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About the plate my impression still is that in the hands of a good expert steel plate printer it will
My notion is against getting up any further portrait (this steel plate will have to permanently continue
carefully done , & with good ink)—& the binding, color, style, (strong, plain, unexpensive inexpensive , is my
fullest satisfaction (if not already—which I thought the case—distinctly, amply, legally secured by my
correspondence between us ante )—But the copyright of Leaves of Grass must remain absolutely & solely in my
I want to say over again that while I reserve to the fullest degree all my own rights & the means to
maintain them, you are to be, & I hereby make & confirm you, the sole issuers and publishers of my completed
strenuously & loyally in the enterprise—& to add that I do not fix any term or limit of years, because it is my
Sept: 9 '81 Dear Harry I keep about the same in health—am & have been very busy with the printing of my
here—have a good room & boarding house, the landlady is first rate & kind [to] me, (as often happens I find my
heart—you know the verse of the old song "A light heart & thin pair of breeches Goes through the world my
Howe, Captain Milton Haxtun, or Ed Dallin.
8 Bullfinch Place Wednesday Evening September 7th My dear Mr.
Rand & Avery's Monday noon Sept: September 5 '81 My dear friend Although it is abominable for me to back
It will be the whole expression of the design which I had in my mind When I Began to Write.
Now, that is the way it has been with my book. It has been twenty-five years building.
"My poetry," continued Mr.
But I have accepted it all as a part of my work.
Many of my friends have no patience with my opinion on this matter.
guests when full, mostly families, very nice—capital table, (most too good for me, tempts me too much)— My
I suppose you get the papers I send—the Boston Globe of four or five days ago —& others—I get my letters
well here, sent on from Camden—Lou I send a small package directed to you by mail, please put it up on my
Clark very kind & thoughtful—appears as though I was going to have things all my own way—I have a table
It will be the whole expression of the design which I had in my mind When I Began to Write.
Now, that is the way it has been with my book. It has been twenty-five years building.
My theory in making the book is to give A Recognition of All Elements compacted in one— e pluribus unum
"My poetry," continued Mr.
Many of my friends have no patience with my opinion on this matter.
Rand & Avery's 117 Franklin st: street Please send my mail, by bearer, & please send the same down to
Dear Hank I am here seeing to the setting up & stereotyping of my book in a big printing office, (Rand
I sent—they will give you some acc't account of two or three little happenings in my jaunt—I was down
on Long Island at the spot where I was born & where I had spent my summers in youth from time to time—went
fine very old trees)—I am now writing this in Osgood's place in Boston (they are the publishers of my
—I wish you to give my love to your father & mother—Debbie & Jo Ed, Mont, & Van—Ruth & little George—
"My 'Leaves of Grass,'" said the old gentleman, "I will publish as I wrote it, minor revisions excepted
of last Critic here—also send the little slips of the poem here, unless already sent —I like to see my
Mott avenue & 149th Street Station L New York City Aug: August 8 '81 1881 My dear Baxter Yours rec'd
Osgood & Co: are going to publish a complete & new volume of my poems, & I am coming on to see to & oversee
impressions (proofs) & send me—direct to me, care of J H Johnston Jeweler, 150 Bowery —that will be my
here for a few days, after spending a week down on Long Island, mostly at West Hills and Cold Spring, my
parents' places of nativity—& my own place.
August 3 '81 My dear Sir I send you a letter for Summer Leisure column —say for the paper of to-morrow—the
thing to say — I have been staying alone here in the house, as the folks have gone off on summer trip—My
sister is at the White Mountains—I take my meals at Mrs Wroth's 319 Stevens—I like it—An old lady I
We have left Bad-Elster, the baths having perfectly restored my wife's health to our great joy.
over here)—very hot indeed here the last four days, & continues still—I am standing it well—I take my
meals at Mrs Wroth's & find it a very good place—it was a good move, my going there—Mrs W is very kind—Tip
afraid something was the matter with him— I am busy five or six hours yet every day with the copy of my
Now my lectures are over I am spending the summer helping in the garden and any odd jobs about the place—and
—I can't keep my fingers off it—but still that takes only a small fraction of the week & leaves plenty
These friends that I have here and my more natural open air life seem to have made a difference to me
My copy will come in about 400 pages of it—perhaps a trifle more.
I used to read your "Leaves of Grass" to my children.
Once with my back to the door entering the parlor, in a large chair, my children before me on the sofa
there is just now a lively little thunderstorm coming on, (& over almost as soon as on)—I must finish my
Osgood and Co of Boston for the publishing of my poems complete in one volume, under the title of "Walt
Nothing very new otherwise—you must have kept posted about my Boston jaunt, for I sent you papers—it
My forthcoming summer movements are not exactly decided—probably go on to Boston for two or three weeks
, as I like to keep a sharp eye on my proofs and typography—then I must go a month in Canada—I will keep
reading it—suddenly remembered your birthday—that it was past & I had not written one word—not just put my
I was then (when I should have written—middle of May just preparing & starting on my journey to the north—first
I enjoyed everything—the being with Norah (who is like one of my own) & the dearest jolliest little man
wonderful colours & sweet odors of the sea—everything is best except the keenness of the wind which made my
16 '81 Dear Sirs I have been down in the Jersey woods the last ten days—just returned —have finished my
be new or substantially new long primer —I sent on the proof page for a little change, last night on my
But I would like to have a sample page in bourgeois too for my calculations —I hope it will be new type—The
typographical show of my poems—how they shall show (negatively as well as absolutely) on the black &
white page—is always in my idea in making them—I am printer enough for that— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman
MY DEAR WALT: You don't write me a letter nor take any notice of my magnificent offers concerning "Pond
My mother is away staying with Beatrice in Edinburgh city, recruiting her health, which has most sadly
advice or opinion of a drawing connected with my father's book.
