The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Flaneur [for the Saturday Press]

The Flaneur. "The Flaneur [for the Saturday Press]." New-York Saturday Press, March 31, 1866, 5.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

Alluding to Whitman's famous line: "I loaf and invite my soul," the writer remarks that loafing, or "flaning" as he calls it, is the way to acquire wisdom.