Oel: 11.tr vol- ffasßniOTOß; lit. iae.—lnstead ol being a "defect," the celibacy oi Irving was ins crown oi glory. Tuose who have studied his writings most have been struck with tin remarkable transition from humor to pathos, from the broadest fun lo the axosl aaeditative tentiineiit, which occurs between the (hcetious history ot New York aud the Sketch Book. Many, perhaps,imagine that this is accounted for t.yhis roseof fortune, lint the teeling Is too