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He also spoke of the Oxford boys taking the book with them and reading it in their rambles.

Much Reduced in Flesh and Spirits, but Able to Finish His Book—The Clos- ing Closing Scene.

AT WORK ON HIS NEW BOOK.

Whitman's oldest young friends, would assist the poet in editing his new book.

I have been a prisoner in this room for six weeks, but we think we are going to make a little rally.

"And what is the book going to contain?" someone asked.

All I have felt the imperative conviction to say I have already printed in my books of poems or prose

I have known that Cleveland is a reader and admirer of my books, but I really don't know anything at

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Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Osgood, the Boston publisher, was the only man, Walt Whitman said, who had offered to publish his book

I had a desk at the printing-house, and superintended everything, even the type in which the book was

In fact, I think I should like to bring out a book every year if it could be done in that way.

When the few readers the book ever had at that time finished talking about it the Hon.

The book at that time was less than a quarter as large as the complete edition, and fair criticism of

The critics sneered at his volume of poems, some of the book agents embezzled its proceeds and Whitman

There is money in the book as well as genius, but upon the whole, situated as we are, it will not do

W HITMAN'S T HOUGHTS .— "A book must have a living vertebra to hold it together."

I think I combine that with the spiritualistic inseparately in my books and theories.

Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University; gaps were filled by reference to a digital

Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University; gaps were filled by reference to a digital

I thought so as I looked at the great table piled high with books and papers, at the hard bed and uninviting

We talked of "Leaves of Grass," the book which secured Whitman's discharge from the interior department

sun, the impalpable air— for life, mere life, * * * * * * For beings, groups, love, deeds, words, books

It seems to me I have never seen a book or newspaper article that conveyed to me the real individuality

Bucke's book?) Whitman— I thoroughly accept Dr. Bucke's book. Donaldson— So do I.

But where in Bucke's book is this incident— Whitman (interrupting)— I think Dr.

Well, I don't know—I accept and consider the book as a study.

Bucke's book. Voices—Bucke, Bucke. Dr. R. M.

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

On the floor were strewn, with the genuine abandon of carelessness books, magazines, newspaper clippings

leading English poets of all time, closes his notice of Longfellow, the only American represented in the book

to destroy some of my own pretty things, but I have rigidly excluded everything of the kind from my books

I opened at the close of one of the first books of the Evangelists, and read the chapters describing

"Better than twenty years ago, when you were in Boston getting some book printed?"

I afterwards learned that for over two years no books magazines or manuscripts had been removed from

Once I asked him what he would think of me when I told him that I had never heard of his book until I

He did this by having a pillow and a book placed before him.

He could no longer hold the book, and it looked as though his attempt must fail.

New York have successively, deliberately, badly cheated me), and shall continue to dispose of the books

When Walt Whitman has become a standard book like them, as I suppose he will, any firm will be glad to

Dr Bucke's book has lately been republished in Great Britain (Wilson & McCormick, Glasgow, Scot.) with

An old Philadelphia sculptor who read "Leaves of Grass" said to me: "The opposition to the book comes

There is in a now discarded preface to one of the poet's earlier books the following paragraph: "The

Over there in the corner is a pile of my books, for which I have just received an order from England.

In that book you will find the soul is celebrated equally with the body, the mind equally with the heart

The six sentences may be a key to those who like me, but say they don't understand my book.

The Ideas Expressed in Whitman's Books— Criticism of Bryant, Emerson, Holmes, Hawthorne, Lowell, Stedman

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

In my books, in my prose as well as my poetry, are many knots to untie.

I don't know why some men compare my book with the Bible.

His War Experience and the Book He Wrote About it.

It struck me that these would make a nice little book if printed.

To be brief, however, I think the idea of my book is conveyed in that one word, 'comradeship'."

"What books do you like best?" "Well, I would say first Walter Scott, as a poet and a novelist.

I like Shakespeare and the good old book of all, the Bible; it is a poem to me.

