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what is unsuitable is also unintelligible to her; and, if no dark shadow from without be cast on the white

In a letter on July 19, 1869, William Michael Rossetti had urged Gilchrist to "suppress" her name; see

The Letters of William Michael Rossetti , ed.

writing positively of it in his December 9, 1869 letter to Rossetti and in his May 11, 1870 letter to William

, Charles H., 205 Rolleston, Thomas William Hazen, 434-435 Rossetti, William Michael, 565-66 Salter,

The noble William!"

William H.

And a good lick for William in it? William O'Connor?"

William Winter."

William Reeder.

William was his rudder.

The great William!"

I can see William all through it.

Here was a sheet, too (William L.

We are grateful to William White, the editor of volume 6, who, regretting that he was unable to complete

William D.

Poor William! Great William!"

William! William O'Connor.

William Lloyd.

Frank Williams in to see me today.

"No—it is not very rare—but it is beautiful, a pure white—white as alum.

What case under heaven but in the hands of a cute lawyer may not evidence white black and black white

And now that William is no more—now that William is gone—gone forever, from physical sight—the great,

surpassing William!

No reply as yet from William Carey.

Said Frank Williams was over today.

William R.

That was the one William Swinton most affected—most read. You know about William Swinton?

—found it white? White quartz, eh? Very pretty? No inscription? No monument of any kind?"

William will have to step down and out for good. ["Good-bye, William!"

Bucke and William and I were face to face. William looked up at us.

Then again: "But William? what of William?

William!"

"About William?"

Yours respectfully,William H.

apper, indisputably for white."

He answered: "To William: I wanted William to see it: he has followed things so closely.

Yes: that 'sthat's William—the undaunted William: the fiery friend and lover."

Then exclaimed: "O William! William! If only our former days and nights could be renewed!

That's what Talcott Williams says. He was here today with Mrs. Williams."

"Some kind words from my friend William Carey there—William Carey.

William mentions you.

Affectionately,William D.

Talcott Williams over today.

William elicited a noble reply.

"The white ones have no flavor.

"There's William—William O'Connor—he's alive, too: God bless William! And your mother? You, too?

"John and William." "John and William who?" "O'Connor—Burroughs.

But William?—never! never!"

The grown impression he early made upon such men as Emerson, Thoreau, William O Connor, Mr.

"Fihim better than last With pretty well, looking year. 54 WHITMAN his light-gray suit, and white

W. drives briskly, and salutes every person we meet, little and black and male and female. big, white

The upper over The eyelids droop considerably the eyeballs. which are hidden by the thick, white lips

XXVII William Rossetti his has a certain says language ultimate quality.

It was curious—in those times—whenever the Count went to the White House he took his hat questioned—in

a sample proof first & tell me how much price for 100 " " " " 150 " " " " 200make large envelopes White

printed on —must be pretty strong paper—Some will go in the European or California mail)" inside a white

I can think how William O'Connor would penetrate the fellows—by subtle questions—not too direct—suggestion

The boulevards stretching miles and miles, white and clean—yes, as far as the eye can reach—make me stop

Talcott Williams had expected, or appointed, to be over with Willard, the English actor, towards noon—but

O'Connor, not knowing if she already had a copy—one to Doctor—one to that dear friend of William's who

pause: "Already I have an idea I discern a faint glint, glimmer, growing, of reviving interest in William

Talcott Williams came over—with him a Doctor Schweinitz. I have his card upstairs.

"How that reminds me of William Swinton!

William liked the 'Open Road' poem, 'Blue Ontario's Shore'—some others, but these particularly."

wondered why Gilchrist did not stop here on his recent visit to the Staffords.W. said, "Talcott Williams

Frank Williams in to see me today.

I spoke of Williams' curiosity to see Symonds' note, of which he had heard from Morris.

I referred to William O'Connor: "If we had him today, he would rush in the thick of this fight!"

I could never do that quite—at least, never did it, in William's way—though my philosophy—if I have that—would

But William had a sort of natural chivalry and acceptivity, and never gave a scholar to neglect."

"Frank Williams, for one, and Wallace, and Dr. Longaker. Besides these, several others.

