Letters of Henry Brevoort to Washington Irving: Together with Other Unpublished Brevoort Papers. In Two Volumes. Volume Two

Henry Brevoort's letters to Washington Irving are manuscripts of exceptional interest. Brevoort touches upon topics closely related to the political, cultural, and commercial development of America in the first half of the 19th century. He does it with a sense of humor and literary grace, much the same as that of his famous and beloved friend, Washington Irving. For many readers, however, the most charming thing about these letters will be their social aspect, Henry Brevoort's ability to conjure up to us in later times the vivid images of the men and women that Irving and Brevoort were most interested in. Old New York families, actors, painters, early writers, statesmen, artists again cross the land of shadows and carry us along the highways and fascinating streets of this city's past. This collection of Henry Brevoort's letters to Washington Irving has been published in two volumes, and this edition is the second volume edited by George Sidney Hellman and published in 1916.