That book gives an idea of wonderful force of mind, originality, and the power of making thunder roll

In that book there is the strength of the giants of old, the beauties of the creation, and the harsh

I asked him how many books he had published.

Let those who rail at that book think of that fact.

His book has not enriched him, and he has but a slender income.

he absorbed in his wanderings up and down in the United States, distilling its essence in his great book

If all American literature down to date save two books should be destroyed—Whitman's "Leaves of Grass

later Whitman's poems received in the New England metropolis that form of indorsement which, with a book

Makes me think of the glints we get (as in Symond's books) of the jolly old Greek cities.

Harris, the scholar and philosopher, as he halted in front of his house on the drive back from Walden

"Leaves of Grass,"—this yet furiously fought about book, (it seems not settled yet whether it is a craze

HIS NEW BOOK.

I rubbed my eyes a little to see if this sunbeam were no illusion; but the solid sense of the book is

I did not know, until I last night saw the book advertised in a newspaper, that I could trust the name

His manners exemplify his book.

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Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

some days and in rainy weather content to stay shut up in my den, where I have society enough in my books

I may not be able to bring forth any more books, but I still write whenever the spirit moves me, (and

He also wrote a European book, which I named 'Wake Robin.'

O'Connor was a man of the finest literary endowment, and his little book on the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy

familiar gray suit, lame, but still capable of moving about, surrounded by the disordered order of his books

and emitting the pungent odors of burning wood; an undraped bed, a table covered with a litter of books

We glanced hastily at some letters and many presentation copies of books with their authors' autographs

Is the latter's little book of 1867 worth nothing, or is it of no importance that William D.

I then observed that he held a small parcel of thin quarto-sized books under his right arm.

Of course I do read some newspapers, some books and some magazines, but I am not sufficiently well informed

The publishers get up their books in better style than ever before.

Of books there were many, and, like the pictures, they were scattered everywhere around the room; on

The book will comprise a number of poems not hitherto published, various prose articles, and will be

The scenes and sights I met with form that section of my book called 'Drum Taps.'

I think I combine the spiritualistic inseparably in my books and theory.

hours' talk with him alone, to-day today ,—interrupted only by the coming of a man to bring him a few books

In the room where I found Whitman, a few books were to be seen in a book-case bookcase , and two remarkable

In these years of illness and enforced quiet, he has much considered and revised his books, and now he

In front of him was a little marble-topped table, with two of his last books lying on top of a big family

In reply to a question as to when his book would be ready, and who was the publisher, Mr.

Whitman said: "The book will be ready now in about two weeks.

By the way, who writes the dramatic criticisms and book notices for T HE T IMES ?

It was about this time that his first book, "Blades of Grass," was published.

some of which he has read five or six times), George Sand, Shakespeare, Homer, and "that best of all books

to destroy some of my own pretty things, but I have rigidly excluded everything of the kind from my books

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Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

The book will comprise a number of poems not hitherto published, various prose articles, and will be

and of the most realistic description were made the subject of poems and form that section of the book

"My idea of a book? A book must have a living vertebra to hold it together. "My religion?

I think I combine that with the spiritualistic inseparably in my books and theory.

On his table had been laid one day a queerly-shaped book entitled, "Leaves of Grass.

There was not, apparently, a single book in the room.

"He has written a book—hasn't he?" "Not as ever I hearn on."

At the Tombs prison we went among the prisoners, and the confidence and volubility with which they ran

There are two or three pieces in the book which are disagreeable; simply sensual. . . .

he rides again atop of the Broadway omnibuses and Fraternizes with drivers and boatmen—He has a New Book

At present he has a new book of prose and poetry, partially completed, to be called " Far and Near at

great chair by the window, in front of him a table heaped up at least to the height of four feet with books

letters, and cheap second-hand purchases; the floor was knee-deep in newspapers, manuscripts, and books

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

vocabulary was a singular mixture of old words used with unexpected meanings (as when he spoke of his book

whimsicality in the matter of punctuation, and it was a source of annoyance to find the title of his latest book

Bucke afterwards published in his book on "Cosmic Consciousness."

