VI-"The Witches of New-York" - Mortimer Thomson - New York Tribune

The Gipsy Girl No. 207 Third Avenue, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth-sts

Byline: Q.K. Philander Doesticks, P.B.; 1857-01-31; The New York Tribune; pages 5

Report: "The Witches of New York" - Mortimer Thomson (Q.K. Philander Doesticks, P.B) - New York Tribune

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The Gipsy Girl - How romantically suggestive was this feminine phrase to the fancy of our enthusiastic reporter. Was it then indeed permitted that he should know Meg Merrilies in private life! His heart danced at the poetic possibility, and his heels would have extemporized a vigorous hornpipe but that his ardor was quenched by the depressing sturdiness of cow-hide boots.

Description:The sixth article in the Tribune's "The Witches of New-York" series, written by acclaimed humorist Mortimer Thomson under his pseudonym Doesticks Philander.

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A New York Tribune article written as part of the "The Witches of New-York" series by Mortimer Thomson.