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seeking refreshment between the pines of Thüringerwald, living among a very amiable and childlike population

crest of this huge and soft German body; but the body is so soft indeed, that one should think, there were

Camden is reached by a ferry crossing the Delaware River from this city, and, but for being in a different

No American publisher will issue his works: the booksellers seem to regard him as a fair victim for fraud

magazine will accept his MSS., and the orthodox compendia of poetry contain none of his notably American

These notes were pencilled down sometimes on battlefields, and are often very thrilling.

Having got at his secret, you soon learn to take stock of the American bard.

When we reflect that, among the American poets thus slightingly waived aside, were, to mention no others

In his ideal city "the men and women think lightly of the laws."

Fiske," was a leading American actress of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Tammany Hall is famous as the democratic machine in New York city politics.

Both painters were denounced by John Ruskin in similar terms in Modern Painters, The Complete Works of

1813–1873) was a Scottish explorer of Africa, and Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1835—1903) was a French-American

Fiske," was a leading American actress of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Tammany Hall is famous as the democratic machine in New York city politics.

While in the market, the other day, with a party of us, we were all weighed; his weight was 200 pounds

Next the very finely gotten up Boston edition of 1860, in ordinary 12mo., which size has been adhered

All stood up, ready, as it were, to fall into the ranks for him.

It first commenced with a letter from the English laureate, full of courtesy to his American brother,

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

New York City June 8th, 1875 My dear Whitman: During my wanderings in the tropics, with my nervous system

I am one of those American writers who have always looked upon you as a noble, original, & characteristic

Michael Nash were Washington friends to whom Whitman referred frequently in his letters to Peter Doyle

Michael Nash was an old resident of the city; Whitman's December 5, 1873, letter to Doyle mentioned a

Broadway Pageant, a poem which first appeared as The Errand-Bearers, Brooklyn Daily Times (27 June 1860

Whitman revised the poem as A Broadway Pageant (Reception Japanese Embassy, June 16, 1860) in Drum-Taps

thrown out of work in New York with about two Hundred others ten days before the Panic from the American

Britain Conn Connecticut and I have been here cince since I do not like it here I had rather be in the City

woman's postscript) have I told you at any time that I have been & am preparing a vol: volume of Amer: American

I wish you were here now that the storms seem over.

the account with fear & trembling—& only on reading it over a second time, was I satisfied that you were

you could come on & pay me a visit—Would you like to have me direct any letters or papers to the American

writing to you before but you know how it is your self but I write you these few lines to let you know were

John Wilson Sprague (1817–1892) was a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

He was also a railroad executive for the Northern Pacific Railway and co-founded the city of Tacoma,

In an interview in 1879, Whitman complained that many American magazines were "in the hands of old fogies

like Holland or fops like Howells" (American Literature, 14 [1942–43], 145–146).

has had very sore feet and legs, so bad that he could not have worked, even if he had had it. they were

Storms P.S. we got a letter from Uncle George last night—he had no work, and his limbs were not very

According to the Paterson, New Jersey City Directory (1876), Speer was a driver with a home at 48 Pearl

St. in the city.

sent me in the New Republic's regular issue (that is the matter of it) about Foreign Critics on an American

keepsake as would be suited dignity or exalted worth the part that light I could be of your wish you were

. | New York City. It is postmarked: Camden | FEB | 26 | N. J.

This postcard bears the address, "John Swinton | 134 E. 38th Street | New York City."

Those words were like a sharp knife plunged into me They choked me with bitter tears.

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907) was an American abolitionist and frequent correspondent with Walt Whitman

At this time Gilchrist and Rossetti were contemplating purchasing Walt Whitman's new volumes and presenting

I looked at him closely; his hands were strong and clean, his nails cared for.

subjects—make all except inspirations and intentions; must mould mold and carve and sing the ideal American

I wanted to know what the surroundings of this man were.

