Tales of a Traveller, by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1824) is a two-volume collection of essays and short stories composed by Washington Irving while he was living in Europe, primarily in Germany and Paris. The collection was published under Irving's pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Contents

VOLUME I After the introductory "To the Reader", Tales of a Traveller is composed of four "Parts."

Part I: Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman

Part II: Buckthorne and His Friends

VOLUME II

Part III: The Italian Banditti

Part IV: The Money Diggers

Reception

Irving thought highly of Tales of a Traveller, saying: "I think there are in it some of the best things I have ever written". He was therefore disappointed by the book's generally poor critical reception. Critic John Neal was severe in his critique, saying in American Writers: "We hardly know how to speak of this sad affair.... No wonder that people have begun to question his originality". By the early 20th century, critics generally ranked it lower than The Sketch Book.