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Next best, is your admiration of my lightnings.
Of course, I was delighted, for my article puts the matter just in the shape I wanted it to appear—gives
I think John will be delighted with my sword-play.
pleased with me, and the poignant and perfumed little note of thanks I sent him after the appearance of my
My task is to do this, and thoroughly, the first time. No after claps.
My article has gone to the Tribune with a note to Whitelaw Reid, and we await the result.
My object is to smoke the hidden movers in this business out of their holes, and I kept this in mind
Marston was behind the Boston attorney, I took care not to even mention his name, but focussed all my
It is all right for you to take such an attitude as you do toward them—for you personally; but my part
—I hope my letter will appear and be satisfactory to you.
My old fencing-master, Boulet, (no better ever lived; he taught once at West Point,) taught me always
to cover my breast with hilt and point, even in the lunge, and I think of his lessons when engaged in
I have freely used the memoranda you sent, and got in as much of it as I could see my way to employ,
I hope my new letter will be as successful with you and the public as my first.
Watch the for my anti-Chadwick. I hardly think it will fail to bring him down.
June 19, 1882 Dear Walt: I have yours of yesterday, and am happy in the thought that you find my second
That is what they will try to do, and my reply to Chadwick will make it harder than ever for them.
On the other hand, The Tribune invites my attention to Sigma's "assertion" about the "disgusting Priapism
," which is, of course, a disgusting lie, and I I have to make up my mind whether the point is worth
shows a desire to put in something as a makeweight, and to seem biased against me, while admitting my
My aim is to attack Marston, terribly , and I don't want to be led off into a side show by an anonymunculus
for him, in a whirl of bitter work and many cares, a long helter-skelter sort of an introduction, for my
He thought my prolegomena good, and I was sorry I could not make it better, but if Rees, Welsh & Co.
publish his book, I will strive to refurbish my contribution and make it better.
The thing for a pamphlet will be my letters upon Oliver Stevens and company, when we get to a stopping
Postmaster General, with my assistance, and we will put in a copy of this letter of Chainey's.
He has just done an astonishing thing—printed my private letter in his paper—the letter in which I asked
I thought my letter would have the effect of making him cautious. Now for Tobey.
I think you will like it as well as my first letter.
My Jeannie has been very ill this summer, but is getting better, and will go to Providence on Friday.
On the 5th page is my touch at Comstock. I hope it will do you good.
I will do my best to keep up the controversy. Tucker has fairly cowed Stevens & Co in Boston.
My private advices are very amusing. Pity Osgood was such a craven, though better for you.
If he meddles with your book in New York, I will do my utmost in all directions to have him removed from
His taking up for that miserable Chadwick against me, misrepresenting and falsifying my argumentation
The Unitarian Index did a rascally thing lately in reprinting Chadwick's letter verbatim, without my
Underwood excused himself for not printing my answer on the ground that it was too "personal"!!!!!
But soon I shall be freer, and my first act shall be to collect the Oliver Stevens letters into a pamphlet
My dear Walt: I snatch five minutes from writing up the wrecks.
Yet in my heart I hold and love him for aye.
I am at work on my Tribune letter, which I hope will prove satisfactory.
Y.) and My Life on It as Child and Young Man…Printing Office—Old Brooklyn…Lafayette…Broadway Sights…My
I have been exercised deeply about it my whole life.)
Again he was ask'd to yield, this time by a rebel captain.
The rebel captain then shot him—but at the same instant he shot the captain.
From today I enter upon my 64th year.
Camden N J Sept: September 6 I cheerfully give permission to print "O Captain My Captain" in your book
your proposals—I have had several—For one point I should like some publishing & radiating spot near my
own locality—for another to retain control of my book & personally advise in selling & publishing it—Will
I want to publish my Prose writings in a companion volume to L of G—Then there is a Canada man who has
next N A North American Review (June number) will have a piece A Memorandum at a Venture signed by my
name in which I ventilate my theory of sexual matters treatment & allusion in Children of Adam —I shall
reprinting Burroughs's letter of May 1, Traubel interpolated an explanation of the loan: "This was money in my
431 Stevens Street Camden Jan: 18 '82 My dear Mrs Childs Yours & Mr Childs', inviting me to dine & meet
an invalid—just suffering an extra bad spell & forbidden to go out nights this weather— Please give my
hearty salutation & American welcome to Mr Wilde— I much desire my friend to briefly report & give my
thanks for your thought & deed in sending me "Nineteenth Century" criticism—you have probably seen my
Camden Jan: 26 '82 My dear friend Yours just rec'd received & indeed welcomed —A wretchedly dull forenoon
mail me the (brown paper bound) copy of "Leaves of Grass" I sent on about a month ago —I mentioned my
Camden May 23d My dear Reid Couldn't you feel to print the above say for instance in the Bits of Criticism
From to-day I enter upon my 64th year.