I always had an idea that poets were fed on finer food than falls to the lot of ordinary mortals, but

containing trial lines for the poem first published as Patroling Barnegat in the June 1880 issue of The American

See The New-York Historical Society Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564–1860 (New Haven: Yale University

"Calamus" was first published in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

drafts.loc.00132xxx.00155[Skirting the river]1880poetryhandwritten1 leaf12.5 x 19 cm; These lines were

The magazine in question will contain contributions by well-known English and American authors. from

In that case we will try and get together in New York City.

He assisted Dana in editing the first edition of the New American Cyclopaedia, and in 1873 he was engaged

the editor of the New York Sun from 1868 until his death and was at one time co-editor of the New American

See American Literature, 25 (1953), 361–362.

Dear Walt— I would not trouble you with this letter, were it not that I saw mentioned in the N. Y.

Sun the other day the fact that you were in very needy circumstances, if that is so will you let me know

himself a stone cottage in a beautiful spot on the banks of the Hudson, 60 miles north of New York City

by my open window—it is very pleasant, plenty of trees & foliage, (though I live in a street, in a city

you—how are you getting along  now and then we see some little thing in the papers—the last was that you were

engaged in getting up another book —I was glad to know that you were feeling well enough— How is George

prevented from growing tedious—was the marked absence from the spot of every popular poet and author, American

1875-1876prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript contains a list of trial titles and subtitles which were

Nellie had two children, Lewis and Eva Morrell, from a previous marriage, and she and Benton Wilson were

Wilson named his first child "Walter Whitman Wilson," after the poet; their other children were Austin

Scottish-born John Muir (1838–1914) was an American author, naturalist, and an environmentalist.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American poet, fiction writer, and literary critic.

For Whitman's writings on Carlyle, see "Death of Thomas Carlyle" and "Carlyle from American Points of

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907) was an American abolitionist, minister, and frequent correspondent

De Jersey &c were unknown 'till Willwell came to the front. Ah!

Those fine fruits were the only luxury I could have for some years after the end of the war.

John Newton Johnson (1832–1904) and his first wife, Clotilda Loveless Johnson (b. 1832), were the parents

married to Ann Eliza Knickerbocker Farwell (1844–1932), and, at the time of this letter, the Farwells were

…I am one of those American writers who always look upon you as a noble, original, and characteristic

Whereas if a reasonable amount of intercourse were allowed, it would be a happy time with them, & Norah

Well, they were very courteous & indeed friendly to me & I think I have won over the mother but the father

An aspiring physician, Beatrice took the needed preparatory classes but was barred (as were all women

lost promotion through his sympathy with the French Revolution 1793—he sent some guns to them which were

—that we could chat over. and I think where were it so, how many nice Essays would be done that would

For Whitman's writings on Carlyle, see "Death of Thomas Carlyle" (pp. 168–170) and "Carlyle from American

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement

The King and the Crown Prince were in the church, reporters for foreign papers, also from America, swarmed

In June I met with professors and teachers of the university who in all earnest were Buddhists, believers

Francis Bret Harte (1836–1902) was an American author who wrote on California pioneering efforts.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), better know by his pen name, Mark Twain, was an American humorist

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907) was an American abolitionist, minister, and frequent correspondent

bout about $(15. 00 ) Dollars in the shop and this month I shall not have above ten Dollars If it were

stagnation in the business world, coupled with eight failures of those owing us, and many of the books that were

was co pied into some (I dare say numerous) English papers; & one Editor wrote asking what was the American

Probably the repetitions in this draft were eliminated in the version that was sent.

"Calamus" was first published in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

Harned [Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918], 113).

stoop where he and some company (our county tax collector, and county school superintendent &c &c) were

Physiognomy—to say the picture might indicate more of talent than warmth (it would be very unfortunate if it were

The four brief postcards to Doyle in February 1875 were written on Fridays, and the discussion of his

The four brief postcards to Doyle in February 1875 were written on Fridays, and the discussion of his

This and Whitman's March 26, 1875 letter to Doyle were written on Fridays, if the year is correct.