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An Excursion to Sands Point

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  • Title: An Excursion to Sands Point
  • Date: 15 July 1857
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: per.01037
  • Source: Brooklyn Daily Times, 15 July 1857: 2. Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm scan of the original issue. Microfilm of original issue held at Pennsylvania State University Libraries. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the journalism, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Editorial note: This piece is unsigned, as was the case for most of Whitman's journalism. However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified by the Whitman Archive journalism team as likely authored by Whitman. This decision is based on a combination of historical and (auto)biographical accounts, similarity to contemporary Whitman writings, a history of scholarly attribution, extant clippings retained by Whitman, computational stylometric analysis, and, in some cases, manuscript evidence in Whitman’s hand.
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  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "An Excursion to Sands Point." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 16 July 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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AN EXCURSION TO SANDS POINT.

Very few of the steady-going tradesmen of Brooklyn, absorbed in business cares and pursuits, are aware how many delightful pictures of rural beauty can be beheld within an easy distance of the city. Yesterday we were favored with an invitation to accompany the female department of Public School No. 17 with their friends, on an excursion to Sands Point, in the steamer John L. Lockwood. There were present Trustees Sparks and Lay, and Mr. Browne, of the Board of Education, together with a number of other gentlemen. Mr. Polly, to whose kindness the school was indebted for the excursion, was prevented from forming one of the party by being unwell. In his absence Mr. W. Parr, his business manager, acted the part of host with the urbanity and courtesy which are habitual to him.

Sands Point is a really delightful locality—the view, the bathing, the richly wooded landscape—invite the searcher after recreation to visit it; and the Nostrand House, a spacious hotel, recently erected, affords every facility for the refreshment of the inner man. But the excursionists carried with them an ample store of refreshments, in consuming which, and in youthful sports, the children spent a day of unmingled pleasure. Miss Bodwell, the accomplished and unostentatious Preceptress, superintended the arrangements and did all in her power to promote the happiness of those under her charge. We understand that a similar treat will shortly be given to the male department of the school. The destination is well chosen; we consider Sand Points superior in its attractions as a place of resort to Shrewsbury and many other better known places.

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