The life and letters of Washington Irving . John , where he was fixed for thepresent:— New York, February 27, After eleven months seclu-sion in the country, during which I madebut three or four visits of business totown, going down and returning the sameday in the boat, I came down on a visitichabod Crane. early in the winter, having recovered sufficiently from my old malady to go again into society. The cordial, andI may say affectionate, reception I met with everywhere, and the delight Ifelt on mingling once more among old friends, had such an enliveningeffect upon me, that
The life and letters of Washington Irving . John , where he was fixed for thepresent:— New York, February 27, After eleven months seclu-sion in the country, during which I madebut three or four visits of business totown, going down and returning the sameday in the boat, I came down on a visitichabod Crane. early in the winter, having recovered sufficiently from my old malady to go again into society. The cordial, andI may say affectionate, reception I met with everywhere, and the delight Ifelt on mingling once more among old friends, had such an enliveningeffect upon me, that I soon repeated my visit, and have ended by passingalmost the whole of the winter in town. I think it had a good effect uponme in every way. It has rejuvenated me, and given such a healthful toneto my mind and spirits, that I have worked with great alacrity and have my books and papers with me, and generally confine myself to thehouse and to my pen all the long morning, and then give up the evening to society and amusement. 87. 88 LIFE AND LETTERS OF WASHINGTON IRVING. One great charm of New York, at present, is a beautiful opera-house,and a very good troupe. We have a prima donna, named Trufifi, whodelights me as much as Grisi did, and in the same hne of characters,though I will not say she is equal to her, excepting in occasional is an admirable actress and an excellent singer. We have an excel-lent tenor also—a young man who, when he gets more cultivation andtraining, will be worthy of the Paris stage. The theatre is well arranged,and so fashionable in every part that there is no jealousy about places,as in the old opera-house here. Ladies are seated everywhere, and, withtheir gay dresses, make what is the parquette in other theatres look hke abed of flowers. It is filled every night. Everybody is well dressed, andit is altogether one of the gayest, prettiest, and most polite-looking theatres I have ever seen I have not missed a single performance s
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