List of Illustrations.
!¦—"Through solemn woodlands and fresh green
meadows" . . . . . Frontispiece
II.—"A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the
land and to pervade the very atmosphere" . 2
III—" Or peradventure by the appalling sound of the birch,
as he urged some tardy loiterer along the path
of learning" ....... 5
IV.—"He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of
witchcraft, and of the direful omens and por-
tentous sights and sounds" . . . 8
V.—"In one of those green, sheltered, fertile nooks in which
the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling" . 10
VI.—"Ichabod would carry o?z his suit with the daughter
by the side of the spring under the great elm " . 15
VII.—"Bearing with honorable faith the bark that trusted
to its waves" ....... ip
VIII—" The lady of his heart was his partner in the dance,
and smiled graciously in reply to all his amorous
oglings" ........ 22
IX.— The Glen at Raven Rock . .... 23
X.—"It stood on a green bank shaded by trees " . .24
XI.—"// was at this identical spot that the unfortunate
Andre was captured" . . . . . 27
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