THE BEAUTIES OF WASHINGTON IRVING, AUTHOR OF "THE SKETCH-BOOK," "KNICKERBOCKER," 'CRAYON MISCELLANY," &c. 66 .73 79 ...... To Anthony Evergreen, Gent.,. Showing the Nature of History in General.-furthermore, the Universal Acquirements of William the Testy, and how a man may learn so much as to render himself good for nothing, Dirk Schuiler and the Valiant Peter, Description of the powerful Army that assembled at the City of New-Amsterdam-together with the in- terview between Peter the Headstrong and General Page Of Peter Stuyvesant's Expedition into the East Coun- try, showing that though an Old Bird, he did not un- How the People of New-Amsterdam were thrown into a great Panic by the news of a threatened Invasion, and the manner in which they fortified themselves,...103 The troubles of New-Amsterdam appear to thicken, showing the bravery in time of Peril of a People |