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While answering freely, Walt wound up this part of the conversation by saying that those were problems

Not the least part of his visit, it may be noted, is the intertwining, which is becoming closer and closer

But as for Tennyson, he has not allowed himself to be a part of the living world, and of the great currents

Alone with his housekeeper he reigns undisturbed in the two-story frame house, editing his random verses

—Walt Whitman sat in the dining room of his modest two-story frame cottage in Camden to-day and looked

A dingy two-story frame cottage, it nestles modestly between its more modern brick neighbors.

dishabille, by the window of the second room of the two humble apartments where he passes the greater part

He was still suffering slightly from his recent prostration by the heat and when the wanton breeze parted

for all time, I think their absorption into the future as elements and standards will be the best part

—tangled and many- vein'd and hard has been thy part, To admiration has it been enacted!

The obloquy and disappointments which his works have all along brought upon him are a part of the pleasant

twenty-five years in building, and he adds that the whole affair is like an old architectural structure, the parts

A large part of 'Leaves of Grass' consists of war poems on a variety of themes, all jotted down at the

The owner wouldn't part with it at any price, and I bid as high as $20.

being in want of the necessaries of life, I will state that I make it a rule never to affirm or deny stories

: Walt Whitman April 22 '90 Then he added his message of regard to "the boys in New York," and we parted

It is two stories high, without a basement, and the poet's bedchamber is on the second story, and does

the "Leaves," and in you are reverence and affection; despondency and despair are as truly component parts

(For a little of the first part of that time in printing a daily and weekly paper.) 1855.

in the morning sunlight, which streamed upon a carpet of waste paper—letters, journals, pamphlets, story

Whack away at everything pertaining to literary life—mechanical part as well as the rest.

I found the poet living in a two-story frame house, suggesting outwardly the comforts without the pretensions

lightened by a mild gray eye, but made forbidding, with a suit of pure white hair which fringed every part

is respected, wearing a gray or white flannel shirt with Byronic collar, cut low, exposing a goodly part

SOMETHING ANENT THE CURIOUS STORY OF HIS OWN LIFE.

The owner was but a few inches above his worldly possessions; he seemed a part of them, and the picture

Whitman in conversation, for in this he seldom took the leading part; and as it was wished above all

We hoped that it might be a permanent improvement, but it was the same old story: extra exertion and

He could always take his own part, and fortunately was capable of doing so still; had it been otherwise

employment of seven years or more in Washington after the war (1865-72) I regularly saved a great part

shipped to Philadelphia and from them David McKay, publisher of the latter city, issued in the latter part

I have heard him say he believes a perfectly legitimate part of any new poet, artist or reformer, is

him "beyond compare the greatest of American poets, and indeed one of the greatest now living in any part

"You can see that I had first to deal with the physical, the corporeal, the amative business—that part

It is that part of my endeavor which caused most of the harshest criticism, and prevented candid examination

To write the life of a human being takes many a book, and after all the story is not told.

"Yes, you have the historical part of it all right.

"Yes; I look upon that as the best part of my life, those four or five years that I spent in the war,

He only told about one-tenth of the story. In conclusion it may be said that Mr.

P HILADELPHIA , November 2.— White with the snows and storms of winter, bent, bowed, and scarred with

also down to the house where, in 1819, Walt was born (the farm now of Henry Jarvis), and the adjacent parts

and of the Pacific, the Mississippi, the great lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, cities and towns in all parts—the

Born almost in its outskirts, he passed the greater part of his life in and about the vast city, which

Last comes Philadelphia,—for Camden, though in New Jersey, is essentially a part of that city.

The scenes of homely peasant life told him the full story of what went before, and necessitated, the

The piece was "Romeo and Juliet," and Rossi played his part with much ardor, as well as delicacy.

But first let me explain part of my head-line.

On such occasions he contributes his part to the general fun.

There was a crowded house, the report in the local paper saying: "Probably the best part of the audience

Clifford, in a London lecture on "the Relation between Science and Modern Poetry," assigned a main part

to bring forth any more books, but I still write whenever the spirit moves me, (and you know I am part

.— About the most significant part of the Poe re-burial reburial ceremonies yesterday—which only a crowded

Walt Whitman's cottage is a very plain, rather dingy, two-storied and attic-roofed frame dwelling, such

wide, rolling collar, open well at the front, leaving bare the strong, columnar neck and the upper part

The lower part of the face set well forward. The whole shape, a large and distinct oval.

His shirt was wide open at the throat, exposing his large neck and part of his bosom.

At the door, as we passed into the street, we met a postman with an armful of letters from many parts

countenance, and so warm and captivating and magnetic were the glimpses we now and then caught of the inner part

There may be parts of Walt Whitman's poetry so incomprehensibly common, so deeply obscure, as to suggest

The corner groceryman pointed out a low two-story frame house.

