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as Poet and Person.1886prose13 leaveshandwritten; Fair copy prepared for publication in the North American

The first page of this manuscript bears a note written by James Redpath, the editor of the North American

because the leaves have been mounted and bound in a volume that also includes a frontispiece from the 1860

Whitman went to hear Taylor speak on several occassions during his stay in Boston in 1860.

the printer Whitman used proof sheets, newspaper clippings, etc., between manuscript pages, which were

the middle of the page appear three underlined words, "These pages past," but whether or not they were

All of the verses except For us two, reader dear were fused together and published as one poem entitled

There later were troubles with Duckett, but Whitman recalled in 1889 that "he was often with me: we went

to Gloucester together: one trip was to New York: . . . then to Sea Isle City once: I stayed there at

the hotel two or three days—so on: we were quite thick then: thick: when I had money it was as freely

There later were troubles with Duckett, but Whitman recalled in 1889 that "he was often with me: we went

to Gloucester together: one trip was to New York: . . . then to Sea Isle City once: I stayed there at

the hotel two or three days—so on: we were quite thick then: thick: when I had money it was as freely

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

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.

my old nag & rig in the afternoon —So you see I have not utterly stopt stopped moving —but I feel exceeding

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

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

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

Chas Charles Aldrich, of Webster City, Iowa: he told us of his interview with you shortly before he crossed

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

with their lists of carpenters' tools and "barbaric yawps," their delight in the smoke and roar of cities

silence of mountains, and seas of prairies,—seemed to me to breathe something distinctive, national, American—with

recently in which she says: "By the way, there is in the latest edition of Leaves of Grass a poem—'The City

In the recesses on either side of the chimney were portraits of the poet's father and mother.

some of them were on the floor.

Of books there were many, and, like the pictures, they were scattered everywhere around the room; on

They were young ladies just ready to bloom into early womanhood—pupils from Bryn Mawr College.

Pretty soon the writer made an incidental remark about the growth of the new Philadelphia City Hall,

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

Her works include The Mill on the Floss (1860), Middlemarch (1871–1872), and Daniel Deronda (1876).

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

He springs out of that vast American continent full-charged with all that is special and national in

Johnson to have several men tell me when I last went to town that they were more or less sure they had

I am going to address the American People (not the damned & twice damned literary & clerical rascals)

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.

Fanny Raymond Ritter (c.1835–1891) was an American musician, writer, historian, and the wife of the German-American

The Ritters were friends of William Sloane Kennedy and William D.

During the late 1850s and throughout the 1860s, Abby and Helen were friends with Whitman and his mother

On May 22 Rhys informed the poet that about 8,000 copies of the edition were sold, and that the publisher

If my accumulation of shoes—my cast-off shoes—like wine and Old Daubs were increased in value by cobwebs

C.W.E. and I were intensely amused at your "amiable clerk with a pen behind his ear," as applied to Stedman's

This gives points to Herod, and is worse than the slaughter of the innocents, because they were Jew babies

Eldridge (1837–1903) was, with William Wilde Thayer, the Boston publisher of Whitman's 1860 edition of

Gay Wilson Allen, Ed Folsom (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1990), 268–281.

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

Perhaps a reference to Henry Jacob Bigelow (1818–1890), an American surgeon, professor at Harvard and

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

They were friends and disciples (as well as cousins) of Carpenter, and active social reformers, working

He has not omitted, as some editors might have done, In a City Dead House and The Flight of the Eagles

SALEM, a manufacturing city of 6000 population, is an Excellent Show Town, surrounded by a good country

David McKay (1860–1918) took over Philadelphia-based publisher Rees Welsh's bookselling and publishing

For more information about McKay, see Joel Myerson, "McKay, David (1860–1918)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

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

Perhaps Lilian Whiting (1859–1942), an American writer and journalist.

Americans are apt to forget their great men, unless their work in this world, is kept before their minds

When I next visit the city, I shall certainly arrange to have a talk with you, on certain points upon

His shad and champagne dinners for Whitman were something of a tradition.

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

Among the donors were Henry James, Robert Louis Stevenson, John Addington Symonds, George Saintsbury,

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

Your postal cards were better than all the letters in the world.

The profits on 'Leaves of Grass' were only $20 for the same time.

When I read my poem on Lincoln in Philadelphia the other day, the profits were $700.

Poetry is a font of type, to be set up again consistently with American democratic institutions."

"How were these changes made?" "Structures grew and were made by use and lost by disuse.

Such study shows clearly how structures developed or were lost.

At a sale of Autographs, & Books a few days ago the following prices were obtained, "Autograph letter

, Whitman, Walt, Poet," $80.00 Leaves of Grass 1 st Edition 18.00 Which prices were the highest paid

England J Addington Symonds, Davos Platz, Graubünden Switzerland E C Stedman 45 E 30th St New York City

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

At a sale of Autographs & Books a few days ago the following prices were obtained.

"Autograph letter, Whitman, Walt, Poet," $80.00 Leaves of Grass 1st Edition 10.00 Which prices were the

For Whitman's writings on Carlyle, see "Death of Thomas Carlyle" (pp. 168–170) and "Carlyle from American

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

He is used to the city, & to life & people—is in his 18th year—has the first Knack of Literature—& is

Mississippi I was ten days in Chicago, the N.Y. of the west, & destined to be an enormous city.

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

He had met Whitman and Burroughs in the capital in the 1860s.

Burroughs means "Hathorn Spring water"; the Hathorn springs were some of the numerous mineral springs

Whitman sent the article to Redpath, of The North American Review, on June 29 (Whitman's Commonplace

You were partially right in thinking me connected with a large printing establishment.

This postal card is addressed: Albert Johnston | Jeweler | 150 Bowery cor: Broome | New York City.

On the attempted Suppression of "an American, one of the Roughs, a Kosmos," and "Yawped over the roofs

An attempt to suppress an attorney were better, Who thinks the free flight of the soul to fetter.

Whitman stayed at the "Minerva House" in Sea Isle City, N.

On first acquaintance, or perhaps even on second and third acquaintance, the unprepossessing city of

Camden on the banks of the Delaware,—a city which serves as an over the river suburb of cheap homes for

"They cost me their weight when they were printed."

"They were just setting up in business and they were very anxious to get the work," he continued.

Many of them were returned to me with insulting letters."

I am collecting Photos of distinguished Americans & would be glad to get one of yours, if it can be got

This letter is addressed: Editor | Century Magazine | Union Square | New York City.

I leave the city to day for 2 or 3 months (Marlton N.J. Your friend Mr.

Hunter two or three times daily for months—when both in the city—and I spent last evening with him and

Other poems were also read and I think Mr.

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

July 19 requesting permission to include "Song of the Redwood-Tree" in Half-Hours with the Best American

This letter is addressed: Editors | Critic | weekly paper | 20 Astor Place | New York City.

The essay appeared in The North American Review in November 1886.