...all was ready announcements of a novel sort appeared in the newspapers. First came the statement that a " small, elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black...coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker," had disappeared from his lodgings in New York city. Xext from week to week came other notices, setting...

...all was ready announcements of a novel sort appeared in the newspapers. First came the statement that a " small, elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black coat and cocked bat, by tbe name of Knickerbocker," bad disappeared from bis lodgings in New York city. Next from week...

...publication, his History of New York. Late in October, 1809, appeared in the Evening Post this paragraph: "DISTRESSING." " Left his lodgings some time since,...KNICKERBOCKER As there are some reasons for believing that he is not entirely in his right mind, and as great anxiety is entertained about him, any information...

...Irvings The Author's Apology lesen wir: „From the 'Evening Post' of October 26, 1809. Left his lodgiugs some time since, and has not since been heard of,...small elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black coat an cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker. As there are some reasons for believing he is not entirely...

...came out humorous notices appeared in the newspapers concerning the disappearance from his lodgings of "a small elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black...coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker." Later it was stated that he had left behind him " a very curious kind of a written book " which would...

...came out humorous notices appeared in the newspapers concerning the disappearance from his lodgings of "a small elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black...coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker." Later it was stated that he had left behind him " a very curious kind of a written book " which would...

...HISTORIES. BIOGRAPHIES AND HUMOROUS WRITINGS. U |~"\ ISAPPEARED FROM HIS LODGINGS— A small, elderly II gentleman, dressed in an old black coat and cocked hat, by the • name of Knickerbocker," was the substance of an advertisement which appeared one clay in New York and Philadelphia newspapers...

...the heading, "Distressing," the departure from his lodgings at the Columbia Hotel, Mulberry street, of " a small, elderly gentleman, dressed in an old...coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker," and asking printers to serve the cause of humanity by giving the notice insertion. "A traveler " next...

...pseudonym Irving had published his Knickerbocker's History of New York (1809). Knickerbocker was the " small, elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black coat and cocked hat," who had left his lodgings, according to the Evening Post of late October, 1809, neglecting to take...

...book a notice commencing with the following words : " Left his lodgings some time since, and has not been heard of, a small elderly gentleman, dressed...coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker." This was the first public appearance of Diedrich Knickerbocker, whose supposed wanderings were from...