The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . ngs, and bright-eyed boarding-school hoydens. Theywere variously occupied: some at a round game of cards;others conversing around the fireplace; at one end of the hallwas a group of the young folks, some nearly grown up, othersof a more tender and budding age, fully engrossed by a merrygame; and a profusion of wooden horses, penny trumpets, andtattered dolls, about the floor, showed traces of a troop oflittle fairy beings who, having frolicked through a hap
The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . ngs, and bright-eyed boarding-school hoydens. Theywere variously occupied: some at a round game of cards;others conversing around the fireplace; at one end of the hallwas a group of the young folks, some nearly grown up, othersof a more tender and budding age, fully engrossed by a merrygame; and a profusion of wooden horses, penny trumpets, andtattered dolls, about the floor, showed traces of a troop oflittle fairy beings who, having frolicked through a happy day,had been carried off to slumber through a peaceful night. 11. While the mutual greetings were going on betweenyoung Bracebridge and his relatives, I had time to scan theapartment. I have called it a hall, for so it had certainly beenin old times, and the Squire had evidently endeavored to re- ^ The mistletoe is still hung up in farm-houses and kitchens atChristmas; and the young men have the privilege of kissing the girlsunder it, plucking each time a berry from the bush. When theberries are all plucked, the privilege Bringing in the Yule-log 56 THE SKETCH-BOOK store it to something of its primitive state. Over the heavyprojecting fireplace was suspended a picture of a warrior inarmor, standing by a white horse, and on the opposite wallhung a helmet, buckler, and lance. At one end an enormouspair of antlers were inserted in the wall, the branches servingas hooks on which to suspend hats, whips, and spurs; and inthe corners of the apartment were fowling-pieces, fishing-rods,and other sporting implements. The furniture was of thecumbrous workmanship of former days, though some articlesof modern convenience had been added, and the oaken floorhad been carpeted; so that the whole presented an odd mix-ture of parlor and hall. 12. The grate had been removed from the wide overwhelm-ing fireplace, to make way for a fire of wood, in the midst ofwhich was an enormous log g
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