Y'rs rec'd2 to–day (with pay $6.40 safely rec'd—thanks) with order for big book3 to S. R. Henderson4 Los Angeles, Cal. just sent by mail postpaid.
Walt WhitmanCorrespondent:
William Hawley Smith
(1845–1922) was an educator and the author of two science-fiction novels,
The Evolution of "Dodd" (1884) and The Promoters (1904). He published a few articles in The Conservator, including "A Visit with Walt Whitman," no. 20
(November 1909), 136; and "Walt Whitman's Contribution," no. 6 (August 1918),
75.