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Joseph B. Gilder to Walt Whitman, 15 January 1891

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  • Title: Joseph B. Gilder to Walt Whitman, 15 January 1891
  • Date: January 15, 1891
  • Creator(s): Joseph B. Gilder
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.02219
  • Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Blake Bronson-Bartlett Ian Faith Alex Ashland Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Gilder, Joseph B.. "Joseph B. Gilder to Walt Whitman, 15 January 1891." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 05 November 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.02219.xml (TEI)
 loc.02219.001.jpg see | notes | Sept 21 | 1891 The Critic Editorial Rooms 52 LaFayette Place New York1 15 Jan. 1891 Dear Mr. Whitman:

I take the pleasure in enclosing the amount you fixed as the price of "The Pallid Wreath."2 The slips have already been sent to you.

With best wishes for the New Year, I remain

Sincerely yours Joseph B. Gilder

(See our review of last ten years in this week's Critic: to-day is our tenth anniversary.)

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Correspondent:
Joseph Benson Gilder (1858–1936) was, with his sister Jeannette Leonard Gilder (1849–1916), co-editor of The Critic, a literary magazine.

Notes

  • 1. Gilder has written the date of this letter to the left of his signature. [back]
  • 2. "The Pallid Wreath" was published in the Critic on January 10, 1891; the poem was also reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891). [back]
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