The Vault at Pfaff's

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

The Flaneur IX [for the Saturday Press]

The Flaneur. "The Flaneur IX [for the Saturday Press]." New -York Saturday Press, May 26, 1866, 5.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

The author refers to the "literary class" as deliberately offensive "vermin"--"who having no decency themselves, are unable to comprehend it in others." The previous week's edition of The Round Table is mentioned as an example of literary misconduct where a journalist aired personal grievances and slandered a lady.