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A mong the once popular American writers of the early nineteenth century is James Kirke Paulding, whose name is now known only to the devoted bibliophile or the literary historian probing in the remains of long-forgotten essays, novels, or short stories. In his prime, however, Paulding ranked in popularity with Irving and Cooper as a story-teller who combined narrative talent with enthusiastic nationalism. Once he had discovered his writing facility and received acclaim for his part in Salmagundi, First Series (1807-1808), Paulding wrote unremittingly, almost compulsively, for nearly half a century. His versatility is noteworthy, for he wrote short stories, novels, plays, book reviews, travel sketches, political commentaries, burlesques, parodies, and letters. His poetry includes The Backwoodsman, a book-length tale of the frontier, and dozens of brief effusions on a wide variety of topics.[1]

In the frenzy of his writing Paulding seldom revised his outpourings, with the result that while they were suitable for the moment their frequent lack of grace and polish causes them, rightfully, to be neglected today. Beneath their roughness, however, lie the observations of an alert, cultured individual interested in the problems and ideas of his age. Consequently, his writings are a valuable source for the social and cultural historians of the first half of the nineteenth century. Because some of his reviews and critical commentaries were doubtless dashed off during the heat of his reaction to a book or to a political or social event, they were promptly forgotten when his interest turned elsewhere.[2]

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Paulding wrote almost exclusively for the New York and Philadelphia magazines, for in these cities he had literary, social, and business connections. His early associations with the Port Folio and the Analectic Magazine in Philadelphia opened the way for later contacts there with the American Quarterly Review, Graham's Magazine, and Godey's Lady's Book. After he returned to New York from Washington in 1824 Paulding contributed most extensively to the New-York Mirror, edited by his admirer and long-time champion, George Pope Morris. The Mirror printed Paulding's stories and sketches, reviewed his books favorably, published copious extracts from them, and passed along any literary gossip involving him, the eight-page weekly thus serving admirably as Paulding's publicity medium in the early 1830's. Through his constant exposure in the magazines Paulding was regarded as one of the country's leading literati, a fact which greatly aided the sale of his books.[3]

Although Paulding acknowledged some of his offspring in periodicals with his signature, many of them have sunk into the oblivion of anonymity. By following hints gleaned from his letters, from references made by his contemporaries, from surviving cost books of magazine publishers, and from a study of his style, scholars have uncovered many of Paulding's anonymous contributions. Despite these efforts, many pieces still lie unnoticed, awaiting further clues before they can be positively identified. Probably Paulding wrote some of his earliest pieces for Select Reviews and Spirit of Foreign Magazines, a predecessor of the Analectic Magazine which flourished between 1809 and 1812, but they cannot be singled out with any degree of certainty.[4] Except for short periods when his energies were diverted into public affairs or concentrated novel-writing, Paulding continued to compose articles and sketches for the outstanding magazines to within a few years of his death in 1860.

In this collection of Paulding's magazine writings I have included only those which he signed or for which we have reasonably reliable evidence of his authorship. Such evidence as the Carey and Hart account books for the American Quarterly Review, a collection of

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Paulding's pieces from the Analectic Magazine signed by him and bound in book form (now in the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library), and numerous allusions in his correspondence has noticeably increased the number of items which we can attribute to him. I have encountered other unsigned selections which seem to bear his hallmark, but I have not included them in the following list. I have excluded, in addition, all of his first-hand newspaper contributions[5] and his stories and poems published in the gift books and literary souvenirs of the 1820's and 1830's.

