The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Poems

Kimble, Francis Ann. "Poems." New-York Saturday Press, March 12, 1859, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
review
literary criticism
Abstract

This article is a critique of Mrs. Kimble's new book of verse. The reviewer first justifies his or her right to write a scholarly critique of a published work, then proceeds to pan the book. Out of the entire publication, the reviewer finds only one poem that is not horrendous.