The Vault at Pfaff's

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

Modesty Treated as One of the Lost Arts

Permodestus. "Modesty Treated as One of the Lost Arts." New York Saturday Press, September 30, 1865, 130.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
editorial
Abstract

A letter to the editor praising modesty as a virtue, and indirectly claiming that it is currently less present in human society. The author argues that modesty is specifically important (and beautiful) in young maidens. Written in vague and delicate style.