Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Deirdre_ca and PG Distributed Proofreaders FOUR FAMOUS AMERICAN WRITERS Washington Irving Edgar Allan Poe James Russell Lowell Bayard Taylor A Book For Young Americans By Sherwin Cody 1899 CONTENTS THE STORY OF WASHINGTON IRVING CHAPTER I. HIS CHILDHOOD II. IRVING’S FIRST VOYAGE UP THE HUDSON RIVER III. A TRIP TO MONTREAL