“It is by far the most interesting book that has been published at
Constantinople for a long time. * * * The historical and amusing
interest of the two hundred and seven curiosities, which I might
call anecdotes, is so obvious,” &c.—_Von Hammer, the celebrated
Orientalist, to the Translator._
“This book is one of the most interesting and amusing which has
appeared.”—_Jour. Asiatique._
Choice Illustrated Books.
_The Illustrated Knickerbocker; The History of New-York_,
From the Beginning of the World to the end of the Dutch Dynasty:
containing, among many surprising and curious matters, the
Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter; the Disastrous
Projects of William the Testy, and the Chivalric Achievements of
Peter the Headstrong—the Three Dutch Governors of New-Amsterdam:
Being the only authentic History of the Times that ever hath been or
ever will be published.