y'r note rec'd an hour ago, & I send the biographic sketch if wanted. I suppose you rec'd some ten days ago the lines to be fac-simile'd to go under the portrait—also "the Commonplace" a poemet—also "the Voice" in prose for the Weekly.1—I have recd a photo proof of my phiz I suppose from the flash light—I don't like it—I send you herewith a big front head y'r artist might make something of if not too late, hasn't been printed at all any where—(but probably is)—Of this biography—and all else sent—dont fail to send me proof wh' the messenger can wait & take back—or if by mail I will send immediately back by next mail2
Walt WhitmanI shall not charge Mr M3 any thing for this Auto but will want a dozen copies of the paper without fail—
hun.00049.002_large.jpgCorrespondent:
Melville Phillips was an
editor at Munyon's Illustrated World and visited Whitman
in Camden to request that Whitman contribute work to the journal. He also
reviewed November Boughs in the Philadelphia Press, where he served as literary editor, in
1888.