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

An English Sailor Covers Himself with Imperishable Glory

Anonymous. "An English Sailor Covers Himself with Imperishable Glory." Vanity Fair, January 11, 1862, 25.
Type
magazine
Genre
commentary
journalism
Abstract

Williams, a Brit involved in the Trent Affair, is paraphrased here. The speech he delivered to the Yacht Club is full of invective and braggadocio.