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weather—upon the whole the finest December we ever had here—has changed, & to-day is dark & sulky & dripping—My
this morning—I am sitting here in the big chair—have eaten some ice cream — drank a cup of milk for my
I am sitting here in the chair in my room yet—weather fine, rain at nights, to-day a little clouded &
Yesterday & to-day I am perceptibly better—Cooler & signs of September—Still adhere to my 2d story room
moment—I have somewhere a printed slip of "Old Age's Lambent Peaks" & will yet send it—but I cannot lay my
hand on it this moment—a cloudy rather pleasant day, almost cool—quiet—I reiterate the offer of my mare
afternoon & all last night—dont seem any improvement in strength or vim —dont yet get out at all of my
literary matters by a sort of trustee-board, yourself, Harned & Horace Traubel —& assigned all [of] my
worldly possessions to Ed, & to my sisters —the "Nov.
sufficient frequent bowel movements—had a very slim day all yesterday —a little easier to-day—but slow, slow—my
collected Vol —Was wondering whether that w'd be detected—did not say anything ab't it, but it has been in my
accept the matter below it, & shall practically put it in action—as I finish I am sitting alone by my
My opine is that our dear O'Connor is better—jaunting at present for the time an easier road on plateau
than the C itself) —Ed Stafford has just call'd with some apples & a chicken— Saturday Sunset Have had my
dinner, stew'd chicken & rice pudding—have not left my room yet, but shall get down a few minutes to-morrow
good last night—no doctor now three or four days—a note from Mrs: Fairchild Boston rec'g the big book—my
be printed Jan: 5—I will send you a copy at once—have been taking some ice cream & a cup of milk for my
serene as ever & getting on comfortably—had a present of some plump sweet partridges —& half one for my
American sent last night—I believe the books, printing &c. are going to eventuate satisfactorily from my
point of view & plans—no cyclone of success—but no special mishap—wh' is a great victory considering my
continue to feel fairly & what may be call'd improving—bowel movement this forenoon—I read letter from my
practically with it—certainly so—& glad to get it all— As I write, the Post paper comes, with an item ab't my
a second time—I guess I am getting along pretty well, considering everything—to have the books off my
B. " and has considerable to say of my "fame"—(I am not sure but we are to put E C S on our list of real
I am sitting in my big chair by the oak wood fire as I write—it is a darkish, damp, heavy-air'd day &
I am not feeling my easiest—Mr Ingram has just been in & bo't a copy of Nov: B. for a Quakeress friend
, & got some loose reading matter for a prisoner in jail I send to sometimes —my head is weighty & sore
My Complete Works , ab't 900 pp Vol: will be put to press nearly contemporaneously with the Nov.
recover strength or personal activity or any thing of that sort, the least particle—I have not left my
don't want them back)— If any gaps of the proof pages up to 104 exist, mention it & I will remit—Keep my
room yet—am sitting now (& in four fifths time day) in the capacious ratan-seated arm chair—my condition
the opposition & resentment at L of G. is probably as concentrated & vital & determined in New York (my
known— —I am sitting here all alone to-day—I do not eat dinner these short days—only breakfast & supper—my
appetite fair—had some buckwheat cakes & raw oysters for my breakfast.
snow storm, quite brisk—well I laid in a cord of oak wood yesterday & am keeping up a good fire—had my
meant in it is (as I have before told you) to make the completed, authenticated (& personal) edition of my
Commonplace Book added a few details: "He will sell me the plates of Spec: Days for $150—he gives consent to my
Days for my complete works edition—500 or 600 copies." (Whitman's Commonplace Book; Charles E.
new little "November Boughs" is slowly but steadily moving—Horace Traubel is invaluable to me in it—My
head in preparing my copies or reading proof is poorly, dull, raw, no weak grip, no consecutive, no
Horace Traubel —& by the best printers I have ever yet had—The Century people have just sent me again my
October number—bowel movements continue every day or other day—I take no drugs at all—have not moved from my
this mn'g from NY Herald, from J G B[ennett] himself ask'g me to write for the paper —I have just had my
Kossabone"; February 27, "Mannahatta"; February 29, "Paumanok"; March 1, "From Montauk Point"; March 2, "My
"Life"; April 16, "To Get the Final Lilt of Songs"; April 23, "To-day and Thee"; May 2, "Queries to My
Have had my supper—& all right—Your letters rec'd— W W Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 23 February
Camden Saturday noon Sept. 22 '88 Still here in my big chair in the sick room yet—a coolish wave to-day
him as of old—he thinks himself it affects his literary power, (style, even matter)—Horace told him my
binder this evening—Shall not feel out of the woods & all safe, until I see the October Century , with my
roots" for the meter (slang from N Y vagabonds, for favorable prophecy)—It gets cooler & I have donn'd my
In his journal he wrote of their farewell: "He presses my hand long and tenderly; we kiss and part, probably
Camden Wednesday Evn'g Aug: 22 '88 Am still keeping my room—Sunny & cool day very fine—the booklet slowly
—bowel movements fair—no hitch in the progress of the big book, but slow—my dull indomitable inertia
feeling—constipation—then otherways, quite a strong steady pulse & fair appetite, & generally hold my
them)—I enclose Ernest Rhys's letter, just rec'd —also two letters for you—I believe they still print my
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ellen Emerson, and Sanborn: "There was a general agreement with my position."
