The Vault at Pfaff's

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

Books of the Day

Giles, Henry. "Books of the Day." New York Saturday Press. (1859-10-11).
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Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

Giles remarks about his own inadequacies as a critic and reader. This modesty gives way to high praise for "Sir William Harrison's Lectures on Metaphysics" and "Mansel's Limits of Religious Thoughts."