431 Stevens Street
Camden New Jersey
Feb: 6 '81
My dear J L G
I send you the Carlyle piece as requested1—Mail me a
proof, if possible—if Tuesday forenoon I can return it Tuesday night—If
not possible pray read proof with extra care by copy—It ought to make just a
page—I want without fail fifty impressions of just that page. It can easily be
done in the printing office—Another thing I forget to mention before (&
perhaps is not strictly needed any how) I reserve the right to print any of my
pieces in future book—& to make it clearer, would you & J B2 kindly, after signing, return to me the accompanying
page?
Walt Whitman
Notes
- 1. "Death of Carlyle"
appeared in The Critic on February 12, and was reprinted
in Essays from "The Critic" (1882), 31–37. See also
Specimen Days, ed. Floyd Stovall (New York: New York
University Press, 1963), 248–253. Whitman received $10 for the article
on February 25 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E. Feinberg Collection of
the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C.). On February 7, Whitman sent the piece to The Literary
World (see the letter from Whitman to the editors of The Literary World, February 16,
1881). [back]
- 2. Jeannette Gilder's
brother, Joseph. [back]