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119 Lower Baggot Street Dublin 14 February 1876 My dear Mr. Whitman, 'Bram Stoker Feb, '76.
My friend Edward Dowden has told me often that you like new acquaintances or I should rather say friends
I wrote the enclosed draft of a letter which I intended to copy out and send to you —it has lain in my
much consolation—and I do believe that your open earnest speech has not been thrown away on me or that my
a hot debate on your genius at the Fortnightly Club in which I had the privilege of putting forward my
This man (whose frame, as I afterward found, was no mean type of the generous heart within) came to my
bed, sat down, & after some talk with me wrote a letter to my parents in Michigan.
This act secured my gratitude & we became intimately acquainted & close friends—Being furloughed in July
an ugly bullet hole through my left lung that time finding a lodgment at Armory Sqr.
My friend was still in Washington, we met, & our intimacy was renewed and again abruptly broken off in
Dublin, 18/2 187 6 My dear Mr Whitman I send you an order for 39/= for a copy of your works the $10 edition
I must say that I only know Mr Dowden casually—a person of my world cannot aspire to much acquaintance
My knowledge of literature is very slight—I have not the critical insight into things that he has Dear
My having been obliged to give up all idea of a separate life for myself beyond the grave, forces me
The books are for my wife "Mary F.
./76 I have had such joy this morning, my Darling—Poems of yours given in the "Daily News" sublime Poems
(one of them reaching dizzy heights) filling my soul with strong delight.
—The days, the weeks are slipping by my Beloved, bearing me swiftly surely to you —before the beauty
deep chords in the human soul when it is the vehicle of a great Master's thought & emotions—if only my
All my heart shall go into them—Take from my picture a long long look of tender love and joy and faith
My dearest Friend, Do not think me too wilful or headstrong but I have taken our tickets & we shall sail
And since we have to come to a decision my mind has been quite at rest.
I have arranged for my goods to sail a week later than we do, so as to give us time.
Good bye for a short while my dearest Friend Anne Gilchrist.
Just a line of birthday greeting, my dearest Friend.
May all that will do you good come my dearest Friend–and not least the sense of relief & joy in having
That is what I believe as surely as I believe in my own existence.
best for us to go to New York (only I want to go at once where we are likeliest to stop, because of my
Solemn thoughts outleaping life, immortal aspirations of my Soul toward your soul.
Ap 21, 1876 My dearest Friend, I must write again, out of a full heart.
"The Two Rivulets" has filled it very full—Ever the deep inward assent, rising up strong, exultant, my
Ever the sense of dearness —the sweet subtle perfume, pervading every page, every line to my sense—O
nor what answering emotion pervades me, flows out towards you—sweetest deepest greatest experience of my
Do not dissuade me from coming this autumn my dearest Friend —I have waited patiently 7 years—patiently
1 Torriano Gardens Camden Rd London Feb 25 /76 My dearest Friend, I received the paper & enclosed slip
Soon, very soon I come my Darling.
for us— years of tranquil, tender happiness—me making your outward life serene & sweet—& you making my
benign influences round us out of our happiness and fulfilled life—Hold on but a little longer for me my
You must be very indulgent towards him for my sake dear Friend.
Gilder, Whitman justified his decision, writing that "No established publisher in the country will print my
books, & during the last three years of my illness & helplessness every one of the three successive
In the afternoon the books, I dont don't know how to settle down my thoughts calmly enough to write,
I have not shut my eyes to the difficulties and trials & responsibilities (for the childrens children's
discontent with old England or by any adverse circumstances here which I might hope to better there—my
reasons, emotions, the sources of my strength and courage for the uprooting & transplanting—all are
That America has brought them forth makes me want to plant some, at least, of my children on her soil
That he obtained your goods & service under false pretenses is perfectly certain to my mind .
would let me have some property which he had no earthly use for viz some books which had once been in my
private library a $150 bookcase which had been in my library 5 or 6 years before I thought of going
pay you $200.00 (just what was due Dec 1st '74) In another place he binds himself to carry out all my
I have done for 3 or 4 years, day & night & sunday, to get justice out of this fellow for myself & my
I do not forget what I am owing to you, and try in every way to raise something towards discharging my
In order to tide over the dullness, I have accepted proofreading outside of my business, altho' although
My business is in the hands of a rural boy, & I attend to my correspondence from 4 A.M. till 6:30 A.M
But my mortification at having to ask you to wait, under all the circumstances, is very great.
