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Memoranda during war 6/—, & all 3 for £2; & of each of these only 100 copies printed.

As for the part taken by Messrs.

This is the whole story. And now what warrant has the Rev. Mr.

description in of December 3, 1881, of Emerson’s talk as a statement “of all that could be said against that part

(and a main part) in the construction of my poems, ‘Children of Adam.’”

right to send torsh forth a letter in wholesale, sweeping, absolute commendation of a book, concerning part

No more the visible human fleeting, fractional face or limb, Nor hour, nor day—no segments, parts put

The order of the manuscript has been established based in part upon the order of linegroups in the poem

On the back of the fourth leaf is part of a faded letter in a hand other than Whitman's. Eidólons

verse, or a response to a newspaper piece about the frigate bird (also known as the man-of-war-bird), part

Buchanan's letter of April 28, 1876, in addition to these names, cited a contribution £2 from Browning

, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [1906–1996], 1:2–

private Calculated to make from 2 1/3d to 2 2/3d columns, in the ordinary nonpareil, (or minion, is it

.; Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [1906–1996], 1:2).

431 Stevens st Camden New Jersey Sept 2 '76 Scribner, Armstrong & Co: Dear Sirs, I have forwarded you

Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 2

again before you sail'd sailed —I was at Mrs Lesley's again about three weeks since (to meet Miss Kate

See Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden (1906–1996), 9 vols., 2:139.

& library we have here, very handy—then home to my own dinner chicken & nice roast potatoes—& now (2½

been moderate & nice here—Nothing new or special in my affairs—I am selling a few of my books (the new 2

This letter is addressed: Miss Kate Hillard, | 186 Remsen street, | Brooklyn, | New York.

On May 2, in a lost letter, Whitman asked Green to give him an estimate, which Green supplied on May

way to bring out the splendid ardor & friendship of those, my unknown friends, my best reward, art & part

Whitman sent the two books on March 2, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.

For the story of Swinburne's veneration of Whitman and his later recantation, see two essays by Terry

Feinberg Collection; Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [1906–1996], 2:278).

| 2(?)| N.J.; Ventnor | (?)| No 6 | (?) 6."

very 'cute page about me, but as it happens by accident I had look'd looked over & read the piece in parts

comprise my complete works (the latter Vol. as you see, includes Memoranda of the War as a constituent part

Wallis, Kensington Art Museum—(& I believe one or two others)—I sent 2 copies Memoranda of War (one bound

In the margin Whitman wrote: "sent this to C[onway]—2 of 4 [newspaper accounts]."

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

such kind offerings as Chas Charles W Reynell's (No 1. in your transcript) and J Leicester Warren (No 2)

I enclose you some slips—those relating to myself, (which tell their own story) because I know you will

I tell you this partly to show you I still take some part in affairs, though I am badly shattered & old

My new edition 2 Vols Volumes is out & bound, & pictured & autographed .

poem—but I will promise to be there, & speak just a little (say 10 minutes)—if I can be put on the early part

In the 1870s Whitman frequently went to Scovel's home for Sunday breakfast, as he did on December 2 and

Lesley, Kate Hillard, & the two Miss Lesleys, daughters —us four, only, no men-critters but me—I was

Miss Kate Hillard wrote me she is to be in Phila.

Tribune of last Saturday (19th ) had the 2½ column synopsis of my new book, pretty full & fair —I suppose

I once wrote to you before, but I fear you may not have got the letter—it was about Xmas, 2 years ago

Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon (London: Psychology Press, 2000), 2:55, 343; see also Carl Roos,

affairs. ( over all sent in a package by Express Sept 5 '76 Mr Harry Lobb £1—1 Richard Bentley Esq. 2—

2 Mr Salaman 1 Mr Browning 2 Mrs Dickens 1—1 Thomas Ashe Alfred Tennyson 5 Townsend Mayer School of Art

The result proves that very many people who admire you here cant can't afford such a high price as 2

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2

2 Pembroke Gardens, W. London.

I can only suppose you have seen some bungled & mutilated telegram embodying part of the statement of

There is no need to revive here, even in slightest measure, any part of the old quarrel as to the ex-act

with the change of positions, etc., came the muffled sound of a pistol shot which not one hundredth part

(After getting from you John Burroughs' picture, I sent him in latter part of June '75 a short note and

His biography The Life of Washington relayed several apocryphal stories about George Washington and was

He has been "cross" for some days, but appears to be well always—curiously, tho 19 1/2 months old and

I think you may have omitted to "celebrate" one very important part of human nature.

ceases to be a virtue , never was cited tial ecclesiastical by an A for a of the same name important part

and sounds would a wild man very much, and he might not a distinct remembrance of any considerable part

Jan. 2, 1876 My dear Mr.

A great part of "Two Rivulets," prose and poetry, is fresh matter, hitherto unpublished. Mr.

Gilder to Walt Whitman, 2 January 1876

Morse later wrote: "One part of the preliminary business was the visit to a photographer.

"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

Putnam's Sons, 1902), 10 vols., 2:156; it also inspired the poem "Out from Behind This Mask."

seems obvious in the face of a dozen such passages as the famous "Burial Hymn," or the picturesque parts

his prose style may be justly criticised as heavy and disjointed, but the intrinsic interest of the story

It is the old story of Achilles and Patroclus transferred from windy Troy to the banks of the Potomac

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

I spent a good part of the day over Two Rivulets, the Preface, & the Memoranda of the War, & was not

The non-moral parts of it, such parts as simply are the "tally" of nature are taken up into other portions

of & are spiritualized; & each part belongs to the other.

But have a 2 nd copy of the MS made to avoid the risk of its being lost— I strongly incline to think

Conway and Morley's Recollections (1917), 2:105.

Edw Carpenter June 3 '76 2 sets sent 4 vols altogether 45. Brunswick Square Brighton 3.

in soliciting the subscriptions shall we request parties to communicate direct with you or shall the 2'