The Vault at Pfaff's

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

[A correspondent of the Manchester (Eng.) Guardian]

"[A correspondent of the Manchester (Eng.) Guardian]." New-York Saturday Press, February 19, 1859, 2.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

The judges of a prestigous poetry contest in England opine that the majority of entries were from the common working class, and not professional or semi-professional writers as they expected. Nonetheless, the quality was still superb.