Physical description

iv, 320 p. ; iv., 138 p. Embossed green cover, titles of works and series titles in gold on spine. Frontispiece illustration - portrait of Washington Irving.
Volume III consists of re-issues of two works published by Bell & Daldy (which were themselves new editions of previously published works): "Bracebridge Hall" (published 1869), and "Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey" (published 1864). Each work has own pagination, preface, explanatory introduction, and table of contents.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Book plate pasted inside front cover: 'Linton / Mechanics' Institute / Established, 1871'. Signed 'J.Dodds, Secretary'. Book plate indicates book was part of original Linton Mechanics' Institute collection, acquired before 1891.
Circular 'Linton Mechanics' Institute' stamp.

Summary

Bracebridge Hall: An "episodic" novel, a series of individual plots based in the lives of the occupants of an English manor, "Bracebridge Hall". First published in 1822, under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon.
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey: Chronicles Irving's visits to two stately halls in England - Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott, and Newstead Abbey, once home to Lord Byron. "A blend of travel narrative, personal observation, folklore, and historical sketches". First published 1835.