African Repository and Colonial Journal. "[American Colonization Society]," XII (May, 1836), 143. Quotation of four sentences from Paulding's Slavery in the United States (1836), 248.
American Ladies' Magazine. "A Vision of Human Happiness," VII (March, 1834), 97-104.
American Monthly Magazine. "Universal Fame," I (July 1, 1833), 304-306. Reprinted in Anglo-American, I (July 15, 1843), 272-273.
_____. "Fables," II (September 1, 1833), 9-10. Includes "The Drop of Water, the Brook, the River, and the Ocean," "The Mole-Hill and the Mountain," and "The Revenge of the Beasts." Reprinted in New-York Mirror, XI (September 14, 1833), 83, and in Anglo-American, I (September 23, 1843), 509. The first fable was reprinted in Rural Repository, X (October 26, 1833), 86.
_____. "Know Thyself," II (December 1, 1833), 257-263.
_____. "Plain Prose," II (January 1, 1834), 319-322.
_____. "The Ruling Passion," II (January 1, 1834), 339-344.
American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review. Review of Airs of Palestine by John Pierpont, I (May, 1817), 23-26.
_____. Review of Sketches of Lower Canada . . . by Joseph Sansom, II (December, 1817), 114-118. Signed "P."
_____. Review of The Bridal of Vaumond, II (February, 1818), 254-265. Signed "P."
_____. Review of Crystalina, A Fairy Tale, II (March, 1818), 339-341. Signed "P."
_____. "Death and the Drunkard," (poem), II (March, 1818), 374-375. Signed "P."
_____. Review of Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry by William Wirt, II (April, 1818), 412-427. Signed "P."
_____. "Myself and the Doctor," (poem), III (June, 1818), 138-141. Signed "P."
_____. Review of The Poems, Odes, Songs, and Other Metrical Effusions of Samuel Woodworth, III (July, 1818), 165-167. Signed "P."
_____. Review of Demetrius, the Hero of the Don by Alexis Eustaphieve, III (July and August, 1818), 201-206, 241-251. Signed "P."
_____. Review of A Tour from the City of New-York, to Detroit . . . by William Darby, IV (April, 1819), 401-412. Signed "P."
American Quarterly Review. "English Fashionable Life," I (March, 1827), 222-234.
_____. "American Drama," I (June, 1827), 331-357. Excerpt (pp. 331-339) reprinted in New-England Galaxy, X (June 15, 1827), 1.

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_____. "Historical Romance," II (September, 1827), 19-46.
_____. "Travels of Lieutenant De Roos," II (December, 1827), 395-422.
_____. "The Greeks and the Turks," III (March, 1828), 190-220.
_____. "Anti-Masonry," VII (March, 1830), 162-188.
_____. "John Paul Jones," VII (June, 1830), 409-436.
_____. "Dramatic Literature," VIII (September, 1830), 134-161.
_____. "Europe and America," IX (June, 1831), 398-419.
_____. "Parliamentary Reform," X (September, 1831), 48-68.
_____. "Two Years and a Half in the Navy," XII (December, 1832), 457-485.
Analectic Magazine. "Biographical Notice of Captain Isaac Hull," I (March, 1813), 266-275. Signed "P." Included in a bound collection of Paulding's contributions to the Analectic Magazine in the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library. (Hereafter referred to as Berg copy.)
_____. "Biography of Commodore Decatur," I (June, 1813), 502-511.
_____. Review of Charles Phillips's The Emerald Isle, II (July, 1813), 52-70. Signed "P."
_____. "Biography of Captain Jacob Jones," II (July, 1813), 70-78.
_____. "Notice of Mr. Scott's Edition of Dryden," II (August, 1813), 139-146. Signed "P." In Berg copy.
_____. "Cupid and Hymen, An Allegory," II (September, 1813), 217-218. Signed "P." Reprinted in New-York Weekly Museum, II (May 27, 1815), 56-57.
_____. Selections from The Lay of the Scottish Fiddle, II (September, 1813), 223-230. With an introduction by Washington Irving. Quotes pages 13-17; 71-73; 88-94.
_____. "The Seat," (poem), II (December, 1813), 519-521. In Berg copy and in manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "Biographical Sketch of the Late Lieutenant Aylwin," III (January, 1814), 54-61.
_____. "Walbridge," III (January, 1814), 62-69. Signed "P."
_____. "The Battle of Lake Erie," (poem), III (January, 1814), 83-84. Signed "P."
_____. "The Idea of a True Patriot," III (February, 1814), 137-144. Signed "P." Reprinted in William I. Paulding, Literary Life of James K. Paulding, 56-67.
_____. "Americanisms," III (May, 1814), 404-409. Signed "P."
_____. Review of A General History of Connecticut, IV (July, 1814), 49-68. Signed "P."
_____. "The Lost Traveller," IV (August, 1814), 158-162. Signed "P." In Berg copy. Reprinted in New-York Weekly Museum, II (June 10, 1815), 81-84; and in New York Evening Post, May 23, 1817, 2.
_____. "May Day," IV (September, 1814), 252-255. Long headnote is signed "P."
_____. "Tell-Tale Eyes," (poem), IV (September, 1814), 256. In Berg copy.
_____. "Lines, Written in Remembrance of a Lady the Author Saw But Once," (poem), IV (September, 1814), 256-257. In Berg copy. Entitled "The Unknown" in manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "The American Naval Chronicle," VI (September, 1815), 231-257. Signed "P."
_____. "The Adventures of Henry Bird," VI (October, 1815), 295-301. Signed "P." In Berg copy. Reprinted in New-York Weekly Museum, III (November 25, 1815), 51-56.
_____. "The Navy," VI (October, 1815), 318-333. In Berg copy.
_____. "Biographical Notice of Captain James Biddle," VI (November, 1815), 383-399. Signed "P."

