Every thing is going on & has gone on satisfactorily—My book is finished in the type setting & plate-casting, & if things turn out wrong any way I shall have only myself to blame, for I have had my own way in every thing—
Spent a few days at Concord—had the good luck to light on the most blessed time that Emerson has had of late years—the old man came to see me Saturday evening, & made a long stay—Sunday he & Mrs E gave me a dinner—every thing just as it should be, & just suited me—I think Emerson more significant & glorified in his present condition than any of his former days—
Joaquin Miller is here—I am with him every day—Longfellow has been to see me—I have met O W Holmes, Henry James Sr &c—Should like to come on to N Y abt 1st of October, & stay at your house a week or ten days—Write me & say if all right—Love to John, Ally,1 & the girls & babies, address me Hotel Waterston, 8 Bullfinch Place here—
Walt Whitman