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Hempstead & Son, see Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Wednesday, May 2, 1888).
The review Thayer and Eldridge sent to Whitman appeared in the Boston Banner of Light (2 June 1860).
The review of Leaves of Grass that appeared in the New-York Saturday Press on June 2, 1860, was signed
and asserting "I love the poem" ("Thoughts and Things" New-York Saturday Press [January 14, 1860], 2)
Attorney General's Office, December 2, 1865. Samuel C. Fessenden, Esq.
Fessenden, 2 December 1865
Attorney General's office, December 2, 1865. Hon. S. W.J. Tabor, Fourth Auditor.
Tabor, 2 December 1865
Our chances & advantages of school has been limited very much untill until within the last 2 or 3 years—but
I met Chamberlain in street carrying on his arm a lovely little blossom of a girl 2 or 3 yrs old.
See the poet's February 2, 1891 letter to Bucke, which begins with an expression of concern about Jessie
the magazine publish Burroughs's "Walt Whitman and His 'Drum-Taps,'" which appeared in The Galaxy, 2
Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway; or, Stories of the Locomotive in Every Land, published in Chicago
Howells writes me that Garland's book of stories pleases him immensely it is so fresh & aggressive.
Kennedy is likely referring here to Garland's book of short stories titled Main-Travelled Roads, published
Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834–1881 (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884), vol. 2,
Whitman had written to Kennedy on June 30, 1890 and July 2, 1890.
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).
Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,
He is going to pub. in 2 vols. Is evidently enthusiastic. The poltroon, however,(!)
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) was a novelist, poet, author of juvenile stories, and anti-slavery
volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2
Kennedy had reported in a letter to Whitman of January 2, 1888 that Frederick W.
Kennedy had reported in a letter to Whitman of January 2, 1888 that Frederick W.
I have been 2 weeks in a fever of parturition & have gone over all the notes writings, & literature of
Then in Part II, I make an analysis of the poems & all their vast implications & ancillary topics: this
Part will of course be for the Whitman fellows throughout the world.
Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,
Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon) read again with deepest interest the Songs of Parting.
. | NOV 2 | 6 AM | 91 | REC'D.
O'Connor's stories with a preface by Whitman were published in Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen Android
But he has grown contemptibly conforming, conventional, since going to Philad, married, & 2 child n .
s Transcript —(p. 2) great "'lection" times here. Busy times for printers & editors. W. S. Kennedy.
Spent last Sunday reading O'Connor's stories & roared in the Athenaeum over his ballad of Sir Ball in
All of O'C's stories contain himself as one character. He always makes me better .
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 (
lately, as you see); C's wife comes home (she was in Chicago) & R. leaves, & goes to the house of Kate
Kate Gannett Wells (1813–1911) was a philanthropist, writer, educational reformer, and anti-suffragist
Sent mine home 2 months ago.
Schofield, Seek for a Hero: The Story of John Boyle O'Reilly (New York: Kennedy, 1956).
My yard is looking finely. 2 doz. hyacinths out. bye bye W. S. K.
It is postmarked: Belmont | Mar | 2 | Mass.; Camde | Mar | 3 | 10 AM | Rec'd.
with the third page of this letter, he added the equivalent of another letter sometime before March 2,
February 27, 1889, but, beginning with this page, he wrote an additional letter sometime before March 2,
Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909) was a Unitarian minister and fiction writer, best-known for the short-story
Kennedy, Whitman wrote a letter to the Canadian physician Richard Maurice Bucke that was dated February 2–
Am going in to Athenaeum this afternoon to look up & read some of O'Connor's stories.
It is first rate, gives parts I omitted, & good ones too.
Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,
Kennedy had reported in a letter to Whitman of January 2, 1888 that Frederick W.
I sh d be glad of the points fr you any time, & think they wd be the only part of value.
The "Rejoinder" was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) (see Prose Works 1892, Volume 2: Collect
need to be radically changed, and made anew for to-day's purposes and finer standards" (2:658).
Kennedy had reported in a letter to Whitman of January 2, 1888 that Frederick W.
Sunday Eve 7 1/2 oc Sept—20 '91 Belmont Mass.
Yrs yours WS Kennedy William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 2 June 1885
It is postmarked: BELMONT | JUN | 2 | MASS.; CAMDEN, N.J. | JUN | 3 | 8 AM | 1885 | REC'D.
Belmont Jan 2 '88 To Walt Whitman: Dear Friend:— A letter rec'd from Fredk W.
William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 2 January 1888
sure I don't know why I dwell on him: A lady had his volume here in the house yesterday, & I re-read part
Knortz sent 2 of the pamphlets to Germany. Bucke took 10.
William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [2 January 1886]
volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2
Belmont Mass Dec 2 '85 My Dear Whitman— Maugre yr your wholesome advice, (exc. that I put in a page on
send you 3 copies. from W S Kennedy | (the Poet as Craftsman) William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 2
. | DEC | 2 | 8 AM | 1885 | REC'D.
For the story of Swinburne's veneration of Whitman and his later recantation, see two essays by Terry
Schofield, Seek for a Hero: The Story of John Boyle O'Reilly (New York: Kennedy, 1956).
Aug. 2 / 86. Dear Walt Whitman, I send the MS to-day by Adams Express.
Kennedy William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 2 August 1886
volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2
volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2
. | OCT 17 | 2-30 PM | 1890.
For my part, I dislike to ask anyone for to serve as go-between, but you seemed to think it would be
This is development, or stage, No 2,—the phaeton being No 1.
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,