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A few years subsequent to the publication of Knickerbocker, Mr. Irving visited England, or the "land of wonders," as he facetely terms our favoured isle.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 584. (Supplement to Vol. 20) by Various