Yours of Aug. 8 rec'd—I send (same mail with this, same address) a copy of John Burroughs's book— & can send another. "Leaves of Grass," author's special ed'n—& "Specimen Days" would be £1—s2 (one pound, two shillings [—] the two Vols.)—Sent best by post office order to me here.2 Before you decide to reprint J B's little book write me—there are several things I sh'd like to post you up on—
Walt WhitmanCorrespondent:
Richard W. Colles was
probably one of the many students of Edward Dowden who became fervid admirers of
Whitman. For more, see Philip W. Leon, "Dowden, Edward (1843–1913)," Walt Whitman: An
Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York:
Garland Publishing, 1998).