The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1: Containing the Numbers for January, February, March, April, May, and June, 1833The most striking metamorphosis, however, was that which the furniture underwent. The slender maple chairs became gradually bloated and dropsical in their appearance, until they swelled at last into a most antiquated and preposter ous size. Their hacks became broad and crooked, and from their sides huge arms unfolded, while hideous claws protruded from the small round knobs 011 which they formerly rested, and slowly sprawled upon the ¿oor, and next, the perforated cane work which erst formed their bottoms, after swimming thick before our eyes for a moment, became gradually opaque, and then plumped up into fat and portly cushions. Nor was this all, the very table upon which our elbow rested while watching the mysterious change going forward around as, was not exempt from its in¿uence: sensibly could we perceive - and yet not so abruptly as to startle as - sensibly could we feel its velvet cover chilling and hardening and smoothing beneath our pressure into a slab of polished Lgmarble, while the one stout central supporter, severed into four slender legs, tattooed with quaint devices, each of 11 Inch quietly slipped into a socket prepared for it under the can cd head of a lion that grinned at either corner.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.