My cousin Sidney Thomas is, or was, in America, a good deal lionized, I understand.
Interested in those Boston scraps you send my mother.
Then my father got very ill & I had to go down & see him (he is all right now.)
Then business in London, tedious travelling half across Europe, & now my wife and I are fixed in a little
I send you some stanzas about my day's walk with O'Grady (I found out shortly that he was a lover and
In a letter to Horst Frenz of August 13, 1950, Captain C. H.
Rolleston wrote: "I do not think there can be any doubt that my Father's schoolmaster friend was H.
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey June 4 '81 My dear Mr Osgood Yours of yesterday rec'd received ,
Camden Thursday Evening June 2 My dear friend I suppose it must look fine down there after the heavy
fruit & grain— Nothing very new with me—the big Boston house has sent me word that they will publish my
stands now—I find I can have them publish it, if I choose, but I suppose I am getting pretty lofty in my
old days & must have my own terms, & pretty good ones too— I am feeling pretty well—I think my last
, & a prospect of some pleasant days, sufficiently cool— I am alone in the house, have been all day—My
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey June 1 '81 My dear Mr Osgood Yours of May 31 just rec'd received
—Thanking you warmly for willingness, promptness, &c. my terms are: 25 cts on every copy sold if the
My notion would be that we should sell an Edition there, if possible, printed here from our own plates
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey U S America May 30 '81 My dear Edward Carpenter, Yours of May 14
telegraphing— I was on in Boston five weeks since—but I believe I sent you a little printed item of my
you in the loss of the dear mother—I have drunk of that cup—Commend me faithfully in good wishes to my
Sharkland, whose name I have written as you desired, in the Volume— Write to me as often as you can, my
Carpenter wrote from Sheffield what Whitman termed a "good letter": "These friends that I have here and my
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey May 29 '81 My dear Mr Osgood I suppose you rec'd received the copy
You already have my plan—a volume of say 400 pages, (not over 450) handy size, first class (but I know
431 Stevens street Camden New Jersey May 26 8 p m My dear Osgood Just returned from a week down in the
May 24, 1881 My dear Mr.
It has been my plan to have you up here for the summer if I could pursuade persuade you to come, But
I have always had my opinion of him.
It is postmarked: LONDON | AM | MY 23 | 81 | CANADA.
Camden New Jersey May 20 '81 My dear Mr Osgood Yours rec'd received , & accordingly I am fixing up the
Dear W Whitman Your letter of May 8 reached here during my absence.
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey May 8 '81 My dear Mr Osgood I write in answer to the note on the
other side from my dear friend O'Reilly —My plan is to have all my poems, down to date, comprised in
Camden Friday afternoon May 6 My dear friend I am sorry to hear of your feeling so unwell, & have thought
while I was there)—I had a lively time in Boston—Susan I wish you could have been there the evening of my
such a collection of people as would have suited you, & been a study—different from any I ever saw in my
them from the usual crowd—about 300—(I will tell you more when I see you)— As I write this part of my
supper, & here I am in perfect quiet up in my room, finishing my letter—Susan my dear friend I hope
Well, Hank, my Boston tramp, lecture, &c. turned out far ahead of what I had any idea of—it was not a
& callers all the time—So, boy, you see how your uncle was set up —& yet I am going to speak to all my
Y. papers —(will send you the Critic of the latter city next Monday or Tuesday with my piece in)— Havn't
of poetry by a boy 13 years old, in Pennsylvania, he sent it to me with a nice letter —Well, Hank, my
in good spirits—love to you & God bless you—I am sorry enough to hear your mother is unwell—Susan, my
The poet sent "My Picture-Gallery" to Balch on October 8, 1880, for which he received $5, and which appeared
Give my love to your father & mother, & to Harry, Ed & all.
Camden Wednesday noon April 27 My dear Jeannie Yours just rec'd received here sent on from Boston—Yes
you, & sister & father, & have you located —All sorrowful, solemn, yet soothing thoughts come up in my
mind at reminiscences of my dear friend, your dear mother —have often thought of you all, since '73
mine—I know him well — I have just returned from Boston, where I have been the past week—went on to read my
under the benumbing influences of paralysis, but thankful to be as well as I am—still board here (make my
head quarters here) with my brother & his wife—Eddy, my brother, is living & well, he is now boarding
MY DEAREST FRIEND: I have just been sauntering in our little but sunny garden which slopes to the South
My breath is so short I cannot walk, which is a privation.
I hope you received the little memoir of my husband all right.
"There spake my brother; (Lord Bacon) There my father's grave Did utter forth a voice!"
My Dear Whitman, On receipt of your card, to-day, stating the time of your intended start, I telegraphed