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_____. "Biographical Sketch of Captain Lewis Warrington," VII (January, 1816), 1-10. In Berg copy.
_____. "Account of Rais Hammida, The Late Algerine Admiral," VII (January, 1816), 10-16. In Berg copy. See also P. M. Irving, Life and Letters of Warrington Irving, I, 349.
_____. "The Wasp and Epervier," VII (January, 1816), 37-38. In Berg copy.
_____. "A Sailor's Elegy on the Fate of the Wasp," (poem), VII (January, 1816), 39-40. Signed "P." Reprinted in New-York Weekly Museum, III (March 30, 1816), 349-350.
_____. "Sketch of the Barbary States," VII (February, 1816), 105-113. In Berg copy.
_____. "Naval History," VII (February, 1816), 113-126. In Berg copy.
_____. "Biographical Sketch of Captain Thomas Macdonough," VII (March, 1816), 201-215. In Berg copy.
_____. "Description of the Island of Tristan D'Acunha," VII (March, 1816), 215-217. In Berg copy.
_____. "A Cursory Examination of 'A Synopsis of Naval Actions . . .,'" VII (April, 1816), 294-310.
_____. "Remarks on the Synopsis of Naval Actions . . .," VII (May, 1816), 381-393.
_____. "Continuation of the Remarks on 'the Synopsis of Naval Actions . . .,'" VII (June, 1816), 470-481.
_____. "Life of John Paul Jones," VIII (July, 1816), 1-29. In Berg copy.
_____. "Continuation of the Remarks on 'the Synopsis of Naval Actions . . .,'" VIII (August, 1816), 134-146.
_____. "Conclusion of the Remarks on 'the Synopsis of Naval Actions . . .,'" VIII (September, 1816), 235-247.
_____. "Remarks on the preceding letter to Lord Melville," VIII (October, 1816), 332-341.
_____. Letters from Virginia," IX (March, 1817), 238-245; (May, 1817), 418-430. Quotes letters I, II, XII, XIV, XVIII, and XXII from Paulding's Letters from the South (1817).
_____. Review of Resources of the United States of America by John Bristed, XI (June, 1818), 494-523. In Berg copy.
_____. 'Biographical Notice of the Late Captain Thomas Gamble," XIII (May, 1819), 413-417.
Columbian Magazine. "The Fountain of Youth — A Vision," I (February, 1844), 78-83.
_____. "Sketch of the Great Western Lakes" I (June, 1844), 258-266.
_____. "The Quiet Home," V (January, 1846), 35-40.
_____. "The Vision of Hakim, Surnamed the Dreamer," V (March, 1846), 113-115.
_____. "The Happiness of Wealth," V (May, 1846), 196-200.
_____. "The Creole's Daughter," VI (July, 1846), 7-12. Reprinted in Louisiana History Quarterly, XXXIII (October, 1950), 364-379.
_____. "A Panegyric on Witchcraft, Mesmerism, and Cheap Literature," VI (November, 1846), 209-214.
_____. "Peter Pettifog, the Great Traveller, and Id Genus Omne," VI (September, 1846), 103-107.
_____. "The All-Seeing Eye," VII (January, 1847), 5-12.
Democratic Review (title varies). "The School of Reform: A Domestic Tale," I (March, 1838), 424-430.
_____. "The Altar of Fashion," II (June, 1838), 265-271.

