Salmagundi; or, The whim-whams and opinions of Launcelot 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.

NOTORIETY. 385
street. I have lounged in Broadway with one of the most
crooked walking-sticks I could procure, and have sported a pair
of salmon-colored small clothes, and flame-colored stockings, at
every concert and ball to which I could purchase admission.
Being affeared that I might possibly appear to less advantage as
a pedestrian, in consequence of my being rather short and a little bandy, I have lately hired a tall horse with cropped ears and
a cocked tail, on which' I have joined the cavalcade of pretty
gemmen, who exhibit bright stirrups every fine morning in
Broadway, and take a canter of two miles per day, at the rate
of three hundred dollars per annum. But, sir, all this expense
has been laid out in vain, for I can scarcely get a partner at an
assembly, or an invitation to a tea-party. Pray, sir, inform me
what more I can do to acquire admission into the true stylish
circles, and whether it would not be advisable to charter a curricle for a month, and have my cipher put on it, as is done by
certain dashers of my acquaintance.
Yours to serve,
MALVOLIO DUBSTER.
TEA.
A POEM
FROM THE MILL OF PINDAR COCKLOFT, ESQ.
And earnestly recommended to the attention of Maidens of a certain age.
OLD time, my dear girls, is a knave who in truth
From the fairest of beauties will pilfer their youth;
Who, by constant attention and wily deceit,
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