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Title: M. H. Spielmann to Walt Whitman, 24 July 1888
Date: July 24, 1888
Whitman Archive ID: loc.03942
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.
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MAGAZINE OF ART
La Belle
Sauvage,
Ludgate Hill.
London, E.C.
July 24th
1888
Walt Whitman Esq.
Dear Sir,
After some months' delay I publish in this month's Magazine of Art (which will be next month's in America) your poem of "20 Years";1 and I should be glad to hear from you if you think the drawing in any way adequately expresses your feelings.
In the hope that your health has improved
I remain,
Faithfully yours
M.H. Spielmann
Correspondent:
Marion Harry Alexander Spielmann
(1858–1948) was an English editor, art critic, and scholar who edited both
The Conoisseur and Magazine of
Art (1887–1904). He was a major figure in British debates about
developments in modern art. He also founded the weekly periodical Black and White in 1891. Black and
White: A Weekly Illustrated Record and Review was a British weekly that
published many well-known writers.
Notes:
1. Spielmann is referring to Whitman's poem "Twenty Years," which was published in the Magazine of Art (August 1888). [back]