A genial traveler's miscellany of English sketches and American tales, home to Rip Van Winkle and Sleepy Hollow.
Books mentioned in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (21)
The Flower and the Leaf by Geoffrey Chaucer: “those incomparable descriptions of Nature, that abound in the British poets--that have continued down from "The Flower and the Leaf," of Chaucer, and have brought into our closets all the freshness and fragrance of the dewy landscape.”
The Paradise of Dainty Devices by Richard Edwards: “had stuck a nosegay in his bosom, culled from "The Paradise of Dainty Devices," and having put Sir Philip Sidney's hat on one side of his head,”
Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso: “lived round Tasso in his dismal cell at Ferrara, when he conceived the splendid scenes of his Jerusalem;”
The Kingis Quair by James I of Scotland: “we may consider The King's Quair,* composed by James during his captivity at Windsor, as another of those beautiful breakings forth of the soul from the restraint and gloom of the prison-house.”
The Knight's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer: “There is, in this charming scene, an evident resemblance to the early part of Chaucer's Knight's Tale, where Palamon and Arcite fall in love with Emilia, whom they see walking in the garden of their prison.”
Christ's Kirk on the Green by James I of Scotland: “one, which is still preserved, called "Christ's Kirk of the Green," shows how diligently he had made himself acquainted with the rustic sports and pastimes,”
Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare: “casually opened upon the comic scenes of Henry IV., and was, in a moment, completely lost in the madcap revelry of the Boar's Head Tavern.”
Arcadia by Philip Sidney: “nothing is read nowadays but Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, Sackville's stately plays and Mirror for Magistrates, or the fine-spun euphuisms of the 'unparalleled John Lyly.'"”
Mirror for Magistrates by William Baldwin: “nothing is read nowadays but Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, Sackville's stately plays and Mirror for Magistrates, or the fine-spun euphuisms of the 'unparalleled John Lyly.'"”
The Maid's Tragedy by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher: “In The Maid's Tragedy, by Beaumont and Fletcher, there is a beautiful instance of the kind describing the capricious melancholy of a broken-hearted girl:”
Sylva by John Evelyn: “"We adorn their graves," says Evelyn, in his Sylva, "with flowers and redolent plants, just emblems of the life of man,”
The City Madam by Philip Massinger: “Massinger, in his "City Madam," gives some idea of the extravagance with which this, as well as other dishes, was prepared for the gorgeous revels of the olden times:”
The Masque of Christmas by Ben Jonson: “I strongly suspect Master Simon to have taken the idea of his from Ben Jonson's "Masque of Christmas."”
Gammer Gurton's Needle by William Stevenson: “sing his "Confession of Faith," which is the famous old drinking trowl from "Gammer Gurton's Needle."”
Picturesque Views on the Avon by Samuel Ireland: “picked up at Stratford by the elder Ireland, and mentioned in his "Picturesque Views on the Avon."”
The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot: “Scot, in his "Discoverie of Witchcraft," enumerates a of these fireside fancies:”
As You Like It by William Shakespeare: “some of Shakepeare's commentators have supposed he derived his noble forest meditations of Jaques and the enchanting woodland pictures in "As You Like It."”
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare: “They are mentioned in the first scene of the "Merry Wives of Windsor," where the justice, is in a rage with Falstaff for having "beaten his men,”
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: “many an unlucky urchin is induced to run away from his family and betake himself to a seafaring life from reading the history of Robinson Crusoe;”
The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton: “I recollect studying his Complete Angler several years since in company with a knot of friends in America,”
Macbeth by William Shakespeare: “The contents of his book seemed to be as heterogeneous as those of the witches' cauldron in Macbeth.”
Books that mention The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (2)
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot: “Let us hope it will give way before my mother’s custards and this charming Geoffrey Crayon.” Maggie took up the “Sketch Book,” which lay by her on the table.”
The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yoné Noguchi: “I have read his gratifying “Sketch Book.” I used to sleep holding it under my wooden pillow.”