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The car jogs up Market street, the principal thoroughfare of the city.

The bright energy which marks the growing Western city is absent.

Camden is monotonous and for a city of its age and opportunities unlovely.

The walls were adorned with a number of portraits, engravings, and photographs.

HIS VIEWS OF AMERICAN BARDS. "The old poets are dropping off," said Mr.

According to John Brooks Wheeler, Memoirs of a Small-Town Surgeon (Garden City, New York: Garden City

Publishing Company, 1936), 284–289, Thayer performed most of the operations in Burlington during the 1860s

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

York—small quarto 9 by 12 inches, 95 pages—in the type called "English"—was not stereotyped—800 copies were

done—the author himself setting some of the type. 2 d ed'n, edition 16 mo was in 1856; 3 . 12 mo. 1860

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.

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.

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.

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.

The handsome third (1860-61) Boston edition, published by Thayer & Eldridge, commenced well and paid

Whitman's darkest times were from 1873 to 1876.

Whitman had made a good fight, but the fates were adverse.

Lists of purchasers of the $10 edition were sent over to Whitman, accompanied by the money.

Among the names were those of G. H. Lewes, Vernon and Godfrey Lushington, Dante G. and William M.

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.

William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was an American realist novelist and literary critic, serving the staff

of the New York Nation and Harper's Magazine during the mid 1860s.

1871 to 1880, he was one of the foremost critics in New York, and used his influence to support American

In an Ashtabula Sentinel review of the 1860 edition Leaves of Grass, Howells wrote, "If he is indeed

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

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 furniture was of the plainest old-fashioned type; there were the old wooden rocking chairs, with

Piles of papers and magazines were stacked in chairs, on the floors, and several oil paintings were pendant

"My opinion of other American poets?

For a long period I placed Emerson at the head of American poetic literature, but of late I consider

Cleveland seems to me like a huge wall, great on his impedimenta, as it were.

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

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

have been olive-colored when put on in the silurian age, and the window sills, bordered with white, were

The furniture was of the plainest old-fashioned type; there were the old wooden rocking-chairs, with

Piles of papers and magazines were stacked in chairs, on the floors and stands.

"My opinion of other American poets?

Cleveland seems to me like a huge wall, great on his impediments, as it were.

Philip Henry Bagenal (1850–1927) was an Anglo-Irish author, known mostly for his The American Irish and

Krieg, chapter 8, "Dublin," Walt Whitman and the Irish (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000), 190

Kelly (1856–1916) was a New England doctor of children's diseases as well as an Irish-American activist

said the "Good Grey Poet" to a North American reporter.

"If it were not for the new President I don't know what the papers would do for something to talk about

Walt was a newspaper man when most of the newspaper men of the present day were boys, and he preserves

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

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

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.

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

surplus of a hundred millions & more]1891prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript is a partial draft of American

, which first appeared in the March 1891 issue of North American Review under the title, Have We a National

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: J H Johnston | Jeweler | 150 Bowery | Cor: Broome | New York City.

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

because my visit will be on business I believe you have never met Mr Rice, proprietor of the North American

He has set about to secure the Reminiscences of all the eminent Americans who came into personal relations

Some of these papers he may publish in the North American Review, & others in the North American Review

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

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

This letter is addressed: Mrs: Alma Johnston | 305 East 17th Street | New York City.

This letter is addressed: Dr Karl Knortz | 540 East 155th Street | New York City.

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

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

THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, New York. Editorial Department.

A number of important American newspapers, among which may be mentioned such as the New York Tribune

water—so large a portion of the people let the water run to prevent freezing of the pipes—and our city—being

From January 8 to 13, 1884, the city suffered a five-day water shortage because of open faucets.

Standpipe No. 2, the "Red Tower" at Blair and Bissell streets, was authorized by the city council on

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

This manuscript contributed to American's Bulk Average, which first appeared in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891

The article, published under the name "George Selwyn," was part of a series called "American Authors

Camden New Jersey U S A June 20 1885 Dear old friend If convenience helps I want to present two American

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

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

flimsy, cheap and temporary series of works that would have long since broken down, and disgraced the city

William Jarvis McAlpine (1812–1890), a civil engineer, planned the Riverside Drive in New York City.

write a little—sort o' sundown sonnets —have some nice visitors—Sometimes foreigners—two or three American

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

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

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

If you do not like to make the whole distance alone, I will meet you in Jersey City.

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

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"

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

) No lurid fame exceptional, nor monstrous intellect, nor conquest's domination;) Through teeming cities

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