Camden 10 A M Dec: 21 '88 Every thing continues not unfavorable at least—had a fair night & have eaten my
Saturday, P M—Bright and real cold here—as I sit, the great wolf skin is spread on the chair to protect my
Camden 10½ a m Dec: 20 '88 Am getting along—more favorably turning than the other—relish'd my mutton-broth
Dante's filmy ghosts, rushing by with mere gibberish)—yes it is mainly all autobiographic environ'd with my
they are strengthening me & I wish to send you these few words of thanks & gratitude for the sake of my
dead love & my living grief.
little "Old Age's Lambent Peaks" appears in the just out Century —Maurice, I should like you to have my
better or strongly—the bowel movement is just right (a great favorable point daily or every other daily)—my
you Pearsall Smith's note wh' is favorable & you will want to know—the remains cool & pleasant to-day—My
My dinner is just here & I relish it— W W Steamship Aller June 20th. 1888.
My dear Friend — It was with much regret that we felt compelled to leave you in your sickness last week
Our passage across the whole way has been nearly as smooth as a duck pond, and my health has been very
Camden 9 P M March 19 '88 I was out yesterday to my friends the Harneds , & took a 3 or 4 mile drive
forenoon & fair temperature—warmish—yours of 17th rec'd to-day—I wonder if you are not to be envied there—my
theories keep favorable sufficiently markedly—pulse good—a fairly movement bowel this forenoon—& eat my
or 15th) just rec'd—I am certainly no worse in re the late physical ailments—easier more likely —ate my
dinner with relish—(cold beef, potatoes & onions)—Eakins has been today painting my portrait—it is altogether
volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My
bit of dinner—had a big bath this forenoon—Dr Osler has been to-day—his prognosis remains favorable—my
Camden Tuesday Early PM July 17 '88 Pleasant weather warmish but not hot—my body strength & head grip
Mitchell suggested it yesterday afternoon—I feel better I suppose as I sit here, but my head is thick
to 92 inclusive proof sheets, those are all the printers given me to date—I am still sitting up—have my
Burroughs was still depressed: "I try to keep absorbed in my farm operations.
since that ill spell—Nothing special or new with me—bitter cold just now here, but sun shining to day—My
visitors—Morse still away west—the Smiths going to London early in summer—Mrs D[avis] has just been in to see to my
coal & to say we are to have apple pudding for dinner—it is chilly here as I finish this—my little bird
Camden March 15 '88 Everything continuing on ab't the same with me—was out to dinner at my friends the
here—the throat trouble still—otherwise well—O'C[onnor] is taking massage treatment —the H[erald] has paid my
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
Camden Saturday Night Jan 14 '88 Have had my supper (some rice pudding & a cup of tea) & am sitting here
volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My
Camden Aug: 14 '88 Sunny & cool to-day—nothing new in my case—bowel action—my lines on Sheridan's burial
were printed in Herald Aug: 12—(I am beginning to keep my bits & contributions, poetic spurts &c. again
out still undecided—not before than October anyhow—I still have the design of making a 900 page Vol. my
Whitman's housekeeper, took care of both Harry and Warren after the death of their father, the sea captain
ab't our dear O'C—eagerly look for word —Matters so so with me—good bowel clearance to-day—word from my
friend Linton from Eng[land] to-day—he is well—Shall have some oysters for my dinner ab't 4—made my
On October 9, 1888, O'Connor wrote: "My eye is now under battery treatment (assault-and-battery treatment
My eye got open at last, but is still bleary and bad" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Wednesday
am trying to get the E[lias] H[icks] paper presentable—but hard work—but I keep at it obstinately (my
me—raw, wet, cloudy weather here—H Gilchrist came this forenoon to inquire, but did not come up to my
kitchen girl, giving out some bread & meat to the tramp at the gate the other day)—The strength of my
I don't see much prospect of my book on you seeing the light soon" (Feinberg; Horace Traubel, With Walt
date & name of magazine & if so I will tell you—Your letter came last evn'g—Have had beef & onions for my
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
this, Mr Horace Traubel, a personal friend of mine, the same as you would with me, & consider him as my
Camden NJ America Thursday Evn'g Oct 4 '88— Still keeping my sick room but fair spirits & no worse—great
hottest day of the season—but I have got thro' fairly with it—& have just finish'd & quite enjoy'd my
Not yet left my room for down stairs— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Mary Whitall Smith Costelloe, 4 August
& sent to Dr Bucke —As I sit early afternoon every thing is quiet & comfortable—I have not yet left my
particulars—H Gilchrist seems to be thriving & happy—I hear often from Dr Bucke —I will send you forthwith my