The Inn Kitchen, 9

The Spectre Bridegroom, 11

A Wet Sunday in a Country Inn, 24

An Obedient Hen-pecked Husband, 27

A Desirable Match, 31

A Rival, 33

An Invitation, 35

A Dutch Entertainment, 36

War, 39

English Stage Coachmen, 40

The Waltz, 41

Dutch Tea-parties, 42

Cosmogony, 44

Dutch Legislators, 51

The Little Man in Black, 54

My Aunt Charity, 60

Will Wizard, 65

Style, 69

Frenchmen, 72

The Wife, 73

To Anthony Evergreen, Gent., 79

Showing the Nature of History in General.—furthermore,
the Universal Acquirements of William the

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Testy, and how a man may learn so much as to
render himself good for nothing, 80

Dirk Schuiler and the Valiant Peter, 88

Description of the powerful Army that assembled at
the City of New-Amsterdam—together with the interview
between Peter the Headstrong and General
Von Poffenburgh, and Peter's sentiments respecting
unfortunate great men, 91

Of Peter Stuyvesant's Expedition into the East Country,
showing that though an Old Bird, he did not understand
Trap, 96

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
who defend themselves by Resolutions, 106

The Widow and her Son, 113

Storm at Sea, 119

John Bull, 120

Consequence, 130

The Cockloft family, 131

Conversion of the Americans, 139

Tom Straddle, 142

Sleepy Hollow, 147

Ichabod Crane, 149

Superstition, 152

The Broken Heart 154

A Wreck at Sea, 161

Land, 162

Genius, 163

A Contrast, 164

Letter from Mustapha Rub-a-dub Keli Khan to Asem
Hacchem, Principal Slave-Driver to his Highness
the Bashaw of Tripoli, 168

A warlike Portrait of the Great Peter, 173

Mutability of Literature, 182

Book-Making, 184

A Dutch Settler's Dream, 188

The Pride of the Village, 189

Domestic Scene, 196

Master Simon, 197

Perseverance, 198

Doleful Disaster of Anthony the Trumpeter, 198

The Grief of Peter Stuyvesant, 200

The Dignified Retirement and Mortal surrender of
Peter the Headstrong, 200

Morning, 205

The Author's Account of his History of New-York, 206

Westminister Abbey, 207

Master Henry Hudson, 208

Master Robert Juet, 209

A Dutch Voyage of Discovery, 210

Letter from Mustapha Rub-a-dub Keli Khan to Asem
Hacchem, Principal Slave-Driver to his Highness
the Bashaw of Tripoli 211

Autumnal Reflections, 216

The Family of the Lambs, 220

Blindmans'-Buff, 223

The Angler, 223

Rural Life in England, 225

Letter from Mustapha Rub-a-dub Keli Khan to Muley
Helim al Raggi, surnamed the Agreeable Ragamuffin,
chief Mountebank and Buffo-dancer to his
Highness, 228

James I. of Scotland, 236

How Peter Stuyvesant relieved the Sovereign People
from the burden of taking care of the Nation—with
sundry particulars of his conduct in time of peace, 236

Showing the great difficulty Philosophers have had in
peopling America—and how the Aborigenes came to
be begotten by Accident, to the great relief and satisfaction
of the Author, 244

Wouter Van Twiller, 250

The Grand Council of New-Amsterdam—with reasons
why an Alderman should be Fat, 254

Ichabod Crane and the Galloping Hessian, 258