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Mendocino Co., California Aug. 2. 1877 Walt Whitman My beloved.

Kate A. Evans. from the Californian Kate Evans (? rather gushing) Kate A.

Evans to Walt Whitman, 2 August 1877

No additional information is available about Kate A. Evans.

Whitma[n:] Can [you] come, with Bartlett, Kate, and [a c]harming lady and myself, [to see] Mr.

Quincy Shaw's pic[tures], on Friday at 2 p.m.[?] I shall call for you [wi]th carriage.

transcription in Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden (New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1915), 2:

that she need not do another thing in the way of work, except for her amusement besides I would pay part

—Cases of Brooklyn Men" (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 19, 1863: 2).

One of the children, Kate Lane, is the daughter of Moses E. Lane.

Moses Lane sent Whitman $15.20, including five cents from Willie Durkee and fifteen cents from Miss Kate

Camden March 2 — noon Dear friend The old story—nothing very new or different with me—Still jog along

here as before—have been half sick a great part of this winter—yet every thing goes on comfortably with

some months ago—nothing particular—Ed I still wish to sell my mare W W Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 2

It is postmarked: Camden | Mar | 2 | 8 PM | 188 | N.J.

Camden Sunday afternoon Jan January 2 Dear friend Susan & Dear friends all We are having an awful spell

—Susan I sent you a little book & one to Kate—did they come?

Love to you & George— W W Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 2 January 1881

October 2, 1884. Dear Walt: I got yours of the 29th ultimo, with the slip from The Critic .

although one does not mind such things at first, yet gradually, and especially when they are only part

It is the old story of the basilisk—if you see him first, he dies.

The thieves song in the Polynesian story is wonderfully fine. William D.

O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 2 October 1884

He was well known for his Japanese folk tales and ghost stories.

"The Brazen Andriod" is the curious title of a story by the late William D.

The first part appears in the April .

O'Connor's previous stories, "The Carpenter," and "The Ghost," made some stir in the literary world at

the time they were published: and this posthumous work stands out amid the mass of every-day short stories

It is 2 P M as I close & all goes fairly Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 30–31 March

O'Connor's story "The Brazen Android" appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in two installments: Part 1, vol

. 67, no. 402, April 1891, pp. 433–454; Part 2, vol. 67, no. 403, May 1891, pp. 577–599.

The story also appeared in the collection Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen Android, The Carpenter (

(It was a very kind sympathetic note from Kate Hillard.)

with Kenelm Chilinglly —read it all—like it well—Bulwer is such a snob as almost redeems snobdom—the story

N.W Dear Walt:— I send you the second part of the "Brazen Android." Thanks for your letter.

O'Connor's story appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in two installments: Part 1, vol. 67, no. 402, April

1891, pp. 433–454; Part 2, vol. 67, no. 403, May 1891, pp. 577–599.

The story also appeared in the collection Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen Android, The Carpenter (

For more on O'Connor's story, see Brooks Landon, "Slipstream Then, Slipstream Now: The Curious Connections

Miss Kate Hillard wrote me she is to be in Phila.

Tribune of last Saturday (19th ) had the 2½ column synopsis of my new book, pretty full & fair —I suppose

Last Wednesday I, mother, Giddy, & Kate Hillard went to Mrs. Bigelow's reception.

Herbert Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 2 February 1879

Did you see the account of the large fire in the southern part of Phila Philadelphia , a Planing mill

cousin that comes here a good deal, Walt I think you have heard me speak of the child that sister Kate

Brooklyn September 2, 1870 .

Pete, there is nothing particular to write about this time—pretty much the same story—every day out on

Well, Pete, I am on the second month of my furlough—to think it is almost six weeks since we parted there

changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 2

It is postmarked: "New-York | Sep | 2 | 6:30 P.M."

Jan. 2 d 1891 Dear Walt, At last I have heard from Houghton, Mifflin & Co., & they propose to print "

& then to issue the volume next fall, as they say it is a Christmas book really, three (3) of the stories

being distinctly x mas stories.

That is a first rate plan, as the story will make the way for the volume.

