“A VOLUMINOUS DAMSEL, ARRAYED IN A DOZEN OF PETTICOATS” 265 THE YOUNG GALLANT 269 KILLIAN VAN RENSELLAER 273 THE BATTERY 279 “SCAMPERING FROM THE STORM” 283 THE YANKEE’S SATURDAY’S DINNER OF DUMB-FISH 289 TARRED AND FEATHERED 293 “THE HORRIBLE MELODIES OF SOME AMATEUR, WHO CHOOSES TO SERENADE THE MOON” 301 “BRISK, LIKELY, PLEASANT-TONGUED VARLETS” 303 JACOBUS VAN CURLET 307 THE PROTEST OF JACOBUS VAN CURLET 311 “HE PROCEEDED ON A LONG SWING-TROT THROUGH THE MUDDY LANES” 313 THE POET AND HISTORIAN 319 WILLIAM THE TESTY 323 THE GREAT SEAL OF THE PROVINCE 329 KIDNAPPING HOGS 333 “THE WHOLE GARRISON OF FORT GOED HOOP STRAGGLING INTO TOWN ALL TATTERED AND WAYWORN” 339 ANTHONY THE TRUMPETER 347 WILLIAM THE TESTY’S CURE FOR VAGRANCY 355 STOFFEL BRINKERHOFF 363 =Notices= WHICH APPEARED IN THE NEWSPAPERS PREVIOUS TO THE PUBLICATION OF THIS WORK. _From the Evening Post of October 26, 1809._ DISTRESSING. Left his lodgings, some time since, and has not since been heard of, a small elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black coat and cocked hat, by the name of _Knickerbocker_. As there are some reasons for believing he is not entirely in his right mind, and as great anxiety is entertained about him, any information concerning him left either at the Columbian Hotel, Mulberry Street, or at the office of this paper, will be thankfully received. P. S.—Printers of newspapers would be aiding the cause of humanity in giving an insertion to the above. _From the same, November 6, 1809._ _To the Editor of the Evening Post_: