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Draft fragment of Autumn Side-Bits, that first appeared in the 29 January 1881 issue of The Critic as part

Whitman further revised this prose piece before including it in Specimen Days & Collect (1882–1883) as part

Part of the Sky]1876–1877prose2 leaveshandwritten; A heavily revised draft fragment of The Sky—Days and

Part of the Sky]

Rochester, April 2, 1876 D[ear] Sir Early in the year 1863—I think in the final month—I lay on a cot

Knapp to Walt Whitman, 2 April 1876

Dublin, 18/2 187 6 My dear Mr Whitman I send you an order for 39/= for a copy of your works the $10 edition

feature draft lines which appeared slightly revised in the 29 January 1881 issue of the The Critic as part

New York 27 Apl 187 6 Brother Walt Whitman Please send us by Express (address as above) 2 sets your books

They cannot get admission to any Hospital for the clinical part of the course—So that she is exceedingly

it was his interest to pay you entire & secure your new book then announced, &c &c To make a long story

May 2. 1876 Dear Walt: Enclosed I send you a copy of a letter received by William.

Eldridge to Walt Whitman, 2 May 1876

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

Seeger Since writing my note I have secured the promise of one subscription & possibly with it 2 more

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

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.

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.

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

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

Sea-Shore Fancies, a short prose piece that first appeared in the 29 January 1881 issue of The Critic, as part

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

(No. 1.) before appearing in Specimen Days, as part of the section titled New Themes Entered Upon.

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

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

(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

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

Much of this draft first appeared in the 29 January 1881 issue of The Critic, as part of How I Get Around

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

2 Pembroke Gardens, W. London.

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

He is no longer one of the curiosities of the Republic; and while the stories of his extreme poverty

venerable and heavenly forms of chiming versification have in their time played great and fitting parts

Put in they chants, said he, No more the puzzling hour, nor day—nor segments, parts, put in, Put first

first published in the New York Daily Tribune (19 February 1876), which contains only a version of Part

It is the hospital part of the drama that is principally here recalled, and of course but a small part

In the book before us, his peculiar powers are exhibited in all their innate force, and the prose part

is quite as original and interesting as the poetical part.

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

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

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

361876, Oct.2, "In Memory of Thomas Paine," signed draftloc.01076xxx.00943[Some 35 years ago]1876prosehandwritten6

leaves; Dated "Oct 2 '76" on the last page, this manuscript is a draft of Whitman's speech on Thomas

leaf12 x 19.5 cm; This manuscript appears to have been a trial cover leaf for the cluster Songs of Parting

29Songs of Parting.

leaves; Corrected pages, many originally appearing in the 1876 Leaves of Grass, of cluster Songs of Parting

Opposite a portrait of Whitman, the title page reads, "Songs of Parting, by Walt Whitman, The Poet's

Finalé to the Shore, As they Draw to a Close, The Untold Want, Portals, These Carols, To the Reader at Parting

Songs of Parting

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

As for the part taken by Messrs.

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

Buchanan asserts that his idol has many worshippers in this country, but we venture to say that this is a part

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

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

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

He is no longer one of the curiosities of the Republic; and while the stories of his extreme poverty

venerable and heavenly forms of chiming versification have in their time played great and fitting parts

Put in they chants, said he, No more the puzzling hour, nor day—nor segments, parts, put in, Put first

So he turned and went away in a rage" (2 Kings 5:12).

The review that is quoted here in parts originally appeared in the New York Daily Tribune , 19 February

So he turned and went away in a rage" (2 Kings 5:12).; "But wisdom is justified of all her children"

"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

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

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.

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

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

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