The Vault at Pfaff's

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

The New Life of Humbolt

"The New Life of Humbolt." New York Saturday Press, October 18, 1859, 2.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
literary criticism
Abstract

Favorable review of the biography on Von Humbolt, although biographies are not a favorite of the reviewer.

People Mentioned in this Work
Stoddard, Richard

The author of the book under review in the article.

Taylor, Bayard

He wrote the introduction for Stoddard's book.