Excerpt from Knickerbocker Gallery: A Testimonial to the Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine, From Its Contributors It seemed appropriate, in the case of Mr. Louis gaylord clark, to disregard precedents of neglect, and to offer him a testimonial of the esteem in which he is held by his collabora tours that Should be both pleasing as a compliment and valuable as a contribution to his means of happiness. It was proposed that the surviving writers for the knickerbocker Should each furnish, gratuitously, an article, and that the col lection should be issued in a volume of tasteful elegance, of which the entire avails should be appropriated in building, on the margin of the Hudson, a cottage, suitable for the home of a man of letters, who, like Mr. Clark, is also a lover of nature and of rural life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.