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_____. "Political Miscellany," XXVI (April, 1850), 374-377. Letter of Paulding to Robert J. Dillon, et al., March 14, 1850.
_____. "The Conspiracy of Fanaticism," XXVI (May, 1850), 385-400. Article is alluded to in Paulding's letter to Henry S. Foote, June 3, 1850.
_____. "Military Presidents," XXVI (June, 1850), 481-498. Variant version of pages 482-483 is reprinted in William I. Paulding, Literary Life of James K. Paulding, 287-289.
_____. "Fugitive Slaves," XXVII (July, 1850), 57-62. Also alluded to in Paulding's letter to Foote.
_____. "The Apotheosis of Dullness," (poem), XXXII (February, 1853), 115-119. Entitled "The Rights of Genius" in a manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "Six Weeks in the Moon," XXXII (June, 1853), 513-522. Reprinted in A Book of Vagaries (1868), 395-410.
_____. "The British Spy; or The Three Honest Men and True," (poem), XXXIII (August, 1853), 117-125. In manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "Dawn in the Highlands of the Hudson," (poem), XXXIII (September, 1853), 218-220. Entitled "The Dawn in the Highlands of the Hudson" in manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library. Reprinted in William I. Paulding, Literary Life of James K. Paulding, 31-33.
_____. "The Eyes and the Spectacles," (poem), XXXIV (November, 1854), 446. In manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
Godey's Lady's Book. "Ode to Jamestown," (poem), XXXII (January, 1846), 3-4. Printed earlier in The Magnolia for 1836, 31-35.
_____. "Jane M'Crea — A Ballad," (poem), XXXIII (September, 1846), 112-114.
_____. "Retiring from the Cares of Life. No. 1," XXXIII (October, 1846), 152-156. Includes the poem, "To My Birds," 155-156.
_____. "Retiring from the Cares of Life. No. 2," XXXIII (December, 1846), 242-245.
_____. "The Man Whom Everybody Pitied," XXXIV (January, 1847), 19-23.
_____. "Retiring from the Cares of Life. No. 3," XXXIV (February, 1846), 103-107.
_____. "Fairy Land and Fairy Lore," XXXIV (June, 1847), 302-306.
Graham's Magazine. "The End of the World — A Vision," XXII (March, 1843), 145-149. Reprinted in Brother Jonathan, IV (February 18, 1843), 198-199.
_____. "The Mississippi," XXII (April, 1843), 215-224. Two excerpts printed in Brother Jonathan, IV (March 18, 1843), 325.
_____. "A Whisper from the Grave," (poem), XXII (May, 1843), 293. In manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "Too Late and Too Early: Written in 1813," XXII (June, 1843), 313-321.
_____. "The Lament of the Faithless Shepherdess," (poem), XXIII (July, 1843), 34. In manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "The Millionaire," XXIII (September, 1843), 121-130.
_____. "The History of a Lion," XXIV (January, 1844), 1-9.
_____. "The Old Skinflint Fairy, and Her Goddaughter," XXIV (February, 1844), 82-87.
_____. "To Flora," (poem), XXIV (March, 1844), 108. Entitled "To a Lady"
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in manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "Rhyme and Reason," (poem), XXIV (May, 1844), 230. In manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "The Two Clocks," XXIV (June, 1844), 261-264.
_____. "Poor Genevieve," XXV (July, 1844), 1-5.
_____. "Who Says That Poetry Is Cheap?" (poem), XXV (July, 1844), 14. Entitled "Calumny Refuted" in manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "Job's Comforter," (poem), XXV (August, 1844), 59. In manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "Washington and Napoleon," XXV (August, 1844), 60-62.
_____. "Murad the Wise," XXV (September, 1844), 100-103.
_____. "Braying," (poem), XXV (October, 1844), 161. In manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "The Blind Fiddler of New Amsterdam," XXVI (January, 1845), 29-34.
_____. "Recollections of the Country," XXVI (February, 1845), 86-89.
_____. "Flora," (poem), XXVI (June, 1845), 280. Entitled "Song" in manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "On Nincom, Who Is Very Devout in His Poetry, and Very Licentious in His Prose," (poem), XXVII (July, 1845), 39. Entitled "On N. P. Willis, Who is very Pious in Verse, and very Profane in Prose" in manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "A Similitude," (poem), XXVII (October, 1845), 150. In manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "The Divine Right of Kings," (poem), XXVII (October, 1845), 189. In manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "The Mother's Tragedy," XXVIII (February, 1846), 83-87; (March, 1846), 119-122.
_____. "Half a Loaf Worse Than no Bread," (poem), XXVIII (March, 1846), 108. In manuscript volume of Paulding's poems at the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "The New Science, or The Village Bewitched," XXVIII (May, 1846), 210-218.
_____. "The Vroucolacas," XXVIII (June, 1846), 271-277.
_____. "Musa; or The Pilgrim of Truth," XXX (January, 1847), 28-32.
_____. "The Little Goldfish," XXXII (January, 1848), 31-38.
_____. "The Double Transformation," XXXII (June, 1848), 350-351.
_____. "The Illinois and the Prairies," XXXIV (January, 1849), 16-25. Partially reprinted in Mentor Williams, "A Tour of the Illinois in 1842," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, XLII (September, 1949), 292-312.
Harper's Magazine. "An Interview with Napoleon's Brother," edited by James Kirke Paulding, CXXXI (November, 1915), 813-821.
Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania. "William Penn," XVI (November 14, 1835), 319.
Home Journal. "Anecdote of Mr. Madison," May 5, 1860, 1.
_____. "A Mood of Nature and Man," June 9, 1860, 1. Excerpt from Letters from the South, II, 13-19.
_____. "The Shin-Plaster Dynasty," June 16, 1860, 1. Reprinted from Letters from the South, II, 151-156; 160-165. Reprinted in William I. Paulding, Literary Life of James K. Paulding, 83-90.

