The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch BookBy: Washington Irving Exceptional talent. I am one of his most ardent admirers. I admired Mr. Irvings work so much, in fact, that I gave it the ultimate praise; I borrowed it.Edgar Allan Poe Sage, storyteller, and wit, Washington Irving created such staples of American fiction as the stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He earned his preeminence in early American literature with the masterpieces in miniature collected here: dozens