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holds at the high, with bosom broad outswelling; All throbs, dilates—the farms, woods, the streets of cities

Johnston, is undated; the second, to Harold Johnston, is dated March 26, suggesting that the cards were

I was right glad to get your letter & to know your eyes were so much better.

How much I wish you were here to eat a New Years dinner with us.

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

his time, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) was both a highly popular and highly respected American

When Whitman met Longfellow in June 1876, he was unimpressed: "His manners were stately, conventional—all

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

read criticisms reviews of your works & as I half expected none of them had the least idea who you were

Camden City Office Horse RR Walt Whitman to Camden Horse Railroad Company, [?] December 1885

According to the Twenty-First Annual Report of the City of Burlington, Vermont (1885), "The heaviest

With the exception of two blocks the flagging is five feet wide" (Twenty-First Annual Report of the City

for a week—As I close, my bird is singing like a house afire, & the sun is shining out—I wish you were

Sloane Kennedy had to say about Whitman in his pamphlet, but thought that the statements about style were

WEBB, President of the Free College of the City of New York, and from MR. ANDREW CARNEGIE, REV. WM.

Associations," and can arrange for you to give ten readings of your poems, in ten of our largest cities

I set up every stick of it mesilf indade , & corrected my proofs ( wh. which I'll have you know) were

Later the decree was altered, and O'Reilly was sent to Australia, where he escaped on an American whaler

little memoranda addressed to us she noted your name down as the one friend in America to whom we were

W S K Your "the Poet as a Craftsman" seems the best statement possible of the modern scientific American

Ernest Rhys, 59 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, Eng Dr Karl Knortz, 540 East 155th St, New York City G.

Richard Watson Gilder, Century office, Union Square, New York City Wm D O'Connor, Life Saving Service

New York Edmund C Stedman, author, New York City Dr.

little memoranda addressed to us she noted your name down as the one friend in America to whom we were

Whitman was in Atlantic City on November 28 and at Glendale on the following day (Whitman's Commonplace

This letter is addressed: Lorenz Reich | 63 East 11th street | New York City.

THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETER. Editorial Department.

There is a drawn-in line beginning at the top of the page above the words "THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW"

These stockings were for Whitman's mentally and physically incapacitated brother Edward, who had lived

The North American Review. 30 Lafayette Place. ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE, Editor and Proprietor.

New York City, Oct. 23, 1885.

perfect ease the article on Lincoln and such other articles as you may have intended for the North American

Charles Allen Thorndike Rice (1851–1889) purchased The North American Review in 1876.

Sorry to hear you were troubled with sunstroke. I hope you are going on pretty well again now.

We were very pleased that the money came in handy—I haven't been in London lately or seen Mrs.

Both were introduced to Whitman's writings by Edward Carpenter and they quickly became admirers of Whitman

am not writing from an unworthy spirit of self-assertion: but that I should feel shame for myself, were

see notes Aug 26 & 31, '88 The North American Review. 30 Lafayette Place.

New York City, Oct. 20, 1885. Dear Mr.

Whitman: Enclosed please find a check for $50 for the article in the November number of the North American

Charles Allen Thorndike Rice (1851–1889) purchased The North American Review in 1876.

Dear Sir— The writer desires to get up a course of lectures & readings to be given in this city this

Now, you meet the rich idlers from Boston, New York, Chicago and other cities, during their gorgeous

You won't detect pedant or such about him, but a splendid example of a cultivated American, who knows

the best that other lands and times have to offer, but who is still American.

particularly difficult for those who belonged to the social circle in which he and Wendell Phillips were

course you are familiar with Lowell's "Commemoration Ode" —a poem, it seems to me—in which the best Americanism

James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) was an American critic, poet and editor of The Atlantic.

He was the author of many books and articles on German-American affairs and was superintendent of German

See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.

I shall talk to my Dr Doctor about you when I see him again, but if I were you I would adopt such a diet

last letter to hand,—Disappointed not to hear a better account of your health yet, hoped that you were

subscription list is being formed in England with a view to presenting a free-will offering to the American

Susan (1833–1910) and George Stafford (1827–1892) were the parents of Whitman's young friend, Harry Stafford

P HILADELPHIA , September 15 —The last sunbeams were shining through the rustling leaves of the elm trees

side street in Camden this evening, and the last honey bee hovered over the fragrant blossoms that were

Several large sheets of paper were folded up within.

On them were scrawled the names of a number of prominent men in the various walks of life, but not a

"Some of them I do not know; some are very dear friends; a great many other friends were not sent to.

