The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.: Difference between revisions

|Irving's tribute to the English writer and historian [[William Roscoe]], whom Irving had met in [[Liverpool]].

|A detective story of sorts, in which Crayon attempts to locate the real-life tavern of [[Shakespeare]]’s [[Falstaff]], the [[Boar's Head Inn, Eastcheap]].

|A contemplative tour of [[Westminster Abbey|famous London building]].

|Prowling London for antiques, Crayon instead stumbles upon the [[London Charterhouse|Charter House]], home of "superannuated tradesmen and decayed householders"; one of whom gives him a history of "Little Britain" to read.