The Vault at Pfaff's

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

On Writing History

Anonymous. "On Writing History." Vanity Fair, April 6, 1861, 168.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
illustration
Abstract

An educator asks two pupils to make a study of contemporary newspapers and then produce a summary of our current news. The results engender pity for future generations having to read such drivel.