O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 2 January 1891

O'Connor's story "The Brazen Android" appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in two installments: Part 1, vol

. 67, no. 402, April 1891, pp. 433–454; Part 2, vol. 67, no. 403, May 1891, pp. 577–599.

The story also appeared in the collection Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen Android, The Carpenter (

Monday 1868 November 2 My dear Walter i have got your letter to day with the money order i have been

know as i should have gone down to day as it was election day but jeffy Jeffy sent me a letter about 2

and enquire inquire i knew it would be of no use but i did ask simonson Simonson but it was the old story

month he though t he could pay you all up as smith will make some arrangements to dispose of all or part

mobeal Mobile to see a son she has living there good bie Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 2

This letter dates to November 2 or 3, 1868.

Louisa dated the letter "November 2," and Richard Maurice Bucke assigned the year and the day of the

Edwin Haviland Miller also dated this letter November 2, 1868 (see Faint Clews & Indirections: Manuscripts

As the date in Louisa's hand and election day are not compatible, the letter dates to November 2 or 3

Goodrich's Nomination," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 23, 1867, 2).

Let that be just as you wish however, and believe me, Very truly yours Kate Richardson Walt Whitman Esq

Kate Richardson to Walt Whitman, 18 June 1865

Most likely the wife of John Townsend Trowbridge, novelist, poet, author of juvenile stories, and antislavery

Camden NJ Jan: 2 '91 The sun is just out the first in four days—(has been very glum)— —y'r good letter

Am sitting here in my 2d story room same— affectionate uncle Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Jessie Louisa

Whitman, 2 January 1891

It is postmarked: Camden | Jan 2 | 6 PM | 91.

Coleman Esq. .05 " Willie Durkee .15 " Miss Kate Lane $15.20.

by-gone life  The talk of the crowd was that they had been driven in by the Indians—but I doubt that part

of the story— There is a report in town to-day that some of the "bloody injuns" were stealing cows &

good by for the present  write me as often as you can Jeff Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 2

Louis and temporarily encamped near the Bissell's Point works (Missouri Republican, August 2 and 3, 1867

Andersen on two Candles, its it's translated by one of your readers here. the other is a Story from Iceland

being the first story in said paper, it is also written by a warm friend of yours, he was once Editor

Poe He and his Works have long been in part dear to me.

Speculations of our time did he not solve. and lies therein embeded embedded in these wild wild awful stories

Excuse that simple free scrawl.— Yours Thankfully Thomas Dixon Dixon—Jan '76 ans Feb. 2/76 Thomas Dixon

Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was a Danish author best known for his work on fairy tales and children's stories

He is best known for his short tales, including detective fiction and stories of the macabre.

We have had pleasant glimpses of several American friends this summer—of Kate Hillard for instance, who

overturned them & it—but when they crawled out no worse harm was done than a few cuts from the glass—& Kate

Bucke yesterday tells me that you will write the preface for me to the volume of William's stories.

The stories were all but "The Carpenter" written before you knew him, when he was very young, but some

"The Ghost" is my favorite, & I have read it dozens of times,—& some parts of it even yet I never can

They are mostly Christmas stories.

The stories with the new one, will be seven in number.

. | Jun | 2 | 6am | 1890 | Rec'd.

Three of O'Connor's stories with a preface by Whitman were published in Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen

This letter will be handed to you by our esteemed Friend Miss Kate C Riley of Washington who I would

.— You will see that the title of the original is "The childhood of Erik Menved"; the latter part of

the original story, consisting very much of prolic prolix detail of historical events, gives it that

name—but that part of the story I have contracted into a few paragraphs—and have taken a singular trait

suit you, and how much it would be worth to you, so that I can have an answer by the middle or latter part

of the week.— The story would make about 65 leaded short columns of the Sun—so that, at an average of

is referring to Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), who was a Swedish reformer and a writer of romantic stories

work he can his house is begun the cellar is dug and the foundation laid he is going to build a three story

we shall i think it will be quite so extensive) the cheapest house that you could build would be a 2

story house with 2 rooms below and 2 rooms above with a shed kichen kitchen with no fireplace in the

lou Lou was lying down and i was lame and he said if i would get a pint of the best whiskey and put 2

Haviland Miller agreed (Walt Whitman, The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

212, n. 59; 2:370).

