. Backgrounds of literature. o old associations, the charity for 130 WASHINGTON IRVING COUNTRY that ease which the strenuous New Englandtemper called by another name, the pervadinghumor which is never obtrusive or boisterous butis full of heart and fellowship, the happy blend-ing of dignity and graciousness, and the modu-lated cadence of English speech in his work. In the long future there may come a Hudsonof new associations; a river freighted with thetraffic of a valley which has become a continuouscity from its mouth to the foothills of the Adi-rondacks. In that day some writer may appearwh
. Backgrounds of literature. o old associations, the charity for 130 WASHINGTON IRVING COUNTRY that ease which the strenuous New Englandtemper called by another name, the pervadinghumor which is never obtrusive or boisterous butis full of heart and fellowship, the happy blend-ing of dignity and graciousness, and the modu-lated cadence of English speech in his work. In the long future there may come a Hudsonof new associations; a river freighted with thetraffic of a valley which has become a continuouscity from its mouth to the foothills of the Adi-rondacks. In that day some writer may appearwhose work will echo the multitudinous voicesof countless factories and the murmur of a vastpopulation. But for many a year to come theHudson which Hendrik explored as the heraldof a host of sturdy Dutch settlers, the Hudsonof long decades of slumberous plenty, of statelyand humble homes—the Hudson of three cen-turies—will flow through Irvings country, andremain typical of his genius; the background ofhis art and life. 131. WEIMAR AND GOETHE WEIMAR AND GOETHE
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