CONTENTS. NO. I.-JANUARY 24, 1807. PROSPECTUS of the publisher, explaining his motives and objects; and the terms of publication, &c. p. 9-13. A further PROSPECTUS, from the elbow-chair of Launcelot Langstaff, esq.; enlarging the hints contained in the former one; stating that the authors do not write for fame or money; that they mean to keep a Cerberus watch over female delicacy and decorum; and a hint that Anthony Evergreen, gent. will superintend that department of the papers which concerns the routine of parties, balls, assemblies, &c. That William Wizard, esq. will preside over the territory of criticism, &c. concluding with advice to all beaux, mothers, daughters, and old maids to buy the book, as containing all the arcana of the bon ton, and teaching how girls are to get husbands, and how old maids are to do without them. p. 13-23. NEW-YORK ASSEMBLY, by Anthony Evergreen, gent. Mention made of mrs. Toole and madame Bou Tom chard, and of mr. Jefferson's red *******, Paine's nose and Evergreen's slippers. Evergreen acknowledges his obligations to his friend, the cockney, mr. 'SBIDLİKENS-FLASH, or, 'Sbidlikens, who was up to every thing. Praises of mir. DUPORT, professor of dancing. Notice of CHILTON and the NORTH-RIVER SOCIETY. The position maintained, that most frenchmen, dead or alive, are born dancers-and pass three-fifths of their time, like Mahomet's coffin, between heaven and earth, because they are always capering. Frenchmen compared to a gossamer or soap-bubble. Frenchman's capering compared to the cat's quivering her paw, after having dipped it in water. Conclusion, nobody but a FRENCHMAN could have done the like. NEW FACES. A blooming nymph from the country— called by 'Sbidlikens a prodigious fine piece of flesh and blood. Cockneys, like 'Sbidlikens, make no distinction between a fine woman and, a fine horse. The CITY-ASSEMBLY-withdraw to the supper-room, and no gowns are torn, no ladies faint, no noses bleed, and no need of the constable's interference-wonderful! p. 23– 34. |