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of the leading publishers of the United States is a literary event, for through it the greatest American

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

He looks exceeding well in his broad hat, wide collar and suit of modest gray.

unknown before, Subtler than ever, more harmony, as if born here, re- lated related here, Not to the city's

is already established as a popular American classic.

AN ENGLISH AND AN AMERICAN POET.

Thus what very properly fits a subject of the British crown may fit very ill an American freeman.

Do you think city and country is to fall before the vehement egotism of your recitative of yourself?

from the fields atop of the load of hay on its way to the barn—or in the most crowded rush of a great city—or

An English and an American Poet

A N American bard at last!

Where is the vehement growth of our cities?

If health were not his distinguishing attribute, this poet would be the very harlot of persons.

Walt Whitman was born on Long-Island, on the hills about thirty miles from the greatest American city

not be put off unanswered, spring continually through the perusal of these Leaves of Grass: If there were

of these states that they are to hold sway over physical objects, over armies, navies, wealth, population

Hudson's 'Thoughts on Reading,' American Whig Review, 1 (May 1845), 483–496, which he clipped and annotated

Hudson's 'Thoughts on Reading,' American Whig Review, 1 (May 1845), 483–496, which he clipped and annotated

I think if there were nothing more developed, the clam in its callous shell in the sand, were august

/ If nothing lay more developed the quahaug and its callous shell were enough. / Mine is no callous shell

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in "Unnamed Lands," a poem published first in the 1860

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in "Unnamed Lands," a poem published first in the 1860

It is wh were unworthy a live man to pray or complain, no matter what should happen s .

These lines were present in the first version of the poem in 1855, so it seems likely that the manuscript

It were unworthy a live

These lines were present in the first version of the poem in 1855, so it seems likely that the manuscript

the partition of in my nostrils; nose; I say that All the churches ever built now standing fail of were

ultimately titled "A Song for Occupations," and part of a cluster titled "Debris" that appeared in the 1860

ultimately titled "A Song for Occupations," and part of a cluster titled "Debris" that appeared in the 1860

uva.00251), this manuscript may also relate to lines 39-43 in "Debris," a cluster published in the 1860

and confound them, / You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a white pebble from the beach" (1860

Remembrances I plant American ground with, for you young men Lessons to think, I diffuse scatter in the

Written on the back of this leaf is a list of rivers, lakes, and cities that may have contributed to

Remembrances I plant American ground

.; Written on the back of this leaf is a list of rivers, lakes, and cities that may have contributed

a thing as a touch has unhaltered The similarity of this manuscript to other drafts of lines that were

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in "Unnamed Lands," a poem published first in the 1860

The similarity of this manuscript to other drafts of lines that were used in poems published in the 1855

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in "Unnamed Lands," a poem published first in the 1860

.— All that there is in what The enti What men think enviable, if it were could be collected together

princely youth of Athens—cross-questioning—his big paunch—his bare feet—his subtle tongue— These pages were

These pages were written by Whitman in the early to mid-1850s.

—I know if it were the main matter, as under the name of pray Religion the original and main matter.

See Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday

See Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday

connections are more conclusive than others, but it is clear that at least some of the ideas and images here were

See Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday

clipped-out segment of leaf002v, which continues onto the page that remains here, includes lines that were

Myself and Mine": "Let others praise eminent men and hold up peace—I hold up agitation and conflict" (1860

The first several lines of the poem (not including this line) were revised and published in The American

and the neighbor must fetch out a cup and go half halves; for both loved tea, and had no money, and were

Selections and subjects from this notebook were used in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, including

Selections and subjects from this notebook were used in the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, including

The notes on American character relate to ideas expressed in "Song of Myself," most directly to the line

True noble expanded American character is raised on a far more lasting and universal basis than that

Every American young man should carry himself with the finished and haughty bearing of the greatest ruler

Perhaps it is everywhere on water and on land." (1855, pp. 51-2). whose sides are crowded with the rich cities

till I point the road along which leads to all the learning knowledge and truth and pleasure are the cities

loosely to ideas expressed in the poem "A Song of Joys," first published as "Poem of Joys" in the 1860

the Crossing the Fulton ferry to-day, I met an old acquaintance, to-day whom I had missed from the city

took hold of some scheme or claim before upon the legislature, and lobbied for it;—he helped men who were

: "If I and you and the worlds and all beneath or upon their surfacees, and all the palpable life, were

the fourth poem in the 1855 Leaves; and "A Song of Joys," which appeared as "Poem of Joys" in the 1860

Lines from the notebook were used in "Song of Myself," a version of which was published in the 1855 Leaves

the fourth poem in the 1855 Leaves; and "A Song of Joys," which appeared as "Poem of Joys" in the 1860

City Lunch N.Y.

Express, Oct. 21, 1856 "But for the American party, the Northern, sectional, geographical party of Wm

To you endless an To you, these, to report nature, man, politics, from an American point of view.

