Research Catalog

Title

Salmagundi : or, The whimwhams and opinions of Laucelot Langstaff, esq. [pseud.] and others / by William Irving, James Kirke Paulding and Washington Irving ... Printed from the original ed., with a preface and notes by Evert A. Duyckinck.

Author

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859

Publication

New York, G. P. Putnam's sons [c1860]

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Additional Authors

• Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878
• Irving, William, 1766-1821
• Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860

Description

502 p. [3] leaves of plate : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

Salmagundi; or The Whim-whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. & Others, commonly referred to as Salmagundi, was a 19th-century satirical periodical created and written by American writer Washington Irving, his oldest brother, William, and James Kirke Paulding. The collaborators produced twenty issues at irregular intervals between January 24, 1807 and January 15, 1808. Salmagundi lampooned New York City culture and politics in a manner much like today's Mad magazine. It was in the November 11, 1807, issue that Irving first attached the name "Gotham" to New York City, based on the alleged stupidity of the people of Gotham, Nottinghamshire. Irving and his collaborators published the periodical using a wide variety of pseudonyms, including Will Wizard, Launcelot Langstaff, Pindar Cockloft, and Mustapha Rub-a-Dub Keli Khan. Irving and Paulding discontinued Salmagundi in January 1808, following a disagreement with publisher David Longworth over profits.

Series Statement

• His Works. Geoffrey Crayon ed. v. 16
• Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Works. Geoffrey Crayon ed. v. 16.

Subjects

• American literature > 19th century
• American literature > 18th century
• 1700-1899

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

OCLC

4160114

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library