Excerpt from Kirby's Wonderful and Eccentric Museum; Or Magazine of Remarkable Characters, Vol. 2 of 6: Including All the Curiosities of Nature and Art, From the Remotest Period to the Present Time, Drawn From Every Authentic Source Mr. Buchinger was born June. 2, 1674, without hands, feet, or thighs. He was the last of nine children, by one father and mother, viz. eight sons and one daughter; and after arriving at the age of maturity, from the singularity of his case, and the abilities he possessed, he attracted the attention not only of the Continent, but of this country also; the public at that time being anxious to obtain the likeness of a person, whose abilities seemed peculiarly original, and not less remarkable for his acquirements, than for the singular privations he laboured under, from the peculiarity of his formation. To come to particulars, as co his capacity, it was remarked of him, by his cotemporaries, "that this little man performed such wonders as had never been done by any but himself. It was said, that he played on various sorts of music to admiration, as the strange flute in consort with the bagpipe, dulcimer and trumpet. He was likewise supposed to possess considerable abilities for the mechanics, having conceived the design of constructing machines to play on all sorts of music. 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.