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He explained that Nelly had written of some man they used occasionally "but William prefers me when I

for a man of the delicate literary nurture of Gilder to take very kindly to a man so elemental as William

I said: "You are conservative in manner, and radical in matter: William is radical in both."

Again: "William is way ahead of the literary crowd: he is prophetic, with a dash of fight in him—more

That's the sort of thing in William that the other fellows never get used to."

Again: "Frank Williams was over today—came about 3.

Again: "Frank Williams said there was something in yesterday's Times about us—about so much"—measuring

account I gave him of a debate over oysters at Boothby's, the night before between Morris, Frank Williams

It is along such a line William O'Connor would have argued.

I had manuscript and proofs and a copy of The American containing the first part of Frank Williams' paper

W. tried to tell us about a call of Frank Williams', today or yesterday.

"There's William—William O'Connor—he's alive, too: God bless William! And your mother? You, too?

O'Connor full of reminiscence, much of it now pathetic—with William and the children dead and so much

O'Connor says William took in "Leaves of Grass" from first look, though not with the whole mass of the

Her own first copy came by an odd way—from William Henry Channing, Boston, when she lived there, before

Furness, William Henry, though eighty-five, still preaches occasionally: preached last Sunday at Clifford's

It is so very tender and brilliant, so like William at his best, that I'dI would want to keep it here

I might say the same thing of William that I did of Mrs.

We at least have William's letters: there are many of them: they may console us in some part for what

O William: you can hit a thing like that off with absolute finality.

I had brought him the Atlantic [containing William O'Connor's story, "The Brazen Android"].

The great William!"

"It is not wonderful that William knew a good deal about Hugo—but Rabelais?

different order—information of him is rare—and he was one of several rare figures whose intricate make-up William

Frank Williams had been over (we met him round the corner from W.'

Frank Williams to make a search. Bucke, instead of going tonight, will hold over till tomorrow.

kind—recondite, curioish"—W. laughing over the "exercise" of "some of the fellows" in Poet Lore (Morris, Williams

; but on second thought, I saw that Nellie O'Connor has the first right to anything that concerns William—so

The speeches came in order mostly as announced—Grey, Harned, Gilchrist, Williams, Clifford, Garrison,

Frank Williams was plain, straightforward, unostentatious; Gilder delicate, happy, with a touch of sweet

I had Frank Williams at one side at the table, a Press reporter on the other.

Frank Williams said he had never seen W. in such a guise before.

Are you on good enough terms with Talcott Williams to get it from him?

Is inquiring again about William Swinton, "I wish I could hear a little about him, and about John, too

William is a complex fellow—has swayed over to the side of worldliness long and long—is confirmed there

"William suffers from insomnia," I said to W. "That English horror!" exclaimed W.

Philadelphia about 5:30—and we arranged to go back probably Tuesday (Anne of course with us).Talcott Williams

W. said: "You 'reYou're right—it don't: sometimes I 'mI'm afraid nothing is going to help William."

W. asked: "You read William's letter—the letter I gave you to take along with you last night?"

When William gets going there 'sthere's nothing can stop him but an earthquake or a waterspout: he is

"Rees, Welsh were never the hummers William hoped they would be—wanted them to be—tried to make them:

and whenever an opening offered William would dash and hit about like a knight of the Cross."

You think it was written by William Walsh?

I can see William all through it.

of the centuries from 12th to 16th—and what are called the Elizabethan group, literature—were at William's

I think all William's writing about me was of that character—was a flash of light—dashed off—in the spur

But although William had dash, fire—in the Whitman pieces—had it in all—yet most of his matter was hard

"As I told you today, I read William's piece—enjoyed it—who would not enjoy it?

O the great William! It was like living with him again—those times, events."

"Well—I won't say that—though William's letters are always important: but there 'sthere's something in

O'C.W. said: "That 'sThat's one of William's most interesting epistles: oh! those days!

I said: "William From a Photograph by Rockwood & Co.

William talks about Grant turning back. When did he ever turn back?

Then exclaimed: "O William! William! If only our former days and nights could be renewed!

I had given Frank Williams his book today.

Brinton's last evening, there were present besides Brinton himself, Harned, Morris, Frank Williams, H

Commented on Black and White, which I picked up from the floor.

Reddest murder is white to an act like this and its folly is equal to its crime.

William thought it 'a trifle weak', but I don't think it so. I can't always be a roaring lion!"

Said Frank Williams was over today.

When I spoke of Williams as a good, genuine, almost boyish, fellow, W. responded, "Yes, that is Frank—every

Frank Williams in to see me today.

I spoke of Williams' curiosity to see Symonds' note, of which he had heard from Morris.

Gave him message from Frank Williams.

He was much interested in all that Williams had told me and had considerable curiosity about Mrs.

