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I have just sent off the copy for my new vol volume : think I shall stick to "Signs & Seasons" for the

He wanted my opinion about the argument of the essay, so I told him that I never felt like quarreling

to you—to give you any notion of the good you have done me & again I think I speak for hundreds of my

jibs appear in the offing—steamers with pennants of smoke— and under the noonday forenoon sun Where my

Where my gaze as now sweeps ocean river and bay.

Vermont Christmas Afternoon My Dear Brother I thank you with all my heart you are so kind I dont don't

Rose one of my near neighbors just, now, came to the window and wants me to come in, to see her Chrs

328 Mickle Street Camden Dec: 21 '85 My dear friend Real glad to hear from you once more, as by yours

Seems to me mortality never enclosed a more beautiful spirit— The trouble ab't my eyesight passed over

had dinner &c—I go there every Sunday—So I get stirr'd up some, but not half enough—three reasons, my

natural sluggishness & the paralysis of late years, the weather, & my old, stiff, slow horse, with a

better—he gives up for the present his European tour, but is coming here soon for a week—As I close, my

the other was lost in the mail | JR # 3 447-1928 328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Dec: 15 '85—noon My

present thinking over her life is the only thing that I take pleasure in: indeed I am unable to get my

ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE LA 1565 328 Mickle street Camden New Jersey Dec: 10 1885 Thank you my dear J R—&

—I am middling well—the trouble in my eyesight (& very annoying it was to my anchor'd condition) seems

Dec 6th 188 5 Mr Walt Whitman My Dear Old Friend.

85 Camden New Jersey U S America Dear Herbert Gilchrist As I doubt I made some small misfiguring in my

Belmont Mass Dec 2 '85 My Dear Whitman— Maugre yr your wholesome advice, (exc. that I put in a page on

you & Hugo—parallelism of poetic-technique en-avant freshness &c) I have done gone & published my essay

I set up every stick of it mesilf indade , & corrected my proofs ( wh. which I'll have you know) were

Well, I have learned just enough to set up this & my poems (Heaven bless the mark—"poems" quotha,—I wd'nt

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

Dear Walt The lovely spirit fled on Sunday afternoon at five o'clock.....My darling mother's life has

Some day next year I am going to send you a photograph from my last picture of mother I painted it this

I and brother (Percy Carlyle Gilchrist ) placed her semblance in my father's grave this morning at Kensal-Green

She died in my arms.

III. of my "Walt Whitman."

scientific American point of view—as it certainly is the highest & deepest (complimentary) statement of my

gone—Spirits buoyant & hearty— —The December sun is shining out wistfully as I finish, & I am going out in my

Herbert Gilchrist What on earth can I say to you in response to the news about your dearest mother in my

all the time —I have seriously considered coming to London—but it seems impossible—I am still here—my

eyesight is less disturbed, is nearly ab't as formerly—but my walking power worse than ever—they have

cheery & buoyant as ever—I eat and sleep fairly—am so far without any pain of violence—& still have my

—O how I wish I could see your dearest mother—again my best, deepest love to her.

She died in my arms."

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Nov: 30 '85 My dear Wm Rossetti Yours of Nov: 13 with 31 pounds 19

shillings has been received—the third instalment of the "offering" —my thanks are indeed deeper than

been writing to Herbert Gilchrist ab't his mother, & am filled with sadness—nothing new with me, only my

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Nov: 25 '85 My dear W R T Thanks for the $5. "remembrance."

My sight is better—walking power slim, almost not at all—spirits buoyant. Glad to get your letters.

Walt Whitman Esteemed Sir, Will you permit me to offer you, as emphasizing my appreciation of the melodies

its every drop distills something of the warm appreciation your exceptional creations have kindled in my

Since I wrote last to you little sums have been accumulating in my hands: I enclose an account of them

Rossetti of November 30, 1885, he has little positive to say about his health: "nothing new with me, only my

[To Ernest Rhys] 328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey U S America Nov. 9 1885 My dear Sir Excuse the delay—I

As I understand it, the plan is to make a selection from my Poems & put them in a Volume of your "Canterbury

William Osler, Whitman went to see Professor Norris "ab't my eyes . . . satisfactory visit & examination—I

Am laid up just now with a kick from my horse—luckily nothing very bad—he struck me (accidentally in

My Dear Walt Whitman: I am very, very sorry to learn that your physical condition is so low and that

"My eyes are feeling pretty badly, and yesterday and to-day I consulted Dr.

I have lost my poise in walking and cannot promenade at all.

I go out every day in my carriage, and a friend of mine, Willie Duckett, a neighbor's little boy, always

I still retain my hopeful, bouyant spirits. I feel better to-night than I have for several days."

