Content:
This manuscript contains part of an autobiographical sketch on the composition of
Good-bye My Fancy
. At the top left of the manuscript is the date November 10, 1890. A paragraph based on this draft was published in the
Critic
on November 29, 1890 along with many similar notes about other authors under the heading "Of Making Many Books." On the verso of the manuscript is the letter from the editors of the
Critic
, dated November 1, 1890, in which they solicited Whitman's contribution.
