The 'Flaneur' deals with two subjects in [his] weekly column: a suggestion for dealing with recent inter-personal conflicts in the Legislative Assembly, and an overview of recently published literature. The titles discussed are: Oliver Wendell Holmes's Guardian Angel, The Savage Club Papers, and George Augustus Sala's Notes and Sketches of the Paris Exhibition.
Epigraph: Que quiero que sepa, señor andante, que en estos lugares cortos de todo se trata y de todo se murmura - Don Quixote
Author's translation: I wish you to understand, my dear Sir, that in this little hole of a place, nothing is too little to talk about.