The Vault at Pfaff's

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

Doctor Oldham

"Doctor Oldham." New-York Saturday Press, February 18, 1860, 2.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
literary criticism
Abstract

A new book cannot be called a novel because there is no story or plot; rather it is a collection of discussions by a wise, hard-working man. As such, the Saturday Press has little interest in it.