Content:
This manuscript contains a draft with trial titles and general ideas for
the essay "Slang in America,"
published in the
North American Review
(November 1885). The piece was later
reprinted in
November Boughs
(1888) and was retained in
Complete
Prose Works
(1892).
Content:
In this manuscript, Whitman considers dividing a draft essay in two. "Slang in
America," referred to here in a trial title as "Slang and Names in America," was first published in the
North American Review
(November 1885),
and then in
November Boughs
(1888).
Content:
In this manuscript, Whitman ruminates about a title, presumably for the piece published as "Slang in
America," first in the
North American Review
(November 1885),
and then in
November Boughs
(1888).
Content:
In this manuscript, Whitman ruminates about a title, presumably for the piece published as "Slang in America," first in the
North American Review
(November 1885),
and then in
November Boughs
(1888).
Content:
In this manuscript, Whitman ruminates about the titles of two articles;
one was published as "Slang in
America," first in the periodical the
North American Review
in November 1885,
and then in
November Boughs
.