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_____. "The Tomb of Washington," June 30, 1860, 1. Reprinted from Letters from the South (1835 ed.), II, 187-190. Reprinted with slight changes in Literary Life of James K. Paulding, 253-156.
_____. "The Discounted Dutchman," July 7, 1860, 1.
_____. "Randolph of Roanoke," July 21, 1860, 1-2. Reprinted from Letters from the South (1835 ed.), I, 13-20. Reprinted in Literary Life of James K. Paulding, 237-243.
_____. "The Good Pastor," August 18, 1860, 1.
_____. "The Horse Trade," September 1, 1860, 1. Reprinted from John Bull and Brother Jonathan (1835 ed.), 81-83.
Knickerbocker Magazine. "A Ramble in the Woods on Sunday," I (January, 1833), 15-19. Reprinted in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, n. s. II (June, 1835), 387-389, and in Knickerbocker Magazine, LVI (July, 1860), 86-91.
_____. "Running Against Time," I (March, 1833), 147-150.
Ladies' Literary Cabinet. "Drunkenness," I (June 12, 1819), 37. Quotation from Letters from the South, I, 71.
Literary World. "Odds and Ends, Contributed to the Literary World, by an Obsolete Author. No. I — 'Happiness,'" IX (July 19, 1851), 41-42. A variant of this story appears in Literary Life of James K. Paulding, 352-355.
_____. "Odds and Ends . . . No. II — 'Rencontre Island,'" IX (September 20, 1851), 221.
_____. "Odds and Ends . . . No. III — 'An Old Man's Blessings,'" XI (November 6, 1852), 298. Reprinted in Literary Life of James K. Paulding, 356-358. In manuscript volume of Paulding's poems in the University of Pennsylvania Library.
_____. "Odds and Ends . . . No. IV — 'Body and Soul,'" XI (December 18, 1852), 393.
_____. "Odds and Ends . . . No. V — 'Truth and Falsehood,'" XII (January 15, 1853), 44-45.
_____. "Odds and Ends . . . No. VI — 'The Snow Storm,'" XII (February 12, 1853), 130-131.
New-England Galaxy. Extracts from Westward Ho! XV (October 20, 1832), 1. Quotes passages from I, 68-69, 126-130; II, 50, 58-59.
_____. Extracts from Tales of Glauber-Spa, XV (December 1, 1832), 1. Quotes from Paulding's "Selim," 154-162.
New-York Mirror. "An Essay on Love," II (December 18, 1824), 164. Signed "P."
_____. "Paulding," VI (September 20, 1828), 85-86. Largely quotations from The New Mirror for Travellers, 196-197, 204-207.
_____. "The Angel of Time," VIII (August 21, 1830), 50. Reprinted in Home Journal, June 2, 1860, 1; Chicago Record, IV (June 15, 1860), 43; and Literary Life of James K. Paulding, 375-378. Excerpt entitled "Beautiful Extract" reprinted in Poughkeepsie Cabinet, I (July 16, 1836), 115; and in Ladies' Repository, XV (June, 1855), 332.
_____. "Legend of the Ancient Tile-roofed Cottage," VIII (November 20, 1830), 156.
_____. "Knickerbocker Hall, or The Origin of the Baker's Dozen," VIII (January 1, 1831), 201-203. Reprinted as "The Origin of the Baker's Dozen" in The Book of Saint Nicholas, 148-166.
_____. "Killing, No Murder," VIII (January 8, 1831), 210-211. Reprinted in Home Journal, July 14, 1860, 1, and in Tales of the Good Woman (1867), 381-391.
_____. "American Scenery — New York," VIII (January 15, 1831), 217-218.
_____. "A Trip to Paris," VIII (January 15, 1831), 220-221.

