“Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather given than taken.”

About Washington Irving

Author • American

Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, and historian of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," both of...