In one of the books he had sent me I saw an advertisement of a pocketbook edition of "Leaves of Grass

We forwarded to him copies of some of the letters received from his friends, and such books, magazines

Bucke, who was still in London, had booked his return voyage on the Majestic , sailing from Liverpool

When writing his book, he told me in a letter that it was his address in Bolton which had started him

Bucke's book. Friday , July 18 th . —Morning gloriously fine. In company with Mr.

"There was a little book of his I used to be very fond of, called 'Leaves of Grass.'

I've heard that some folks don't like him for some of the things in that book; but they needn't come

I asked him to write his name in my book, and I found it to be John Y.

account of my visit, W. listening with much interest and smiling at times, enquiring about Ed. and Harry

I remarked that O'Connor's book "Three Tales" was advertised by the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin and

He pointed to a small heap of books near his feet and said: "Those are the books I have in- scribed for

I found W. sitting in the corner near his bed reading a book, the title of which I did not see.

I have brought the book I wanted you to inscribe for him, and I will leave it with you."

My book is terribly fragmentary.

We don't want books, we write books ourselves.' 'Books!' he said. 'What sort of books? Almanacs?

She set to, finished the book, and wrote the preface—thought to be the best written part of the book.

Bucke's book and in the pocket-book edition?" W. W. "No. Did you?" J. W. W.

"Harry? Morris?" he said.

This gave me an opportunity of presenting him with the book and letter which my friend J. W.

He writes a good deal, and writes well; and he reads my books."

He lately sent me a copy of one of his books, most beautifully got up.

Photograph of Whitman's bedroom, showing piles of books, papers, etc.

I am very fond of a well-printed book.

Thoreau wrote, after an interview, followed by reading the second edition of his book, "he occasionally

These are the real burdens of his book, and they were the chief factors in his personal influence.

the subject of conversation might be, the impression he made upon me was always akin to that of his books

This trait appeared again and again in his conversation and letters, as it does in his book.

distinction as amounting to no more than a fuller realization in himself, and the expression in his book

Speaking about some book belonging to Walt said he hoped it was not lost, and then laughed heartily and

looked significantly at the litter of papers and books on the floor described in Dr.

Lifting up a volume of Scott's poems near him he held it towards me, saying:— "Wallace, here is a book

"That is a book which is very well known," said the lady visitor, in a low voice from her dark corner

The edition was 1,000 copies—the ordinary edition of new books in those days.

Books tire me nowadays.

thought "The Prophet of Great Smoky Mountain," by Miss Murfree an exceptionally strong and interesting book

I was then ushered into his bedroom, where I found him seated amid a litter of books, manuscripts, and

was alluding to the unknown, immeasurable public which seemed to engulph immense cheap editions of books

Streets, I learned that he was absent, and perhaps at the printing-office of the Republic, where his new book

Then also I was told I should find him at a printing-office, where he was printing his book.

After so many years, in which he has achieved fame, the poet has still to print his books at a job-office

The book alternates quite abruptly with a streak of prose and a streak of poetry.

The book also contains a very remarkable contribution to the literature of the late Secession struggle

and the way he said it implied that he felt it was rank robbery to charge as much as that for any book

He called to his housekeeper, who was in a room down the hall, and asked her to go up and get a book

But I like this book just a little better, getting as I did.

I rejoice more, though, that the book is not "limited", but that all who will can have a copy as good

Just after I got the book the young man who had admitted us came into the room.

On the small stand between the two windows which looked out into the street were a number of books, among

exclaimed, when he first saw Whitman, "He looks like a man," and Emerson wrote Whitman when his first book

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Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Harris, Jno. Hickman, Martin Ryerson of New Jersey, Jno. H. Reynolds of New York, Robert J.