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William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 19 December 1882

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  • Title: William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 19 December 1882
  • Date: December 19, 1882
  • Creator(s): William D. O'Connor
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.03068
  • 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: Stefan Schoeberlein Eder Jaramillo Nima Najafi Kianfar Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: O'Connor, William D.. "William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 19 December 1882." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 19 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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 loc.03068.002_large.jpg Washington, D.C. Dec.​ 19', 1882. Dear Walt:

The Critic has just come. Thanks. The New York Times of yesterday has a notice—by Montgomery, I suppose—excellent in parts, prodigiously asinine in others. This young man has a genius for stultification—shown to perfection in his former review of L. of G.

I read your "Burns" just now, and with the greatest pleasure. It is masterly in breadth and raciness. May you write many such another! I quite feel with you that "The Jolly Beggars" is Burns' masterpiece.

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