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_____. "Scraps from My Common-Place Book," VIII (January 15, 1831), 224; (January 29, 1831), 240; (February 12, 1831), 256; (February 26, 1831), 272; (March 5, 1831), 280; (March 12, 1831), 288; (March 19, 1831), 296; (March 26, 1831), 304; (April 2, 1831), 312; (April 9, 1831), 320; and (April 30, 1831), 344.
_____. "Want of Excitement, or a Trip to London," VIII (January 22, 1831), 228-229. Reprinted in The Ariel, IV (March 3, 1831), 178-179.
_____. "The Malapropos," VIII (January 29, 1831), 236-237.
_____. "The History of Uncle Sam and His Boys," VIII (February 19, 1831), 260-261. Reprinted in Home Journal, August 4, 1860, 1; and in A Book of Vagaries, 325-338.
_____. "Simplicity," VIII (February 26, 1831), 266.
_____. "Societies," VIII (February 26, 1831), 267.
_____. "A Victim of Trifles," VIII (March 12, 1831), 281-282.
_____. "The Mysterious Interloper," VIII (March 19, 1831), 289-291.
_____. "Recipe for Never Growing Old," VIII (April 2, 1831), 307.
_____. "The Circle of Human Wishes," VIII (April 9, 1831), 316. Reprinted in The Rover, III (1844), no. 22, 338-340.
_____. "The Nymph of the Mountain," VIII (April 16, 1831), 321-322. Reprinted in The Book of Saint Nicholas, 192-205.
_____. "Old Times in New York," VIII (April 30, 1831), 337-338.
_____. "Time and Truth — An Apologue," VIII (April 30, 1831), 340.
_____. "A Legend of Saint Nicholas," VIII (May 14, 1831), 353-355. Reprinted in The Book of Saint Nicholas, 13-22.
_____. "The Parson and the Butcher," (poem), VIII (May 28, 1831), 376.
_____. "Atonement," (poem), VIII (May 28, 1831), 376.
_____. "Spring," (poem), VIII (May 28, 1831), 376.
_____. "A Pair of Twins," (poem), VIII (May 28, 1831), 376.
_____. "Jonathan's Visit to the Celestial Empire," VIII (June 18, 1831), 393-395. Reprinted in A Book of Vagaries, 303-322.
_____. "Original Miscellany," VIII (June 25, 1831), 408.
_____. "The Great Medicine; or the Magic Whiskers," IX (August 6, 1831), 36-37.
_____. "Manners and Morals," IX (September 17, 1831), 81-82.
_____. "The Mother's Choice," IX (September 25, 1831), 89-90.
_____. "Haschbasch, the Pearl-Diver," IX (October 1, 1831), 97-98. Reprinted in A Book of Vagaries, 363-377.
_____. "Forty Years Ago, or Recollections of the Man on Horseback," IX (November 19, 1831), 153-155.
_____. "The Revenge of Saint Nicholas," IX (December 31, 1831), 204-205. Reprinted in The Book of Saint Nicholas, 128-147, and in Tales of the Good Woman (1867 ed.), 265-282.
_____. "Too Fast and Too Slow, or, Chance and Calculation," IX (March 10, 1832), 281-282.
_____. "The History of Uncle Sam and His Womankind," X (July 7, 1832), 2-3. Reprinted in A Book of Vagaries, 341-359.
_____. "Extract from Tales of Glauber-Spa," X (November 24, 1832), 165-166. Quotes passage from "Selim, the Benefactor of Mankind," 155-162.
_____. "Day and Night, or The Water-Carrier of Damascus," X (December 29, 1832), 201-202. Reprinted in Cincinnati Mirror, II (January 19, 1833), 66-67.
_____. "To the Editors," X (December 29, 1832), 205-206. Quotes four paragraphs, probably by Paulding, from Salmagundi, First Series (1835 ed.), II, 234-238.

