The Vault at Pfaff's

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

Early Piety

"Early Piety." New-York Saturday Press, July 14, 1860, 2.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
literary criticism
Abstract

A young, country preacher writes a book of poetry and prose in line with his vocation. Dishonest religious texts especially anger The Saturday Press, and this work evokes one of the most disgusted criticisms found in any edition of the paper.