Lo, interminable intersecting streets in cities, full of living people, coming and going!

Ohioan and Kentuckian, a friendly neighbor, W Sauntering the streets of Boston, Portland, long list of cities

(See Bowers, Whitman's Manuscripts: Leaves of Grass [1860] A Parallel Text [Chicago: The University of

It is of course possible, however, that parts of the notebook were inscribed before and/or after the

Much of the notebook is devoted to draft material for the 1860 poem eventually titled "Starting from

brief passage (on the verso of leaf 25) seems clearly to have contributed to "Song at Sunset," another 1860

It is unclear which pages were inscribed first; furthermore, several of the leaves have become detached

.— Lines from this passage were revised and used in the poem eventually titled "The Sleepers," which

strong and solid arguments against slavery—lawyer—practical man—arguments addressed to the great American

crops fail—to forego all the flour and pork of the western states— to burn the navy, or half the a populous

town were less to lose, than one of his great sayings to lose.— Each word is sweet medicine to the soul

Mean as they are when we have ascended beyond them, and look back, they were doubtless the roads for

leave to live, as of no not as of right of its own, but by special favor; snufflin snivelling how it were

—I should be assured certain enough that those attributes were not in me.— Although it may balk and tremble

—Nature is not a young fellow * In the city when the streets have been long neglected, they heap up banks

—Do you suppose because the American government has been formed, and public schools established, we have

—The prisoners were allowed no light at night.— No physicians were allowed provided.— Sophocles, Eschylus

—Great as their remains are, they were transcended by other works that have not come down to us.

Virtue and about Vice These pages were written by Whitman in the early to mid-1850s.

The lines at the end of this manuscript were also reworked and used for a different section of the same

These pages were written by Whitman in the early to mid-1850s.

The lines at the end of this manuscript were also reworked and used for a different section of the same

I know a rich capitalist who, out of his wealth, built a marble church, the most splendid in the city

intended to scare away unrest The genuine m M an is not, as would have him, like one of a block of city

The first several lines of the notebook (not including this line) were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery

" in The American in October 1880.

See Holloway, "A Whitman Manuscript," American Mercury 3 (December 1924), 475–480.

See Holloway, "A Whitman Manuscript," American Mercury 3 (December 1924), 475–480.

One passage seems to have contributed to the 1860–1861 poem that Whitman later titled "Our Old Feuillage

Tattler in summer of '42 Statesman in Spring of '43 Democrat in Summer of 44 Wrote for Dem Review, American

Subjects for articles Rapid and temporary mann of American changes of popula for eminent statesmen.

—They would be days for all live all Americans to get on their killing clothes I should advise all living

Black Presence in Whitman's Manuscripts," in Whitman Noir: Black America and the Good Gray Poet (Iowa City

with other text supplied from Emory Holloway, Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Black Presence in Whitman's Manuscripts," in Whitman Noir: Black America and the Good Gray Poet (Iowa City

The original notebook is one of several that were lost during World War II, and its current whereabouts

with other text supplied from Emory Holloway, Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

"If the general" and "If you are happy" in the untitled third poem of the "Debris" cluster in the 1860

—What real Americans can be made out of slaves?

not equally interested in the preservation of those states or cities—or that portion was degraded form

first printed in the second (1856) and third (1860–1861) editions.

Whitman revised the text on leaf 23 verso to include a rather long passage that exceeded the space available

edition of Leaves of Grass but that the notebook also contains material clearly related to things that were

first printed in the second (1856) and third (1860–1861) editions.

Whitman revised the text on leaf 23 verso to include a rather long passage that exceeded the space available

the back of this leaf likely contributed to "Song of Myself" (1855) and the poem-cluster "Debris" (1860

the back of this leaf likely contributed to "Song of Myself" (1855) and the poem-cluster "Debris" (1860

. — If Though I were opposed by what I felt the science linguists and lore of the whole earth deny what

manuscript also resemble lines 39–43 in the untitled fourteenth poem of the "Debris" cluster of the 1860

manuscript also resemble lines 39–43 in the untitled fourteenth poem of the "Debris" cluster of the 1860

the last few lines of this manuscript resemble lines 39-43 in "Debris," a cluster published in the 1860

and confound them, / You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a white pebble from the beach" (1860

These lines were removed from the final version of the poem.; On the back of this manuscript is a poetry

supplied last two lines on the recto, starting with "I see you and stand before you driver of horses," were

supplied last two lines on the recto, starting with "I see you and stand before you driver of horses," were

combination of "Love" and "Dilation or Pride" is also articulated in "Chants Democratic" (No. 4) in the 1860

Leaves of Grass, later titled "Our Old Feuillage": "Encircling all, vast-darting up and wide, the American

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in "Unnamed Lands," a poem published first in the 1860

