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

A Venerable Impostor [from the Californian]

Harte, Francis Bret. "A Venerable Impostor [from the Californian]." New York Saturday Press. (1866-2-13).
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

The author looks across his table to see his young son. He imagines the boy to be a great philosopher-king despite the childish visage.