Edwin Haviland Miller [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:209, n. 50).

in Brooklyn, and the couple had four children—Arthur, Helen, Emily, and Henry (who died in 1852, at 2

address—Wm left two great boxes of MSS wh' she is to overhaul—he had for many years been at intervals on a story

partly set in type (by the Atlantic ) & then recall'd by O'C— I am sitting here as usual (the same old story

shining in on big bunch of snowy white chrysanthemums— Love— Whitman wrote this letter to Bucke in two parts

He wrote each of the two parts of this letter on a repurposed envelope in which he had previously received

He wrote the second part—his evening note—to Bucke on an envelope that accompanied a letter from an unknown

One such wrote a 2 column article for the Evening Journal of May 31.

"He stayed some time & almost came to be a nuisance, but made up for it in part at least, by the bright

things he would say, & then told "old varmint" story.

&c, but told the little story accidentally one day. But—its all in a life time.

For the story of Swinburne's veneration of Whitman and his later recantation, see two essays by Terry

Meeting with Victor Hugo in 1878" (Time: A Monthly Miscellany of Interesting and Amusing Literature, 2

which Morse refers has not been located, but the passages alluded to, including the "old varmint" story

raspberries & blackberries—I had some & a little oatmeal for my breakfast—Am sitting here yet, the same old story—God

bless you—love to you sister dear—2 enc'd enclosed — Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Hannah Whitman Heyde

i felt as if i should preserve it for i liked it it was so solemn) i got your letter this day with 2

last sunday Sunday he said there was three houses on that side about 15 feet from the old shop three story

astonishing how houses rents there was a place in clermont went to see about but it was taken the uper upper part

against building a house on the lot shortly after the purchase (see Louisa Van Velsor Whitman's May 2,

house all put in thourough thorough order at the park expence expense ) well Walt i am done with that part

take things coolly as you advise i will write when we get a place i thought we would get a second story

there seems to be quite a number to rent Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, [2 May 1867]

Maurice Bucke dated this letter to letter May 3, 1867, and Edwin Haviland Miller dated it to letter May 2,

The letter dates to May 2, 1867.

See Jeff Whitman's August 2, 1867 letter to Walt Whitman (Dennis Berthold and Kenneth M.

After George and his partner decided not to build there (see Louisa's May 2, 1867 letter to Walt Whitman

conscientious, old-fashioned man, a man of family . . . . youngish middle age" (see Walt's September 2,

Mother, I send you the part of the N. Y. Times, containing a good long piece about me. It is the N.

Daily Times, of Sunday, Dec 2—but perhaps George or Jeff brought it to you last Sunday.

Raymond, on December 2, 1866, granted O'Connor four columns for a review of the new Leaves of Grass;

Thereafter he compiled extremely successful textbooks, and established the magazine Story-Teller, in

I sit here in 2 d story room, alone—rather expect to go out later in wheel chair, first time in ab't

Arnold was best known for his long narrative poem, The Light of Asia (1879), which tells the life story

prefatory notice, a memoir, or whatever it may be, as brief or long as you will, for a volume of his stories

" — As soon as William passed away his friends began to say that I ought to collect & reprint his stories

Three of O'Connor's stories with a preface by Whitman were published in Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen

Originally, Nelly O'Connor imagined she would include all of her husband's short stories in the volume

The Philadelphia Inquirer carried the story on the front page on the following day.

The Camden Daily Post article "Ingersoll's Speech" of June 2, 1890, was written by Whitman himself and

Floyd Stovall, 2 vols. [New York: New York University Press: 1963–1964], 686–687).

times—this beautiful day among the rest—(now toward sundown, & I am writing this alone up in my room, 3d story—have

to Leibkeucher, Newark, to ask whether I should send him the two vol. $10 edition, or the one vol. $2

I have just had a drink of milk punch—am sitting at present in my two-story den in Mickle St, alone as

usual, more buoyant than you might suppose Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to John Burroughs, [2 March 1890

Burroughs—Comrades (1931), Clara Barrus observes that this letter "came on Sunday afternoon, March 2"

McNamee, Brower, Story, Bergen, Ward, Lewis, Clapp and Van Buren (all young men employed in our office

) each $2.

