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Henry M. Alden to Walt Whitman, 12 May 1885

My dear Whitman,

I have your kind favor of the 11th with the enclosed poem—or series of poems, rather. It does not seem to me that Fancies at the Navesink will make a favorable impression upon our readers—though they might upon a select few. I must therefore return them.1

With thanks, Sincerely yours, H. M. Alden.

Correspondent:
Henry Mills Alden (1836–1919) was managing editor of Harper's Weekly from 1863 to 1869 and editor of Harper's Monthly Magazine from 1869 until his death.


Notes

  • 1. Whitman's letter to Alden appears to be lost. Whitman's poem-grouping "Fancies at Navesink" was published in The Nineteenth Century 18 (August 1885), 234–237. [back]
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