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

A Very Learned Senator

Anonymous. "A Very Learned Senator." Vanity Fair, April 7, 1860, 232.
Type
magazine
Genre
commentary
journalism
Abstract

Vanity Fair would prefer the senators stress over words such as "civility" and "good-breeding" instead of "inquiry," which came up in a point of pronunciation in a recent convening.