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Clark (LEWIS GAYLORD an American)

LEWIS GAYLORD, an American journalist and humorous writer; born in Otisco, N. Y., March 5, 1810. 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 litera 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. He died in Piermont, N.

Y., Nov. 3, 1873. of periodical literature. The "Editor's