The Vault at Pfaff's

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

A Treatise Upon the Life of Elegance. Translated, by Edward Howland, from the French of Honore de Balzac

Balzac, Honore de. "A Treatise Upon the Life of Elegance. Translated, by Edward Howland, from the French of Honore de Balzac." New-York Saturday Press, October 13, 1860, 1.
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Type
newspaper
Genre
essay
Abstract

The second entry in a series of writings on elegance. Balzac writes about an argument with another man about what elements make man elegant, as well as other thoughts about nations and elegance.