Story, a surveyor.

INSANE ASYLUM LONDON ONTARIO 5 Jan. 18 90 1891 Your letter of 3 d enclosing Mrs O'Connor's of 2 just

M. & co. will publish O.C.' s stories and I guess the way they propose is the best.

On January 2, 1891, Ellen O'Connor informed Whitman that Houghton, Mifflin & Company was planning to

O'Connor's story "The Brazen Android" in The Atlantic Monthly in April and May.

They also planned to publish a collection that included three of O'Connor's stories and a preface by

dreadful was happening"; though nevertheless she imagined confusedly that the pistol shot must be part

While she was telling me the story, she left me several times for a few minutes to go into the adjoining

A clever girl who had carried on, all through a stirring episode of history, a good part of her senator

Lincoln from the theatre & was with her, I think she said, a good part of the night.

Lincoln's temper & her abuse of her husband, & part of the stories told I knew from competent & trustworthy

I felt soon, & feel now, that it was a great impropriety on my part, & it has caused me much compunction

he would also give me one in more technical form, and wrote, signed, & handed me the receipt marked 2

1906–1996], 3:237–239), was Walt Whitman's version, written at the insistence of O'Connor when the story

210; Frank Luther Mott, A History of American Magazines (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957), 2:

spirited drives along the Wissahickon, the rocks and banks, the hemlocks, Indian Rock—Miss Willard, Miss Kate

Whitman was again with the Smiths from December 30 to January 2 (Whitman's Commonplace Book).

I for my part will advise him to collect and send on the whole amount as soon as he possibly can.

I am sure we shall all be quite satisfied with yr plans, for my part I am pleased that you are going

Schofield, Seek for a Hero: The Story of John Boyle O'Reilly (New York: Kennedy, 1956).

Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,

suppose you & the rest are reading Herbert's books from time to time—though they are very queer in the story

a nice visit from Harry and Mont—there is nothing new or interesting to write you—it is now ½ past 2,

again before you sail'd sailed —I was at Mrs Lesley's again about three weeks since (to meet Miss Kate

Kate Hillard often goes with us, & she is always good company.

Lesley, Kate Hillard, & the two Miss Lesleys, daughters —us four, only, no men-critters but me—I was

are quoted as being the work of an immoral writer, and, altho' although I tried to show they were part

Walt Whitman's works in England (see Harold Blodgett, "Whitman and Buchanan," American Literature, 2:

2 [May 1930], 131–40).

For the story of Swinburne's veneration of Whitman and his later recantation, see two essays by Terry

word to Dr B[ucke] —Matters going on much the same with me as of late—as I write sit in my den in 2d story—well

On January 2, 1891, Ellen O'Connor informed Whitman that Houghton, Mifflin & Company was planning to

O'Connor's story "The Brazen Android" in The Atlantic Monthly in April and May.

They also planned to publish a collection that included three of O'Connor's stories and a preface by

How comes on the preface to the stories? is it nearly done, or not begun, or how?

My plan is to put the six published stories, & the new one, "The Brazen Android" in one volume,—with

Then you know that Appleton proposed to publish the "Carpenter" as an illustrated story for the next

So, if you are in the mood, I shall be very glad of your part as early as you can let one have it, if

Three of O'Connor's stories with a preface by Whitman were published in Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen

This letter is addressed: Miss Kate Hillard, | 186 Remsen street, | Brooklyn, | New York.

Hampstead is by far the highest part of London, & this cottage is very near the top of the Heath, approaching

I find it much healthier than the low-lying parts near the river.

For my own part, I feel now that concentration is the one thing that I lack.

See especially note 2.

who wrote under the pseudonym Sidney Luska (Josh Lambert, "As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story