
Diedrich Knickerbocker 9
Up the Hudson 11
“He was a descendant of the Van Winkles” 12
“He assisted at their sports” facing 12
“A termagant wife” 13
“Fish all day without a murmur” 14
“Used to employ him to run their errands” 15
“He would carry a fowling-piece” 17
“His cow among the cabbages” 18
“Trooping like a colt at its mother’s heels” 18
“How solemnly they would listen” facing 18
“He shrugged his shoulders, shook his head, and cast up his eyes” 19
“Yelping precipitation” 20
“He would share the contents of his wallet” facing 20
Nicholas Vedder 21
“The brow of a precipice” 23
“He heard a voice” 26
“A strange figure” 27
“Rip and his companion labored on in silence” 29
“A company of odd-looking personages” facing 29
“One who seemed to be the commander” 30
“They quaffed the liquor in profound silence” facing 30
“I have not slept here all night” 31
“Wanting in his usual activity” 32
“He called again and whistled after his dog” facing 32
“Stroked their chins” 33
“A troop of strange children ran at his heels” facing 34
“He found the house gone to decay” 35
“He recognized on the sign” 37
“They crowded round him” facing 38
“A lean, bilious-looking fellow” 39
“He was killed at the storming of Stony Point” 41
“A great militia-general” 42
“That is Rip Van Winkle, yonder” 43
“A fresh, comely woman” 44
“What is your name, my good woman?” facing 44
Peter Vanderdonk 45
“Friends among the rising generation” 46
“Once more on the bench at the inn door” facing 46
“He used to tell his story to every stranger” 48