Stuart Robson (1836–1903) and William Henry Crane (1845–1928) were American stage actors and long-time

The left side of the Grand Union Hotel letterhead reads: "[PASSENGERS] arriving in the city [of New York

live better for less money at the Grand Union than at any other strictly first class hotel in the city

William Rossetti sent off to you ￡21.2.0 and ￡1. sent by Aldrich; this latter is in the form of an American

William Rossetti and your friends generally were very pleased and glad to get your letter (William Rossetti

subscription list is being formed in England with a view to presenting a free-will offering to the American

his time, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) was both a highly popular and highly respected American

When Whitman met Longfellow in June 1876, he was unimpressed: "His manners were stately, conventional—all

He kept his troubles almost entirely concealed from his parents—we thoughts things were going just a

Her four brothers of whom two were larger men, one as large, and one smaller, were a lot of jealous,

He was kind to them as if they were babies!

made the widow repudiate all of his debts—tho' universally known that his improvements on her land were

themselves in all this matter immeasurably sluggish and spiritless (as I wrote you some years ago that they were

The draft comes from Charles Aldrich, of Webster City, Iowa, who had an interview with you some months

characters was the perfection & not the genius of acting—I never witnessed Forrest acting but the houses were

in this century—the Italians such as Grisi or Titiens had more musical science, but as a whole they were

Begnis — a very good singer I believe for she was before my time—but a very bad immoral woman—they were

said for he spoke vile English that all his "Turkeys" was burnt up meaning that his turkish dresses were

Ronconi —De Begnis died of yellow fever in then you speak of Alboni —I heard her both in New York & this city

Edwin Thomas Booth (1833–1893) was an American actor, famous for performing Shakespeare in the U.S. and

The Kembles were a family of English actors, who were considered the prime of British theater at the

Edwin Forrest (1806–1872) was an American stage actor, well known for his Shakespearean roles.

James Watson Webb (1802–1884) was an American diplomat, general, and newspaperman.

Both Giuseppe de Begnis (1793–1849) and Luigi Lablache (1794–1858) were Italian opera singers.

This draft letter is on the back of an envelope from The North American Review postmarked NEW YORK |

On June 30 Redpath, at this time managing editor of The North American Review, asked Whitman to send

Redpath paid $50 for "Slang in America" on October 20, which appeared in The North American Review in

John Brown (Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, 1860), a correspondent for the New York Tribune during the war

He met Whitman in Boston in 1860, and he remained an enthusiastic admirer; see Horace Traubel, With Walt

He concluded his first letter to Whitman on June 25, 1860: "I love you, Walt!

Redpath became managing editor of The North American Review in 1886. See also Charles F.

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground

see notes July 29 1888 | also Aug 1 NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. (EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.)

Charles Allen Thorndike Rice (1851–1889) was a journalist and edited and published the North American

Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His Time (1888) was published by The North American

was on the mend—I still hold my own & consider myself recuperating—I hope you will meet my young American

He was the author of many books and articles on German-American affairs and was superintendent of German

See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.

In American currency the gift amounted to $239.83 (Whitman's Commonplace Book).

Bessie (d. 1919) and Isabella (1855–1924) Ford were sisters who lived together in Leeds, were friends

poems that comprised the "Fancies at Navesink" cluster when it appeared in the Nineteenth Century were

For this reason they inserted a paragraph in The Athenaeum on July 11 soliciting funds, but were disturbed

was greater on the street level than it has been since 1838—it was 102 in the shade at my office We were

This letter is addressed: John H Johnston | Jeweler | 150 Bowery Cor: Broome | New York City.

shrubbery all tell to me the same tale A tale of peacefulness and isolation from the busy, busy, striving Cities

high and vapory blue a lone Mountain to whose heights I aspire to climb and on its top to place an American

I see many friends and many who were friends of my Father and Mother.

here and to many I am a "regular suprise party" Hearing them talk of long ago makes me feel as if I were

A big tornado passed, or crashed over the city, tearing a large luxuriant tree that grew by the gate,

How it razed and thrashed the slate roof; several houses were unroofed: the worst gale I ever saw: Han

The poet's sleeves were rolled above the elbows, exposing a pair of arms white as a woman's, but symmetrical

GRANT, A TYPICAL AMERICAN.

"Washington and all those noble early Virginians were, strictly speaking, English gentlemen of the royal

era of Hampden, Pym and Milton, and such it was best that they were for their day and purposes.

, irrefragable proof of radical Democratic institutions—that it is possible for any good average American

We sent him thy letter from Lord Mount Temple's, where we were staying.

We were walking in the old-fashioned flower garden when we met him, and almost the first thing he said

As we were going away, he told me to give thee his love.

It has a look of being lived in, and all the arrangements were "casual," as English people say.

Hats and walking-sticks were lying about in chairs and dogs raced in and out at their pleasure.

This letter is addressed: J H Johnston | Jeweler | 150 Bowery | Cor: Broome | New York City.

I am rather hankering after a studio right down in the city amongst men: From a business point of view

subscription list is being formed in England with a view to presenting a free-will offering to the American