Had found Talcott Williams' letter asking about the actress visitor—clearing to me the matter of her

Please send answer in this envelope.As ever Devotedly yoursTalcott Williams W. declared that he was "

The only criticism I would pass on it, if I sat here with William over the manuscript, would be this:

And I do not know but this was William's weak point, anyhow, if he had any—that this was the weak spot

Captain Williams, assistant secretary, said that he had not heard anything about such an application.Several

that case we trust you will allow us an opportunity to consider it.I am, dear Sir, Faithfully Yours,William

Williams. "Now I am a little apprehensive of a miscarriage—it has been ten days."

No—Williams will not print—at least with my consent: I should, as I see it now, be positively opposed

"Did I tell you," he asked, "that William's book is to be printed?

He had heard Talcott Williams was out of tune.

Fellows: he was an uncommon man both in what he looked like and in what he was: nobly formed, with thick white

hair—white as milk: beard: striking characteristics everyhow."

brief experience in the South—an intimate experience while it lasted—was convinced that the 'poor white

The horrible patois attributed to the 'poor white' there in the South (and not to them only—to Western

Williams at Club last night. He said, "I am on the track of that piece," but had not found yet.

Williams pretty well—she has always been good to me"—but no more.

He thought it "very likely" that William had written the Illustrated American paragraph.Harry thought

Morris, Frank Williams and Brinton solicitous and tender.

Talcott Williams glided silently in towards 12 and stayed till 12:20.At 12:40 W. called Warrie, who was

Frank Williams over and had talk with Bucke anent funeral, and will be over again Sunday morning.Cables

at the Art Club (8.24), Harned stood there, the first to greet us, calling out word: then Frank Williams—Morris—and

quickly Talcott Williams from indoors.

Morris and Frank Williams had placed some lilacs there on the table.

"William," said W.: "He's over me, around me, through me, everywhere, every minute.

["So do I, William: Amen!"]

["As it is today, too, dear William, as I sit here wondering, fearing about you yourself!"]

more so than in earlier periods when I was physically more myself: still, I always took my time: William

I referred to Frank Williams, whom I passed in Germantown today.

And as to Bucke's statement that Williams "amounted to little in the literary sense," W. asked: "What

I laughed and said: "Perhaps Williams wouldn't thank you to have you say that: most men would rather

better with that than I ever did: his English itself is somewhat upside down—sort of cut bias, as William

I spoke up: "Stedman said to me in a letter that William was the most brilliant letterwriter in the English

He wasn't slow in saying: "I suppose I am: William is certainly the brilliantest man who ever came within

O'Connor.W. said: "I'm glad I don't deserve the lambasting William gives Saint Anthony.

I said, "William calls him skunk, but I don't see why the skunk's one amiable fault should subject him

"That's the best yet: we must repeat that to William." I read a Cornhill paper today on slang.

takes a course in the local papers, getting two—the Post and the Courier.Brought him from Frank Williams

Well, Horace, having pleased William and Nellie, I may rest on my oars."

William was much pleased, not only with the gift, but with the book—type, print, all.

"That's what William used to say: he would sometimes say to me: 'Walt, you let off the God damnedest

I said to W. : "I innocently asked William if he knew Mrs.

"That is like William."

bed, where of late he has been tucking papers till it is now nearly choked.Not a word from Talcott Williams

though disappointed in many of our public men, he knew Grant—yes, from the first: went down to the White

pointing out the envelope's inscription: "Letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson introducing Walt Whitman to William

Wallace gave us an idea of a white light (carbon?) used by him. Would not that serve for W.?

Seventy-one counts in its list Signor Crispi, John Ruskin, Walt Whitman, Sir Lyon Playfair, and General William

Wondered if Talcott Williams had written it. "I am sure Talcott will stand by his guns."

Shakespeare controversy, "I am not satisfied that we know all that is to be known, or ever will know—though William

I long ago confessed that what had much weight with me was the fact that such a man as William—so cute

"We must not forget William O'Connor's priest, who took up Leaves of Grass, spent an hour over it, then

It was a splendid exhibit of mock passion in William."

And a good lick for William in it? William O'Connor?"

"I suppose William [O'Connor] tops us all for vehemence and consecutiveness of life."

He said he thought Burroughs "shied some at O'Connor's directness but I don't admit that that's William's

"I have said a good many things to you about William O'Connor—but there's Ellen, too—superb woman—without

"William is right—I do not cease or reduce my admiration: I have often had the idea of getting out an

remember in Washington, when I was in the Treasury Department—and some great dinner was preparing at the White

William O'Connor was a storm-blast for Bacon.

I never saw anybody stand up against William when he really got going: he was like a flood: he was loaded

with knowledge—yes, with knowledge: and knowledge with William was never useless—he knew what to do

laughed and explained that the expression was "all right"—"a current saying"—adding: "I have heard William

I used to argue so with William—oh! many's the strong sweet talks we've had over it!

But William would not have it so—it was to him a living, breathing question—and indeed, looking at it