The Vault at Pfaff's

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

Japanese Customs

Clarence, Augustus Walter Fitz HLS. "Japanese Customs." Vanity Fair, June 16, 1860, 388.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
commentary
Abstract

The Vanity Fair, in an effort to compete with the other papers' observations of the Japanese, send a correspondent to the country. The reporter finds various odd qualities present in them and witnesses a magic show.