Rip Van Winkle's Travels in Foreign Lands (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Rip Van Winkle's Travels in Foreign Lands<br><br>Rupert Van Wert was the master of a school in one of the suburbs of New York. lie had, on leaving college, founded this institution of learning, and somewhat ambitiously named it "The Polytechnic," and under his rule it had grown to be worthy of the designation. The master was universally beloved by his pupils, who were gathered from city and country. We should be obliged to go far back to find the origin of the nickname which his boys had good-naturedly substituted for the aristocratic "Van Wert" But however it came, it clung to him, though few teachers in the land could be found to whom it was so little applicable, if Rip Van Winkle represents a sleepy character.<br><br>Master Van Wert had dismissed his school for the last time.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.