Walt Whitman Esq My dear Sir: I ask you to excuse me for neglecting so long to answer your note.
It came to my house instead of the office and was consequently overlooked. It was Mrs.
April 15 1876 My dear sir Please find enclosed my check for $5.—for a copy of "Leaves of Grass."
My delay is because of my intention to canvas canvass my friends and secure additional subscribers and
Apl 18 1876 My dear sir Enclosed please find Money order for Five of 100 Dollars for a copy of Two Rivulets
, which please send to my address & to my name This subscription is from a lady client of mine yours
Seeger Since writing my note I have secured the promise of one subscription & possibly with it 2 more
In my copy, would solicit the pleasure of having your autograph signature on fly leaf.
two met while studying at Cambridge University and then, as Carpenter recounted in his autobiography (My
of what is intended; meanwhile for the time I have been absorbed by the news of the death of one of my
This brings with it the additional pang to me that it will probably prevent my intended journey to the
My dear Mr. Whitman, I received a few days since your last letter.
It is very pleasant to me to find you liked my Shakspere Shakespeare book, but much more to know that
But I do not doubt that half-a dozen of my friends will wish to have the books, so I should be obliged
which consisted in the main of apt selections from L. of G. & Democratic Vistas, & these were felt by my
Then, to my surprise & great satisfaction, followed speaker after speaker on the Whitman side,—a barrister
Dowden has written and then crossed out a note at the top of the page: "My former draft (for 10 dollars
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
criticism . . . after full retrospect of his works and life, the aforesaid 'odd-kind chiel' remains to my
My dear Mr. Whitman, Yesterday your post-card & your very welcome books reached me.
We are all well, my wife & children & I .
previously published in Leaves of Grass, "Passage to India" was Whitman's attempt to "celebrate in my
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
My dear Mr. Whitman, Some days ago came my parcel—many thanks—Mr. Grosart's books included.
Graves had come previously—I have waited a few days expecting to hear from my brother (from Edinburgh
this year also, to get a kind of confession or self–revelation from one of the most promising men in my
Probably my next bit of work will be the arranging for publication a volume of Essays on 19 th century
at this moment; but he would like to get your photograph (of which you spoke) & if you address it to my
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
originated in an untitled section of the 1855 edition, which in the 1867 edition became "Now List to My
large collection to which I earnestly desire to add your name, especially as I am trying to complete my
Th 187 6 Walt Whitman Respected Sir: I began several years since the collection of the autographs of my
My dear Sir, Some years ago when I had occasion to address you, you were so good as to say you should
be happy to hear from me again; and as my admiration of your works and interest in whatever concerns
you have rather strengthened than weakened, I feel sure you will not mind my asking one or two questions
As a faithful student of your books, I have made it my business to obtain every edition I could, and
When at my friend Mr W.B.
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
Jan. 2, 1876 My dear Mr.
Ap. 16. 76 My dear Walt Whitman: I met a mutual friend last evening who informed me he had just procured
And so on reflection I have decided to write you that when you receive my order through Mr.
I will only say that my Soul and my sympathy all go out toward you and I often think of you as the one
Whitman papers sent July 25 I thank you heartily for my share in your Custer poem, which I have just
My address is now 506 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, and I would be very much obliged if you would spend
to here hear from you very much This leaves me well thank God but I have been sick most all winter my
wife is sick at presant present But the Lord has been good to me in past and I know if I put my trust
the warmth of a loving heart and universal charity so beautifully expressed —that which leans towards my
ask if he got the pretty little printed articles of a Georgia Poet Fruit -Growing which I sent him in my
trouble or spells of unhappiness we are a discordant household , and will (of course) say it is not my
Dec 1st 76 My Dear Sir: Yes, I received the letter, with the picture & printed slips last year, & meant
have a 10 acre farm here on the banks of the Hudson near Po'keepsie Poughkeepsie , I spend some of my
How fortunate to leave to be content with doing nearly nothing —with My soul, for twenty purturbability
In the spring, when commencing to plow, I was feeling poorly, and my 13 year old boy to g .
