Title: A fable for critics
Subjects: American literature, Anecdotes, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, Humor, American wit and humor
People: Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Time periods: 19th century