Bracebridge Hall

Washington Irving

Also entitled "The Humorists, A Medley", this was written in 1821, while he lived in England, and published in 1822 in England and U.S.A. (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracebridge_Hall>Wikipedia</a>). An episodic collection of sketches suggested by his visit to the Bracebridge family at Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England.