Punch,  43 (1862), 164.

Sabbatarian Assertion

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Religious Authority, Botanical Gardens


    Describes a meeting of the leading members of the Presbyterian and other churches to discuss a petition to open the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, on Sundays. Considers those who oppose this petition to be 'fanatics' and strongly criticises their arguments for closing the garden.



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