Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Felix Octavius Carr Darley was a prominent 19th-century American illustrator and artist, known for his detailed and expressive drawings. He illustrated a wide range of works, including classics like Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" and James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." Darley's distinctive style helped shape American visual culture, contributing to book illustrations, magazines, and even government publications. His work captured the essence of American landscapes and characters, making him one of the most important illustrators of his time.

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INTRODUCTORY.—“Our Mississippi, rolling proudly on,Would sweep them from its path, or swallow up,Like Aaron's rod, those streams of fame and song.”Mrs. Hale. The valley of a river like the channel of a man's career, does not always bear proportion to the magnitude or volume of the current, which flows through it. Mountains, forests, deserts, physical barriers to the former—and the... more...

CHAPTER I. HERE he comes! here he comes!" "He" was the "post-rider," an institution now almost of the past. He rode by the house and threw off a copy of the "Boston Gazette." Now the "Boston Gazette," of this particular issue, gave the results of the drawing of the great Massachusetts State Lottery of the Eastern Lands in the Waldo Patent. Mr. Cutts, the elder, took... more...

A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS.Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;The children were nestled all snug in their beds,While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap,Had just settled our brains for a... more...