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The contents of this manuscript were used in Complete Prose (1892), under the title Written Impromptu

The lines were revised and published as Queries to My Seventieth Year in 1888. [Here fretful]

leafhandwrittenprinted; A manuscript fragment composed on the verso of a page of a program or journal of the American

1Undated, on the American Idiomloc.05186xxx.00469[(for name?]

ruminates about a title, presumably for the piece published as Slang in America, first in the North American

published (the first Mannahatta, which begins with the words "I was asking...," first appeared in the 1860

Into this volume he has gathered fragments of writing, some of which were produced as long ago as 1860

, and all of which are illustrative of his thoughts and his experiences in the woods and the city, in

war" formerly published, and whether it is being published by Trübner & Co in the same form as the American

by the symbol (a butterfly on the extended finger of a hand) which appears on these imprints dated 1860

Memoranda During the War (1875) chronicles Whitman's time as a hospital volunteer during the American

Whitman's dealings with Trübner & Company were handled through Josiah Child.

was a free, sixty-four-page promotional pamphlet published by Thayer and Eldridge to advertise the 1860

Rugby, England, Jan. 9 th , 1883 Sir: I have received the copy of "Specimen Days & Collect" which you were

It is not an English word, nor is it Americanized, according to the standard dictionaries; yet Mr.

Whitman has made it good American, so far as in his power lies, and stamped it with more than ordinary

about Carlyle and Emerson was too recently published (in these pages) to need present notice, and so were

'The Poetry of the Future' and 'A Memorandum at a Venture' (in The North American ).

poem and this volume of essays and notes form in themselves a literary inter-state exhibition or American

This sentence and the postscript were written in red ink and perhaps added to the letter by Whitman at

stated that although he wanted to delete the passages mentioned, he was in a "dilemma," since they were

one—he showed it at first, & stronger still at last —that Saturday evn'g & Sunday afternoon he & I were

was a sculptor and illustrator from New York, who was best known for depicting the events of the American

Horace Traubel reported that Whitman's "eyes were full of tears" (With Walt Whitman in Camden [New York

LITHOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY American Bank Note Company, National Bank Note Company

O'Connor were sisters.

wants it so, but mainly because you request it, I accede to the names of books being left as they were

the original location of the illustrations in Bucke's biography, since all of his recommendations were

Hildreth 334 W. 35th St New York City. Return to C.L.H. 334 W. 35th St. N.Y.C.

was a sculptor and illustrator from New York, who was best known for depicting the events of the American

Stoddart's Encyclopaedia America, established Stoddart's Review in 1880, which was merged with The American

You left out my remarks on "Children of Adam", I believe they were good but I acquiesce—your additions

You left out my remarks on 'Children of Adam', I believe they were good but I acquiesce—your additions

received —The printers are very slow—but will be coming along in a day [or] two—have a sudden rush—the American

If we were to begin the setting of the copy de novo you should certainly be obeyed in every detail &

You left out my remarks on 'Children of Adam', I believe they were good but I acquiesce—your additions

Whitman, however, fibbed, for on May 28 Bucke wrote: "I see now that you were right about the Latin motto

seriously after my return, and developed into a bad attack of erysipelas, with which my head and face were

If I were well, I would certainly attempt it, but so far as I am concerned, the opportunity must be lost

I hear that the North American is getting up an article about you. Do you know anything about it?

"For only those who in sad cities dwell, Are of the green fields fully sensible."

In 1883, Karl Knortz (1841–1918), the author of many articles on German-American affairs, was living

in New York City.

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

have quite understood the whole of your message yet, & sometimes it has seemed to me as though you were

Right glad to hear of your good health—had an idea that you were not so well again this winter.

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

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

—I am obliged to you for the notice in the North American (G.E.M.).

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

putting my rough M.S. into shape and I am more than satisfied with all you have done—I see now that you were

I was asked whether those verses were written for the book, or about yourself, and I said "No—they were

published in the magazine some time ago and were suggested by another writer."

I am very sorry that paragraph appeared as it did, or at all, as it might look as if I were not a friend

Dear Mr Whitman, I received the paper you were kind enough to send me containing a review of Dr Bucke's

I hope you are better than you were. I am very sorry that you should suffer.

This letter is addressed: J B Gilder | Critic office | 30 Lafayette Square | New York City.

On August 12, 1882, Swinton informed the poet that his lecture on American literature had been translated

This letter is addressed: Dr Karl Knortz | Cor: Morris Avenue | & 155th Street | New York City.

cover an invitation to attend our celebration of the 333 Anniversary of the occupation of the oldest city

sending a poem, Whitman sent a letter expounding on the influences of Spanish colonization on the American

This letter is addressed: Dr Karl Knortz | Cor: Morris Avenue | & 155th Street | New York City.

June 26 188 3 Dear Sir, I am collecting material for an article upon the late Sidney Lanier, a true American

well)—those great long jovial walks we had at times for years, (1866– '72 1872 ) out of Washington City—often

Michael Nash were old, mutual friends of Whitman and Peter Doyle in Washington.

My father's side—probably the fifth generation from the first English arrivals in New England—were at

The theatre, too, he delighted in, and saw all the great actors and singers, American or European, in

native Americans.

Second, there were in the Northern army men from every State in the Union, without exception.

Garfield said, "Do gentlemen know that (leaving out all the border States) there were fifty regiments

The popular American humorist Artemus Ward (1834-1867) (pseudonym of Charles Farrar Browne) influenced

What other American poet has earned, or will ever earn, the proud distinction of having an article upon

typical Protestant, according to Lord Chief Justice Campbell, a Protestant and a Scotchman, there were

all at once to send my pictures, I have not been very prompt have I Walt about the pictures these were

We Americans have yet to really learn our own antecedents, and sort them, to unify them.

To that composite American identity of the future, Spanish character will supply some of the most needed

Then another point, relating to American ethnology, past and to come, I will here touch upon at a venture

As to our aboriginal or Indian population—the Aztec in the South, and many a tribe in the North and West—I

might assume to do so, I would like to send you the most cordial, heart-felt congratulations of your American

just finish'dfinished their long drawn out anniversary of the 333d year of the settlement of their city

The American (same mail with this,) after reading please forward to Dr Bucke.

O'Connor mentioned corrections in Bucke's book and referred to the "office editor" of The North American

cultivated of Whitman's compatriots should be won over by his gorgeous anticipations of the "fruitage" of American

Wilson and McCormick is apparently printed from the same plates as the American edition, but upon better

at any rate, a very familiar idea to be found; but we have to confess that after careful reading we were

ye were, in your atmospheres, grown not for America, but rather for her foes, the feudal and the old—while

Unless, too, the reader possesses considerable familiarity with American slang, he will frequently be

We have had pleasant glimpses of several American friends this summer—of Kate Hillard for instance, who

man—all dear friends of mine—I have been here quite a good deal the last year & a half, when they were

Wyld and Edwards were Mrs. Stafford's boarders (Whitman's Commonplace Book).

His reservations were completely oversloughed by his eulogy.

He spoke of the devotion of Americans to the worship of the dollar, which surprised me, as his usual