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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Lewis Gaylord Clark (1808–1873)

Clark, Lewis Gaylord. An American journalist and humorous writer, twin brother of Willis Gaylord; born in Otisco, NY, October 5, 1808; died in Piermont, NY, Nov. 3, 1873. In 1834 he became editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine; and with Irving, Bryant, Longfellow, Halleck, and Willis, as contributors, made it the foremost literary publication of that time, and an inspiration to a higher standard of periodical literature. The ‘Editor’s Table,’ written by him, overflowed with amusing stories and witty sayings. The ‘Knickerbocker Sketch-Book’ (1850), and ‘Knick-Knacks from an Editor’s Table’ (1853), are his only publications in book form.