''The Saturday Press'' was a literary weekly newspaper, published in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
from 1858 to 1860 and again from 1865 to 1866, edited by Henry Clapp, Jr.
Clapp, nicknamed the "King of Bohemia" and credited with importing the term "
bohemianism" to the U.S, was a central part of the antebellum New York literary and art scene. Today he is perhaps best known for his spotlighting of
Walt Whitman
Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among ...
,
Fitz-James O'Brien, and
Ada Clare – all habitués of the bohemian watering hole named
Pfaff's beer cellar – in ''The Saturday Press''.
Clapp intended the ''Press'' to be New York's answer to the ''
Atlantic Monthly''. The ''Press'' was constantly troubled by financial problems, and Clapp died in poverty and obscurity.
Mark Twain's first short story, "
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (its orig ...
", was first published under the title "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" in ''The Saturday Press'' in 1865.
References
*{{cite web , url=http://upress.kent.edu/books/Lause.htm , Mark A. Lause,
The Antebellum Crisis & America's First Bohemians.
External links
*{{cite web , url=http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/pfaffs/sat/press/ , title=The Saturday Press , work=The Vault at Pfaff's – An Archive of Art and Literature by New York City's Nineteenth-Century Bohemians , author=Edward Whitley, author2= Rob Weidman , display-authors=etal , publisher=
Lehigh University
Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The university was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer and was originally affiliated with the Epi ...
Digital Library , access-date=April 30, 2010 Offers the possibility to browse online through any of the 157 issues of ''The Saturday Press''.
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Defunct newspapers published in New York City
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1860 disestablishments in New York (state)
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