The Vault at Pfaff's

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

The Independent at the Bar

Anonymous. "The Independent at the Bar." Vanity Fair, March 29, 1862, 160.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
commentary
Abstract

An advertisement offering a child for adoption troubles the Vanity Fair who mistakes the phrase "used to the bottle" for a more conventional meaning (in its circles, at least.)