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in "Unnamed Lands," a poem published first in the 1860

A father A mother as well as father, a child as well as a man; A N ot only an American, but an African

rings expand outward and outward Several phrases of this prose were probably later used, in somewhat

: "The best I had done seemed to me blank and suspicious, / My great thoughts, as I supposed them, were

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Leaves, ultimately titled "Song of Myself," and part of a cluster titled "Debris" that appeared in the 1860

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993); Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport, CT:

Leaves, ultimately titled "Song of Myself," and part of a cluster titled "Debris" that appeared in the 1860

manuscripts, this manuscript may also relate to lines 39-43 in "Debris," a cluster published in the 1860

and confound them, / You shall see me showing a scarlet tomato, and a white pebble from the beach" (1860

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993); Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport, CT:

Versions of these cancelled and fragmentary lines were used in the first poem in that edition, eventually

Versions of these cancelled and fragmentary lines were used in the first poem in that edition, eventually

The genuine miracles of Christ were such miracles as can always be produced.

and limitless floods," was used, slightly revised, in "A Song of Joys," which first appeared in the 1860

and limitless floods," was used, slightly revised, in "A Song of Joys," which first appeared in the 1860

and limitless floods," was used, slightly revised, in "A Song of Joys," which first appeared in the 1860

In the 1860 edition, the line reads, "O the joy of that vast elemental sympathy which only the human

Describing the death of nine seven brothers and their parents——who can say that those who were least

Or that those were luckiest who made the most wealth, and lived the longest stretch of mortality?

On the back of this leaf are poetic lines that were used in revised form in the 1855 edition of Leaves

.; On the back of this leaf are poetic lines that were used in revised form in the 1855 edition of Leaves

, crotch and f Several words from this manuscript ("loveroot," "silkthread," "crotch," and "vine") were

Several words from this manuscript ("loveroot," "silkthread," "crotch," and "vine") were used in the

similar to a line from the poem called "Bunch Poem" in 1856, titled "5." in the Enfans d'Adam cluster of 1860

"The Two Vaults," a poem that is recorded in a New York notebook that probably dates to the early 1860s

A note about an editorial on "American Expansion and Settlement Inland" is written on the back of this

"The Two Vaults," a poem that is recorded in a New York notebook that probably dates to the early 1860s

Notebook (1861–1862).; Transcribed from digital images of the original.; A note about an editorial on "American

lines are connected to what would become section 3 of "Song of Myself": "I have heard what the talkers were

Gibson, an American adventurer (Walt Whitman, Selected Poems, 1855–1892, ed.

Martin's Griffin, 1999], 488; Walt Whitman and the Class Struggle [Iowa City: University of Iowa Press

Gibson, an American adventurer (Walt Whitman, Selected Poems, 1855–1892, ed.

Martin's Griffin, 1999], 488; Walt Whitman and the Class Struggle [Iowa City: University of Iowa Press

and the phrase about "the buckwheat" from this manuscript appear in the poem as well, although they were

and the phrase about "the buckwheat" from this manuscript appear in the poem as well, although they were

Father," which was first published in Drum-Taps in 1865: "Smell you the buckwheat, where the bees were

begun never tires Most works of art tire This draft fragment includes phrases and poetic lines that were

This draft fragment includes phrases and poetic lines that were revised and used in different editions

44 Did you hear of the Hear now I can tell of the long besieged city ?

rivers, forests , —all are Not distant caverns, volcanoes, cataracts, curious islands, birds, foreign cities

However, those portions of the manuscript have not been found and there is no evidence that they were

However, those portions of the manuscript have not been found and there is no evidence that they were

Language in the manuscript is also similar to language that appears in the poem "Poem of Joys" (1860)

Language in the manuscript is also similar to language that appears in the poem "Poem of Joys" (1860)

The first several lines of "Pictures" (not including this line) were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery

" in The American in October 1880.

46).; This manuscript may relate to the poem titled "A Song of Joys," which first appeared in the 1860

(1860, p. 259).

rowing—the greatest persons come—the president comes and the governors come—political economy —the American

On the back of this leaf are draft lines that were used in the third poem in the first (1855) edition

.; On the back of this leaf are draft lines that were used in the third poem in the first (1855) edition

The first lines of the notebook poem were revised and published as "My Picture-Gallery" in The American

Transcribed from digital images of the original that were posted to Sotheby's website.

.; ✓; Transcribed from digital images of the original that were posted to Sotheby's website.; On the

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in "Unnamed Lands," a poem published first in the 1860

includes ideas and phrases that resemble those used in "Unnamed Lands," a poem published first in the 1860

similar manuscripts that are numbered sequentially and probably date from around or before 1855: see "American

similar manuscripts that are numbered sequentially and probably date from around or before 1855: see "American

"; This manuscript fragment features several lines of prose that were included, with slightly revised