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Frederic R. Marvin to Walt Whitman, 22 July 1875

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  • Title: Frederic R. Marvin to Walt Whitman, 22 July 1875
  • Date: July 22, 1875
  • Creator(s): Frederic R. Marvin
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.05679
  • Source: The Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1842–1937, 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: Alex Kinnaman Jonathan Y. Cheng Elizabeth Lorang Nima Najafi Kianfar Nicole Gray
  • Cite this page: Marvin, Frederic R.. "Frederic R. Marvin to Walt Whitman, 22 July 1875." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.05679.xml (TEI)
 loc_nk.00509_large.jpg New York July 22, 1875 Walt Whitman Dear Sir,

I am preparing a book to be called "Songs of the Mystics" and I wish to insert a poem from you, all your poems have to me an air of mysticism and of realism which make it difficult to choose between them. Will you choose for me? I greatly admire your "A Word out of the Sea" but it is not appropriate.

Very Truly and Respectfully Frederic R. Marvin.

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  • 1. Whitman crossed this letter out and wrote prose notes on the back. [back]
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