431 Stevens Street
Camden New Jersey
Aug 1
Dear Sir
Yours of July 29 rec'd1—I have some copies of John Burroughs's Notes on WW as Poet & Person, 2d edition, under my control2—the
price is $1 a copy, sent by mail. Of my own works, complete edition, the enclosed
circular will give you the particulars.
Walt Whitman
Notes
- 1. William Gardner Barton
(1851–1890) was a writer and naturalist whose writings were featured in
the collection Songs and Saunterings (Salem, MA: The
Salem Press Publishing & Printing Co., 1892). Barton wrote a letter to
Whitman on November 12, 1876, requesting an autograph. The letter referenced
here of July 29, 1877, has not been found. [back]
- 2. John Burroughs's Notes on Walt Whitman, as Poet and Person
was first published in New York in 1867. The text was extensively revised and
rewritten by Whitman. [back]