The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . ing joys, reanimatesthe drooping spirit as the Arabian breeze will sometimes waftthe freshness of the distant fields to the weary pilgrim of thedesert. 11. Stranger and sojourner as I am in the land — thoughfor me no social hearth may blaze, no hospitable roof throwopen its doors, nor the warm grasp of friendship welcome meat the threshold—yet I feel the influence of the season beam-ing into my soul from the happy looks of those around , happiness
The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . ing joys, reanimatesthe drooping spirit as the Arabian breeze will sometimes waftthe freshness of the distant fields to the weary pilgrim of thedesert. 11. Stranger and sojourner as I am in the land — thoughfor me no social hearth may blaze, no hospitable roof throwopen its doors, nor the warm grasp of friendship welcome meat the threshold—yet I feel the influence of the season beam-ing into my soul from the happy looks of those around , happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven; andevery countenance, bright with smiles, and glowing with in-nocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to others the raysof a supreme and ever-shining benevolence. He who canturn churlishly away from contemplating the felicity of hisfellow-beings, and can sit down darkling and repining in hisloneliness when all around is joyful, may have his momentsof strong excitement and selfish gratification, but he wants thegenial and social sympathies which constitute the charm of amerry A Stage-coach of 1825 THE STAGE-COACH [Comment. — There is in The Stage-Coach an essay form,or outhne, which is the narrative of the personal experiencesof a traveller. There is woven into this narrative a bit ofstory in which several characters appear. This story may beoutlined, or told, as a separate story, but the part of it whichIrving witnessed that day in the coach fits into his narrativeand was a chief source of his own interest and pleasure. D.] Omne ben6 Sine poenaTempus est ludendi. Venit hora Absque mor^Libros deponendi. — Old Holiday School Song. 1. In the preceding paper I have made some general ob-servations on the Christmas festivities of England, and amtempted to illustrate them by some anecdotes of a Christmaspassed in the country; in perusing which I would most cour-teously invite my reader to lay aside the austerity of wisdom
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