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

Our Spicy War Correspondence

W. H. R. Anonymous. "Our Spicy War Correspondence." Vanity Fair, January 11, 1862, 21.
Type
magazine
Genre
commentary
Abstract

The Vanity Fair claims to have earned William H. Russell, the famous British journalist, as a contributor. This is "his" first piece, an article full of salacious stories about the United States and its stance at the precipice of ruin.