...pp. 478, 498.) From " Knickerbocker's History of New York." 146. FROM "TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS." A HISTORY of New York, from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty, . . . being the only authentic history of the times that ever hath been or ever will be published,...

...relating to the Present War between that Country and Spain. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1866. $1.00 (IRVING, W.) A History of New York. From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. 2 vols., I2mo, calf. Paris, 1824. $3.50 JEFFERSON, THOMAS. Writings. Being his Autobiography, Correspondence,...

...necessity for poetry, and, unfortunately for me, for history."— W. //. Prescott. IRVING'S KNICKERBOCKER. A History of New York from the beginning of the World to the end of the Dutch Dynasty, etc., etc. By Diedrich Knickerbocker. In one volume. Sunnyside Edition, I2mo, cloth, $2 .25. Riverside...

.... 2 v. 1822. Chronicle of the conquest of Granada from the MSS of Pray Antonio Agapida. 2 v. 1829. A history of New York from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty by Diedrich Knickerbocker. New ed. 1820. The sketchbook by Geoffrey Crayon. 2 v. 3rded. 1820. Tales...

...Discoveries. ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West. KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA. CONQUEST OF FLORIDA UNDER HERNANDO DE SOTO. ABBOTSFORD AND NEWSTEAD ABBEY. SALMAGUNDI...

...Appalachian Mountain Club, 1945. Reissued by Walking News, Inc.. New York. 1979. Irving, Washington. A History of New York— From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker. The Kinderhook Edition of The Works of Washington Irving. New York, GP Putnam's...

...Gotham were in fact fools.50 Irving further developed his mode of whimsical irony and gentle satire in A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty by Diedrich Knickerbocker '(1809). In the manner of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," though with...

...years after Irving wrote his enormously popular spoof of the old New York Dutch burgher-aristocracy, A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. In 1832, Irving embarked on a journey down the Ohio and west to St. Louis, and then up the Arkansas...

...told by one of the early settlers. He chose the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. The book, titled A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, was published in 1809. Although this delightful work became better known by its shorter title, Knickerbocker's...

...Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. and Others (1808). Seguí una parodia che ebbe grande successo, A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, firmándola "Diedrich Knickerbocker", pseudónimo che voleva indicare la figura di un solido e flemmalico...