Punch,  15 (1848), 231.

Pickford a Myth

Anon

Genre:

Essay

Subjects:

Matter Theory, Lecturing


    Believes there is 'something in' George Berkeley's claim that everything is immaterial, following news that 'lectures are being given by a gentleman' who asserts that William Shakespeare and Pickford (an allusion to the haulage firm Pickford's) are myths.



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