"Was William Morris one of them?" he questioned himself.

Williams. W. said last: "How can I ever pay my debt to you?"

There were white beards, but none were so white as that of the author of "Leaves of Grass."

He sat calm and sedate in his easy wheeled chair, with his usual garb of gray, with his cloudy white

hair falling over his white, turned-down collar that must have been three inches wide.

envelope on which was written in his more delicate hand of long ago, "Letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson to William

William H.

expansive," he threw his arms open wide and his body back in the chair.Gilchrist asked W. if Talcott Williams

"Yes—one of the right sort: Frank Williams: he was over.

W. then asked: "What did you make out of William's letter—the one I gave you yesterday?

William's enemies always felt that an earthquake had occurred after he had blown one of his lambasting

"Now, William, don't be too hard on 'em!" "Chadwick! heaven help 'im!"

William was always in the thick of danger: was always the first in and the last out of a fight."

But of William Rossetti I feel certain: he is as warm today as in the long ago—shows no diminution of

into your files: read it after you get home: we can talk some about it to-morrowtomorrow: it is in William's

Courtesy Library of Congress, Traubel Collection William Sloane Kennedy, 1924.

And a good lick for William in it? William O'Connor?"

O'Connor's letter, too, and "sorry," he said, "that all the publishing of William's book seems yet in

Poor William! Great William!"

contains no malice, no poison, but is vehement, aggressive, even overwhelming, not impetuous, as William

[William Sloane Kennedy] But W. in nowise cooled, "The fires still burn for him."

"William O'Connor and Nellie O'Connor occupy a large place in my memory—not in my memory alone, but in

And now that William is no more—now that William is gone—gone forever, from physical sight—the great,

surpassing William!

She told me many things about the funeral—about William's death—the last days—which it was only possible

And when I said, "You remember, Talcott Williams says he has that speech and has promised me a copy."

for sending those old books, but they were the only copies of Consuelo & the Sequel that I had, & William

I could write a small volume of the things that Walt & William used to say of Consuelo.And how is Annie

Asks himself, "Could it have been Talcott Williams?" And answers himself also, "Impossible!

William O'Connor used to say this was rather a contradiction between my life and my philosophy.

O'Connor said if William ever recovered consciousness he would no doubt enjoy W.'

I had a postal from Washington this morning of rather dark import—telling me my dear friend William O'Connor

W. bantered with him: "You will get a good apron—a nice clean white apron—and be given a harp or what-not—and

Gave me a copy of Black and White (England)—"They can't touch our illustrators—can't reach the edge of

Kennedy Stopped in at Press to see Talcott Williams. He and wife will come.

Walt Whitman (1887) it is the best of the heads, so far, if I know anything about my looks—which William

William used to say: 'Give me a fool picture of yourself and you're sure to like it.'

Frank Williams said to me yesterday that he supposed Stedman was still "disgruntled."

And he went on further: "I have been dipping into the Stedman books today again—reading Channing—William

Henry Channing"—I interrupted—"You mean William Ellery, don't you?"

Asked me if I had given my father Black and White? "I thought it a strong array of pictures.

Hand very white. He lay left. The early light—no sun—shining into his face from the north.

I said: "William says he'd like to write these days, but can't.

Again: "William thinks he cannot write: that settles the question for William: it is not a physiological—no

But he thought I should write oftener to William.

William, of Stratford—that it closes so much of truth out.

William of what?" and after I explained, laughed and said: "I see!

Fairchild's; Aldrich's; one marked "from Nellie and William O'Connor"; and several other sprays, from

Williams solemn, serious—Chambers merry, fine, full of life.

s friends, Talcott Williams and Morris among them. The flowers, wreaths along.

Williams, F. H.

Williams, Brinton, Ingram and daughter, Bonsall, Donaldson, Joseph Fels and wife, H. H.

.: "William puts it all down to overwork in the department." But W. protested.

what can never be again: I face the dreadful fact that the fire in this wonderful man—our darling William—is

O'Connor sends me a picture of William.

Continues the deathly whiteness.

Ingersoll said to W. once, "I don't like death—it is so white—so still!"