The Vault at Pfaff's

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

The Downfall of Gentility

Anonymous. "The Downfall of Gentility." Vanity Fair, May 11, 1861, 222.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
commentary
Abstract

Given a report from the South that uses heavily the word, "Gentleman," the Vanity Fair decides gentility seems to be declining.