Salmagundi (periodical)

Salmagundi

From an 1869 reprint
Author Washington Irving
(with James Kirke Paulding and William Irving, Jr.)
Original title Salmagundi; or The Whim-whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. & Others
Country United States
Language English
Genre Satire
Publisher David Longworth
(New York City)
Publication date
 1807-1808
Media type Print (Periodical)
ISBN 978-0-940450-14-1 (reprint)
OCLC 9412147
818/.209 19
LC Class PS2052 1983

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.

Notes

  1. ↑ Jones, 82.
  2. ↑ Burrows, Edwin G. and Mike Wallace. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. (Oxford University Press, 1999), 417.

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