Excerpt from Knickerbocker Sketches From "a History of New York" This volume of sketches from Knickerbocker's History of New York contains not only much that is brightest. And most. Entertaining in all Washington Irving's writings, but. Also some of the best specimens of the artistic work of Mr. F. O. C. Darley; and it is therefore the hope of the publishers that it. 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.