oductions of youth that
wise men--or those who think themselves wise--are very apt to be ashamed
of when they grow old."

In 1819 Paulding attempted to revive _Salmagundi_, and a "second series"
was published fortnightly in Philadelphia, 108 Chestnut Street, by Moses
Thomas, from May 30, 1819, to August 19, 1820. Evert A. Duyckinck, in
his preface to the latest issue of the first series, writes, "Some ten
years or more after the conclusion of _Salmagundi_, Paulding ventured
alone upon a second series. Washington Irving was in Europe, and the
muse of Pindar Cockloft was silent. It was a dangerous undertaking, for
the very essence of a _Salmagundi_ is the combination of choice
ingredients--a product of many minds.... Yet it contains many delightful
pages."

The publication is referred to by Paulding in a letter to Washington
Irving, January 20, 1820: "I must now make two or three explanations
concerning myself and proceedings. Hearing last winter from William
Irving that you had finally declined coming home, and finding my leisure
time a little heavy, I set to work and prepared several numbers of a
continuation of our old joint production. At that time and subsequently,
until Gouverneur Kemble brought your first number [of the Sketch Book]
down to Washington with him, I was entirely ignorant that you
contemplated anything of the kind. But for an accidental delay my first
number would have got the start of yours. As it happened, however, it
had the appearance of taking the field against you, a thing which
neither my head nor heart will sanction. I believe my work has not done
you any harm in the way of rivalship, for it has been soundly abused by
many persons and compared with the first part with many degrading
expressions. It has sold tolerably, but I shall discontinue it shortly,
as I begin to grow tired, and I believe the public has got the start of
me. It was owing to Moses that I did not commence an entire new work."

The reputation of the periodical in Fashion's choicest circle is hinted
at in Halleck's "Fanny:"

"And though by no means a _bas bleu_, she had
For literature a most becoming passion;
Had skimm'd the latest novels, good and bad,
And read the Croakers, when they were in fashion;
And Dr. Chalmers' Sermons, of a Sunday;
And Wordsworth's Cabinet, and _the new Salmagundi_."

In closing his introduction to the new series, Paulding alluded
gracefully and affectionately to his tried and ge