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_____. "Extract from the Yankee Roué," X (January 12, 1833), 224. Quotes from Tales of the Good Woman (1829), 45-52.
_____. "Claas Schlaschenschlinger," X (February 2, 1833), 241-243. Reprinted in The Book of Saint Nicholas, 105-127.
_____. "Musa, or the Reformation," XI (July 6, 1833), 1-2.
_____. "Mr. Paulding," XI (August 10, 1833), 48. Quotes three paragraphs of Paulding's proverbial remarks in Westward Ho!
_____. "Adam and Eve," XI (December 28, 1833), 204.
_____. "Fables and Allegories," XI (February 1, 1834), 246-247. Consists of "The Philosopher and the Madman," "The Rich Man and the Beggar," "The Man and His Shadow," "The Mirror and the Window-Pane," and "Memory and Hope." "Memory and Hope" was reprinted in Rural Repository, X (May 10, 1834), 197-198, and in Southern Literary Messenger, I (August 1834), 31-32.
_____. "Fables, Allegories and Quaint Remarks," XI (April 12, 1834), 322-323. Consists of "One Generation of Men Wiser than Another," "The Woollen Bill," "Let Very Well Alone," "Difficulties of Authors," "Foolish Prayers," and "Never Hold Your Head Too High."
_____. "Quaint Remarks from Paulding's Works," XI (April 26, 1834), 340-341. Consists of three passages from The New Mirror for Travellers: "The Quackery and Puffery of the Present Times," 220-222; "Effect of Eating upon the Mind," 225-227; and "The Spirit of the Age and the March of Improvement," 147-154. The last passage, with the title of "The Progress of the Age," was published in Tales of the Good Woman (1867), 255-262.
_____. "Yankee Pedagogues and Dutch Damsels," XI (May 3, 1834), 345-346. Quotation from The New Mirror for Travellers, 154-164.
_____. "Journal of a Late Traveller to the Moon," XI (June 7, 1834), 389-390, and XII (July 5, 1834), 6-7.
_____. "A Story for the Holidays," XII (December 27, 1834), 202-203. Reprinted in The Book of Saint Nicholas, 33-72, as "A Strange Bird in Nieuw-Amsterdam."
_____. "Extract from Paulding's New Pilgrim's Progress," XII (January 24, 1835), 235. Excerpt from The New Mirror for Travellers, 272-277.
_____. "The Lover's Rock," XII (February 7, 1835), 249-250. Excerpt from The New Mirror for Travellers, 259-272.
_____. "Selections from Works in the Press. — Happiness in the Married State," XII (February 21, 1835), 267. Reprinted from The New Mirror for Travellers, 277-280.
_____. "'My Life Is Like a Summer Rose,' Hon. Mr. Wilde, O'Kelly, and Alcaeus," XII (February 28, 1835), 276-277. Attributed to "Mr. P______g" in Southern Literary Messenger, IV (April, 1837), 126-128.
_____. "Extracts from Works in the Press," XII (May 2, 1835), 347. Reprinted from The New Mirror for Travellers, 69-77.
_____. "The Nameless Old Woman," XIX (January 2, 1841), 4-5, and (January 9, 1841), 9-10. Reprinted from A Gift from Fairy Land, 115-159.
Port Folio. "The Lion and the Hottentot," ser. 3, IV (October, 1810), 377-378. Signed "P."
_____. "The Eagle and the Bat," ser. 3, IV (October, 1810), 378-379. Signed "P."
_____. "The Sick Lion, the Fox, and the Wolf," ser. 3, V (January, 1811), 34-35. Signed "P."
_____. "The Shepherd and the Wolf," ser. 3, V (January, 1811), 35-36. Signed "P."