I easily tire, am very clumsy, cannot walk far; but my spirits are first-rate.
or boat, hundreds of miles—live largely in the open air—am sunburnt and stout, (weigh 190)—keep up my
But the principal object of my life seems to have been accomplish'd accomplished —I have the most devoted
of type, binding, general appearance &c. with L of G—same price—As I write (Sunday afternoon) up in my
well—have had a very fair summer, (though so much hot weather)— I commenced publishing L of G in June on my
He did not even ask about your health, or any other human thing, & made me feel that my call upon him
magazines—the more necessary now as quite a set-back & very bad piece of luck has happened to me in my
one's mind that no words or writing can describe—I wish Jo and Debby to see this letter—& I send them my
back here again by nine o'clock, in time to finish the piece I have under way—Tell Mrs Rogers I send my
pleasure the nice visit & dinner in Linden Street—I have not forgotten Jane either — Susan you speak of my
It was conducted by a gentleman and his niece, free—I tell you it opened my eyes to many new things—makes
but I expected to come down myself, or send word—but one thing or another delays the publication of my
coming week—I will bring you one when I come down—there is lots in about the pond & the old lane &c. and my
dark equinoctial storm—but I just wish I was down there this minute—a day there in the woods— —Where my
dictionaries &c. you can think of, & everything else— —Nothing very new with me—I still keep well—eat my
American country & the west — Nothing very new with me—I am well as usual for me—As I write I am up in my
moderate snow & ice on the ground, but sun shining bright—quite a good deal of sleighing— —I am busy with my
writing in moderation—write four or five hours every day—My new book is doing reasonably well (better
great fool —don't you know every 'cute fellow secretly knows that about himself—I do)—God bless you my
I am pretty well—& all goes well enough to be thankful for in my affairs.
Engine House & Depot, five engines burnt, bad luck— —Van, show this letter to your father and mother—my
Camden Sunday Sept: September 10 My dear friend I went round last evening to call on Mrs Rogers, & thought
yesterday—he is well & hearty & seems to be having good times—I shall write to him to-day—Well the work on my
new book "Specimen Days" is finished, & I feel as if a troublesome job was off my hands The enclosed
the pond, the first three summers '76, '77 and '78 I was down there at your house—We could not get my
miles from Philadelphia— (While I am writing this it is a very pleasant quiet Sunday—as I sit here by my
Camden N J Sept: September 12 My dear friend I just write to tell you that I have heard of your dear
father's death, & that you have my true sympathy—Love to Arthur and Emily & all—It is no time now to
431 Stevens Street Camden Jan: 26 '82— Evn'g Evening Thank you, my dear friend, for sending Washington
Street Camden New Jersey May 26 '82 Dear Sir Yours rec'd received —I accordingly mail you a copy of my
Philadelphia , June 28 1882 My dear Ben: Benjamin Ticknor I wish you would do me the favor to have the
In your letter to me of Sept. '81, (herewith enclosed) you tallied all my several copyrights for " Leaves
you can keep posted, & make whatever mention, if any, accurately— but would rather not myself only my
In connection let me state that I am putting a new book in type, my Prose Works , called Specimen Days
, & Collect , about 380 pages—gives a lot of random typical days, diary fashion, during my life—& then
swoops pell mell my past literary papers, essays &c. in the Collect , (like fish in a net)—is to be
a companion Vol to my Poems—Is to be pub. published by Rees Welsh & Co: 23 South 9th st.
Ford Yours of Sept: 25th rec'd received —& accordingly I send you (same mail with this—same address) my
O. order — When you see Edward Carpenter tell him I am well & hearty (considering) & send him my love
received —and I send you some thoughts of mine on Burns—(a much belabored subject—but I wanted to have my
Sent Rees Welsh & Co June 20 '82 Let me make my propositions as plainly as possible.
U S A Down here again spending a few days—nothing very different—pretty much the same story of all my
Philadelphia to-day for store goods—Do you know of David Bogue, bookseller, Trafalgar Sq: Square who publishes my
pages 166 to 168) after an interval I am satisfied with it, and am willing to let those sections of my
This draft letter is endorsed: "Letter sent Dr Bucke—with his return'd MS | My letter to Dr Bucke | Feb
I have never for a moment wavered in my belief in this truth since it burst upon me a veritable sunrise
431 Stevens street Camden New Jersey March 21 '82 My friends I believe you have in MS one or two clusters
of my Notes — yours —they are paid for—I think I would like to look over them & touch them up to date
431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey June 26 '82 My dear friend — I to-day mail you a copy of "Leaves
Camden N J June 2 '82 Dear Baxter My friend John Sands, a veteran magazine & newspaper writer, has just
plates of Leaves of Grass now in your charge have been transferred to me, & are henceforth subject to my
March 1, 1882, in which he quoted Swinburne's praise of Whitman: "I have by no manner of means relaxed my
—There are no later or fuller prints of my books than those you have —I contemplate a final compacted