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vi, 340 p, ; xi, 137 p. Embossed green cover, titles of works and series titles in gold on spine. Frontispiece illustration - portrait of Washington Irving. Volume VIII consists of re-issues of two works published by Bell & Daldy (which were themselves new editions of previously published works): 'Astoria : or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains' (published 1868), and 'A tour on the Prairies' (published 1867). Each work has own pagination, preface, explanatory introduction, and table of contents. non-fiction'Astoria': Describes an expedition to the mouth of the Columbia River and the ultimate failure of attempts between 1810-1813 to establish a permanent American-controlled commercial base at Astoria, in competition with British Russian interests in the region. (First published 1836.) 'A tour on the Prairies': An account of Irving's journey through the Great Plains of the United States, also known as the Prairies, in the early 1800s. (First published 1835.)history, travel writing, washington irving, united states of america, james dodds, original collection, english literature