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_____. "Life of William Wood," ser. 3, V (January, 1811), 64-68. Identified by a signed copy in the New-York Historical Society.
_____. "Comments on the Character and Writings of Oliver Goldsmith," ser. 3, VI (September, 1811), 210-225.
_____. "An Address to the Harp of Miss C_____, of Richmond, in Imitation of Scott's Invocation to the Northern Harp," ser. 3, VI (December, 1811), 604. Signed "P."
The Rover. "Time's Day-Book and Ledger," III (1844), no. 25, 386-387.
Rural Repository. "Poor Genevieve," XVII (August 23, 1851), 177-179.
Sargent's New Monthly Magazine. "When Are Women Angels?" I (January, 1843), 39.
Southern Literary Messenger. "A Letter to the Publisher," I (August, 1834), 1.
_____. "Example and Precept," II (July, 1836), 464-465.
_____. "The Old Man's Carousal," II (August, 1836), 538. Reprinted in Rural Repository, XXVI (August 17, 1850), 184, and in Literary Life of James K. Paulding, 216-217.
_____. "Judgment of Rhadamanthus," II (August, 1836), 539-540.
_____. "A Visit to My Native Village after an Absence of Thirty Years," III (January, 1837), 1-5.
_____. "The White Man and the Red Man," IX (January, 1843), 56-57. Reprinted in Brother Jonathan, IV (January 21, 1843), 77.

Notes

[1]

For a discussion of the publication of some of Paulding's poems, see J. Albert Robbins, "Some Unrecorded Poems of James Kirke Paulding: An Annotated Check-List," Studies in Bibliography, III (1950-1951), 229-240.

[2]

In 1854 Paulding denied to Evert Duyckinck that he had ever contributed to the American Quarterly Review, when a study of the account books of Carey and Hart reveals that between 1827 and 1833 he wrote eleven articles for the Review. See my "Contributors to the American Quarterly Review, 1827-1833," Studies in Bibliography, XIV (1961), 163-176.

[3]

For a full discussion see my "James Kirke Paulding's Literary Income," Bulletin of the New York Public Library, LXIV (March, 1960), 117-129.

[4]

See Frank Luther Mott, A History of American Magazines, 1741-1850 (1938), p. 280.

[5]

Paulding's newspaper articles, particularly those written for the New York papers in the 1820's and 1830's, remain largely unidentified and offer a fascinating subject for someone with patience, imagination, and ingenuity.

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