Excerpt from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and the Spectre Bridegroom: From the "Sketch Book" I recollect that, when a stripling, my first exploit in squirrel Shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one Side of the valley. I had wandered into it at noon-time, when all nature is peculiarly quiet, and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness around, and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes. If ever I Should Wish for a retreat, whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I. Know of none more promising than this little valley. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.