I have lived as yet but eighteen years: yet in all the constant thoughts and acts of my last few years

, your words have been my guides and true oracles.

spirit of self-assertion: but that I should feel shame for myself, were I not to show the reality of my

gratitude to you, even through the weakness of words—you, whom I thankfully acknowledge for my veritable

stands in the way won't you please state what you will ask for it, and then I shall have the matter off my

I get out in it every day—my only exercise—and I find it the easiest riding vehicle I ever sat in.

thought of your cordial invitation to me to write to you, but I have waited until I have got settled into my

Without much trouble I found a sunny room in Cambridge and having at last got my books within reach I

It is pleasant to be my own master again, and to be able, for the present at least, to follow my inclinations

—But I must stop, first, because you may find my garrulity tedious, and second, because the clocks have

Commemoration Ode," which has often, since its publication, been contrasted with Whitman's own tribute, "O Captain

My Captain!" For further information on Whitman's views of Lowell, see William A.

Dr Knortz & send you—although he has of course notified you to same effect—I am still living here in my

spirits—but get around with great difficulty, (or rather I should say hardly at all) & have been stricken in my

My dear Sir; The translations of your poems are now ready for the printer and the MS will sail for Europe

I shall talk to my Dr Doctor about you when I see him again, but if I were you I would adopt such a diet

as would make my blood as thin as possible, & so lessen the arterial strain This is common sense, &

Well, my time has come—that is all. You see, I am somewhat of a fatalist!"

It escaped me to mention in my previous letter that a Mr.

a better account of your health yet, hoped that you were beginning to get around as usual, and like my

Alma Tadema the most celebrated artist over here has written to congratulate me over my last picture

It is rather a feather in my cap—and will perhaps prove a turning point in my artistic career, who knows

I lead a quiet but moderately varied life and am able to enjoy my work and possess one or two friends

"What's all this about, my boy?"

"Is it a patent of nobility, or is it an address from a lot of my young friends?"

My paralysis has made me so lame lately that I had to give up even my walks for health, let alone my

rambles in the country, and my constitution has suffered for exercise.

TO EASE MY DECLINING YEARS.

Sept. 15 '85 328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey U S America My dear friend Yours of Sept: 5 just rec'd

noble-hearted young man — As far as I can perceive & understand your scheme is managed admirably & to my

Louis, Sept. 11th 188 5 My dear Walt Enclosed please find check for $10—payable to your order  This check

My Dear Walt.

All of us well—especially my two little boys, who enjoy the country life very much.

Camden Sept. 8 '85 Just a line any how, dear Mary, to follow up the good wishes & invocations of my last

Camden New Jersey Sept. 8 noon Thanks, my friend, for your kind invitation—but am not able to accept

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

Aldrich (1828–1908) was an ornithologist, a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, an infantry captain

Belmont Mass Aug '85 My Dear Friend: You are very kind to remember Kennedy— yr your son by adoption &

My indebtedness to you—estimating values by all that makes life high & noble—is simply boundless.

Your confidential item abt about royalties also makes me glad & wrings my heart at the same time.

The $13. is a pure business debt. $5000. represents my soul indebtedness to Walt Whitman, who is the

the Universe as a whole I can sympathize as to copyrights; I have not rec'd received a cent yet for my

volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My

the undulation of your one wave, its trick to me transfer W C ould you but breathe one breath upon my

In the summer of '80, my oldest son (of this, my second wife,) being then a well-grown, strong, and healthy

Since that young man was taking a law advantage of myself and other creditors of my dead son, after he

My kin, always recognized as of superior honesty, have shown themselves in all this matter immeasurably

My kin are much allied with those bad people by marriages.

The sums which have as yet come into my hands as Treasurer are £22.2.6.

Aldrich (1828–1908) was an ornithologist, a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, an infantry captain

reminiscences of the actors & actresses fifty years ago —Tho' I am not personally known to you—& as far as my

not yet an Octogenarian or even a Septuagenarian—I being but 66 at the close off this month—I date my

perfection & not the genius of acting—I never witnessed Forrest acting but the houses were jammed, my

look & utters with electrical effect "Maral I hate thee"—I can never forget it—it was imprinted in my

recollect Signor de Begnis (—with perhaps the exception of Lablach —whom I have heard frequently on my

Macbeth, Act V, where Macbeth says, "I have liv'd long enough: my way of life / Is fall'n into the sere

I go early in the morning (Sunday) to see Mary—my wife at Atlantic —but Monday will see you at 7 .

Booth and the Old Bowery —which article I reserve the right to include & print in future collections of my

see notes July 29, '88 | also Aug 1 All right my dear J R —$60 for the Booth article will do, in full

—(I reserve the right of printing it in future collections of my writings—this is indispensable.)

I have been & am lingering under the miserable inertia following my sunstroke—otherwise should have sent

you one or two articles—have them on the stocks— Am very slowly gaining the tally of my previous strength—had

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

I have been prostrated by the heat into even more than my usual disability, but trust I am getting around—Respects

So my dear old friend I have protected your interests to the best of my judgement and if you want me

I also would like you to answer my letters.