Travel back in time to the days before the American Revolution, when Dutch settlers populated the little towns along the Hudson River and ghosts roamed the mountains and river valleys. In "Rip Van Winkle," a henpecked husband escapes his nagging wife by wandering the Catskills, where he encounters some mysterious mountain men and tastes a strange brew with unexpected effects. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" recounts schoolmaster Ichabod Crane's dream...

Poco aficionado al trabajo, a Rip van Winkle lo que de verdad le apasiona es pasear por el bosque, cazar ardillas, conversar y narrarles cuentos a los niños, jugar con su fiel perro Wolf, salir de pesca, hacerles favores a las mujeres del pueblo y juntarse con sus amigotes en la posada para contarse historias de nada y comentar las noticias que llegan a esa apacible colonia holandesa a orillas del río Hudson. Pero por estas aficiones su esposa regaña...

This classic of Catskill lore, enhanced with lovely watercolors, established the reputation of Arthur Rackham, and today the images are recognized as among the artist's best works. Sure to enchant art lovers and Rackham devotees, this edition of all 51 full-page illustrations, plus Irving's complete story, will delight fantasy enthusiasts of all ages.

The legend of Sleepy Hollow: A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman. Rip Van Winkle: A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

In the first of these two tales set in the Catskill Mountains, a man sleeps for twenty years and wakens to a much-changed world; in the second, a superstitious schoolmaster encounters a headless horseman.