A large part of "Leaves of Grass" consists of war poems on a variety of subjects, fierce tussels tussles

The story of Tithonus is still a parable of the poet,—he is immortal in his love, but loses with years

This part of his philosophy—for such it is—must not be confounded with the erotic paroxysms of Swinburne

It was in the nicely-furnished parlor of a comfortable three-story brick house that he was seated, and

Bucke the greater part of the summer, and possibly he may deliver a lecture in the course of his stay

echoed the old man, with a smile, "why Lord bless you, any one in these parts could do that; only 'taint

The corner groceryman pointed out a low two-story frame house, which looked like a cube with faces eighteen

A large part of "Leaves of Grass" consists of war poems and a variety of subjects, occurences on the

Let others ignore what they may, I make the poem of evil also—I commemorate that part also, I am myself

upon and received with wonder, pity, love or dread, that object he became, And that object became part

of him for the day, or a certain part of the day, or for many years, or stretching cycles of years.

The early lilacs became part of this child; And grass, and white and red morning-glories, and white and

, The horizon's edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt-marsh and shore-mud— These became part

He began several stories that he had to leave unfinished—he was sure to forget the salient point.

his hat, smilingly said, in response to calls for a speech, that he "must decline to take any other part

believes thoroughly not only in the future world, but the present, and especially in our American part

The story of his career has been written at by many hands, and material for a complete biography has

diffused clews and indirections," covering an acquaintanceship of about twenty years, during the greater part

His theme was himself and his book, and he told the story not at all to me, as it seemed, but as though

I have seen a manuscript, a part of "November Boughs," a single page of which was composed of at least

, others on the blue paper that had once formed a part of the cover of a pamphlet, and each piece of

together should not be spent solely in the discussion of current topics and events, but that some part

It resulted in part from our very diversity and from the curious way in which our several personalities

For the part which Whitman himself took in our correspondence, however, we were entirely unprepared.

Leaves of Grass,' because I could not afford to buy it; but I've heard tell that some folks say some parts

November 2nd VISITS TO WALT WHITMAN AND HIS FRIENDS, E TC ., IN 1891 IN CAMDEN O CTOBER 27 TH TO N OVEMBER 2

—once told a story of a man he had in his studio at Boston.

He spoke of the heroine of the second story: a girl taken in childhood by Indians and brought up by them

But I let the greater part of my letter go without answering them. I can't ."

This is, in part, the influence I wish 'Leaves of Grass' to have.

Well, I'll not go back on my promise, thought it seems almost too precious to part with.

I ought not to take the money from you, but I have spent part of it to-day for another purpose."

Horace told W. a story—but I don't remember in what connection—about an American lady, Mrs.

The houses are, for the most part, timbered structures, painted different, low-toned colours, and of

Number 328—which, by the way, is duplicated next door—is an unpretentious, two-storied building, with

card, and was shown into a room on the left side of the lobby—a sort of parlour—with the blinds three-parts

To which I replied, and he continued, "You find it very warm in these parts, don't you?

(See "Leaves of Grass," p. 56.) 2.

slight intrinsic importance, but which, I trust, will add to the completeness and verisimilitude of the story

brotherly and always silently planning for my benefit; simple, spontaneous, and natural; easily taking his part

One item of the talk (in connection with the packing of our belongings) was a little story of Whitman's

street after an inquiry or two, and finally arrived at number 328, which designates a modest, two story

By 2 o'clock I was all through with my part of the work and adjourned.

"I helped set part of the type myself.

politely invite everybody who happened to be sitting in the cave he had under the sidewalk to some other part

However, after much fruitless search, I succeeded in finding the abode in which the poet dwells—a two-storied

For my part, I said, I thought Mr.

It was with regret that I parted from him—his talk was so eloquent, so free, and so flowing, and there

He is about as handsome an old man as I have seen, his white locks parting over a serene and most noble

bank of the Delaware river opposite Philadelphia, and for purposes of classification may be called a part

The only part of New Jersey that seems to be in accord with the spirit of the times are those sections

It is about the most unattractive city in this part of the country so far as external surroundings are

The dwellings on it are unpretentious and for the most part old.

Both are billed to take leading parts in the Kansas quarter centennial celebration at Lawrence next Monday

Every man I have met here is full of pride in this great part of Jefferson's Louisiana purchase.

In the little frame house on Mickle street, Camden, confined to his second story front room, with a cheerless

after part, perhaps at quite wide intervals.

Seven different times have parts of the edifice been constructed, sometimes in Brooklyn, sometimes in

The book has been printed partially in every part of the United States.

They had no reason to know that it was part of a very complete and elaborate design, and for a great

But during the twenty years that had passed since the first part appeared, the other portions of the