me the pleasure I have had with Walt Whitman's books and to the books also—I'll (Please excuse all my
—I claim a patent right for the my old terms "champion of nature" and "good-enough man" &c &c If you
feel a little desire to "dig at the ribs" of demoralizing superstition) Why didnt didn't you notice my
t to doubt whether my friends get unmistakably true " Philosopher" JNJ John Newton Johnson Send only
If you encourage me to write, and say you will sometimes write to me I will buy me some pens —one of my
(Now, if there were living near me, such people that I could take my Walt Whitman books with me, and
I dont don't want my your books worn out by borrow ers but I like to lend them as I feel like—sending
I see that I can get (or have) the means to come and pay my own way, first and last.
All stubbornly at my own expense. As I write this, I am not disposed to come there.
As I have exhausted my sheet, I forbear giving news of the situation with us, till such is called for
previously published in Leaves of Grass, "Passage to India" was Whitman's attempt to "celebrate in my
&c &c sent June 8 '76 by Ex & rec'd June 1st JQA Ward 9 or 10 Vols, &c sent, by Ex My dear Mr Whitman
I inclose check for Fifty dollars ($50) my subscription for five copies of your complete works If I
Be kind enough to send them to my address.
April 23d /76 140 East 38th st New York My dear Mr Whitman: Your note was received and I am only waiting
134 East 38th St New York April 24, 1876 My dear Walt— Please send 3 sets on account of my list of 5.
Walt Whitman— My Dear Friend: I enclose a P.O. order for $10, in payment for a copy of your last book
London Saturday 23 Sept. 1876 Dear Walt Whitman I have received your volume and thank you heartily My
I would send you a volume of poems of my own, but they are very juvenile; and I would rather not be known
My wife & I would both be delighted if you could come and stay with us so long as might suit you.
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
Mr Whitman, Dear Sir, My friend & yours Mr Joaquin Miller tells me that the best way to gratify a long-cherished
greatest men of our age both abroad & at home; & when I remember your work during our dreadful war, my
heart as well as my pride is touched, & I cannot though a stranger to you, forbear presenting to the
true man a nobler title even than that of the true poet, my profoundest respect & admiration— With sincere
My motive was the necessity of saving you & your relatives from the degradation implied in Mr.
You may remember that I talked to you in my bedroom about your circumstances, after I had conversed with
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
relative of yours and daughter of Elizabeth Burroughs nee Wheeler, I guess you will pardon the liberty my
you would come and make us a visit you when in Woodside some. by sending love of the united family My
enclose twenty Dollars which I hope you will accept in payment for one set of the books & as a token of my
My friend is a great admirer of yours. him and I have lately been reading your "Leaves of Grass" and
My dear friend, I have recd received your postal handshake, and am glad to find that you appreciate my
My second letter naturally turned the tide of contributions in his direction, as I desired, deeming him
You must forgive me for my blunder the price of your books.
living by his pen—and you should certainly never want anything your heart craved; but all I can do in my
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
—See my other letter, & address answer Care of Strahan & Co, 34 Paternoster Road.
Robert Browning (1812–1889), known for his dramatic monologues, including "Porphyria's Lover" and "My
My hope has been frustrated; I am myself a very lonely man without great connecions connections , especially
Therefore my dear friend I can only beg you accept my sincere sympathy with your unfortunate condition
I have myself my considerable lot of difficulties.
In these days I have got a little harbour for my old father and now I am going to marry without fortune
and clinging all my expectations to the incertain uncertain fate of a book, which shall appear in the
Sent a paper—slips—& Mem Memoranda Aug 10 '76 Copenhagen 24th of July 1876 My dear Walt Whitman.
I wrote to you in April a forthnight fortnight before my marriage.
If the letter should not have reached you, I hereby tell you, that at the 14th May I married my dear
My thoughts were with on the 4th.
My dear wife is greeting you as a friend.
My dear Sir:— Your letter of the 5th, with enclosure has just reached me.
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to