Content:
Proof of "For Queen
Victoria's Birthday," with correction and note in Whitman's
hand. This item is grouped with another proof at the Library of
Congress, which includes no annotations in Whitman's hand but features a
notation by Horace Traubel at the bottom.
Whitman Archive Title: For Queen Victoria's Birthday
Content:
This is a typed and corrected proof of "For Queen Victoria's Birthday," first published in the
Philadelphia Public Ledger
on May 24, 1890. Whitman later included this poem in
Good-Bye My Fancy
(1891).
Whitman Archive Title: For Queen Victoria's Birth-Day
Content:
Lightly revised printer's copy of "For Queen Victoria's Birthday," which was
published in
Good-Bye My
Fancy
in 1891. In the same folder are an uncorrected proof
sheet and an envelope, which is inscribed with a note in Whitman's hand,
indicating that he presented them together as a gift to an unknown
recipient. No images of the proof sheet are available.
