Salmagundi
Subtitle: or, The whimwhams and opinions of Laucelot Langstaff, esq. [pseud.] and others
By: by William Irving, James Kirke Paulding and Washington Irving ... Printed from the original ed., with a preface and notes by Evert A. Duyckinck
Series: His Works. Geoffrey Crayon ed -- v. 16
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's sons
Published: 1860
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 502
Subjects: American literature
Description: 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.
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