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Potter, 28 December 1887
This letter is addressed: Edward T Potter | 26 S 38th Street | New York City.
Camden Tuesday noon April 26 Harry boy we have missed you two or three days, & both I & Mrs D wondered
hope it is healing all right & will be no more trouble—Nothing new or special with me—Sold one of my books
is good I shall be down to Glendale Sunday next—Love to E and little D Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Harry
in Dublin (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Camden—America —April 7 '87 Dear Herbert Gilchrist The book came two days ago, & I have been looking
It appeals to my printer-sense too—is a handsome & generous piece of typography & mechanical book making
Glendale—Debby and Jo have gone to Kansas—I was there last Sunday afternoon—they are well as usual—Harry
getting along well—Ed and Van and George are well—Mont is married —(I went down Sunday to G to take him Harry
Whitman noted receipt of Anne Gilchrist: Her Life and Writings on April 5 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
In his letter of March 31, 1887, Gilchrist had informed the poet of the book's success in England and
socialist, came to Whitman's house with an "introduction from Wm M Rossetti" (Whitman's Commonplace Book
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Harry D. Hughes, 12 February 1887
Edward Stratton Holloway (1859–1939) was a landscape painter and book illustrator from New York.
Camden March 29 Evn'g Harry was here with me to-day —He went to the hosp. to have his throat drest, &
In his Commonplace Book (Charles E.
Dear friend I send you Herbert's last letter—he expects to come over in May—He has sent me his book ab't
—Harry left here ab't an hour ago—he went up to the Hospital to-day, & the throat was operated on again—but
I posted a copy of my book to you about a week ago: I hope that you will read it and tell me how you
Whitman noted the receipt of Herbert's book, Anne Gilchrist: Her Life and Writings, on April 5 (Whitman's
Commonplace Book [Charles E.
An entry in Whitman's Commonplace Book on August 29 reads: "Leonard Morgan Brown goes back to Croton-on-Hudson—has
B[ucke] speaks of Harry in his last and wants to know if anything has been done—Love to you and George
Based upon Whitman's letters and the entries in Whitman's Commonplace Book (Charles E.
1887 amounted to at least $2,575.98, which includes: royalties, $131.91; lectures, $620.00; sales of books
, 1886, the figures for book sales are conjectural, since it is assumed he charged a uniform price.)
rec'd from Edward Carpenter —the dear good young man—I have just written him a few lines—told him ab't Harry
On May 23 Whitman noted in his Commonplace Book (Charles E.
Carpenter—a socialist philosopher who in his book Civilisation, Its Cause and Cure posited civilization
deepest gratitude—I am still here in the same little old house—of course gradually sinking & dissolving—Harry
Whitman received £25 from Carpenter on May 23 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Love to you & George, Harry & all— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 18 January [1887]
The poet visited the Staffords on January 23 when the weather was milder (Whitman's Commonplace Book,
From a book of 107 pages it has developed into the compact work of to-day.
His life and his book are so interwoven, that it is premature to write "finis" to the latter until the
The solid sense of the book is a sober certainty.
Few if any copies of the book were sold.
Whitman, like his book, is strong. It is himself that speaks, not the echo of another.
.; American writer (1825–1878) who wrote for newspapers, travel books, novels, poetry, and critical essays
Camden Tuesday Evn'g 19 Ap Harry has been here—is in good spirits & is surely getting along very well—I
In his last letter he said he sh'd start soon —Have not seen Harry for over a week—Come up & see us.
I am not over my bad spell yet, but a little better perhaps—Harry is getting along very well —was up
well—all ab't as usual—Your father better, his back hurts some, but I think it will pass over—Ed was away—Harry
complimentary greeting by cable from Henry Irving —I remain much as usual—bodily disabled, however, & a prisoner
Love to you & E & the little one Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Harry Stafford, 24 July 1887
This passage was incorporated into My Book and I, which was first published in the January 1887 issue
when Whitman used these and two other earlier essays (How 'Leaves of Grass' Was Made and How I Made a Book
It is unclear whether this manuscript was created in the processes that produced My Book and I or if
from the session (zzz.00109, zzz.00106, and zzz.00107) echo the 1879 Kurtz pictures of Whitman with Harry
from the session (zzz.00109, zzz.00106, and zzz.00108) echo the 1879 Kurtz pictures of Whitman with Harry
from the session (zzz.00109, zzz.00107, and zzz.00108) echo the 1879 Kurtz pictures of Whitman with Harry
from the session (zzz.00108, zzz.00106, and zzz.00107) echo the 1879 Kurtz pictures of Whitman with Harry
I must close now as it is bedtime Mother & Harry say "Remember us to Mr Whitman & tell him that we often
Specimen Days in America makes its appearance in the London book-shops to-morrow, & before you get this
pile of the Spec Days Vols. volumes on the table, & he was delighted with the appearance, &c. of the book
I feel quite proud at being the agent & deputy of the book in this way.
I do hope you will like the general get-up of the book, & so on.
If we have made any slips in this respect in the book, we can profit by them in the Democratic Vistas
and apparently liked the critic's work on Leaves of Grass—Whitman even had Sarrazin's chapter on his book
Walt Whitman" for title page, & then another Vol. of the matter from page 203 to 338 (including "My Book
I send) & call it "Democratic Vistas and other papers" by Walt Whitman for title page— making two books
weather—my bird is singing furiously—I am ab't as usual— Walt Whitman I have put a couple of photos in the book
is for you —the other I think you can transfer & make for yourself a good plate for picture for the book—I
like it better to go in the vol. of the book off against the scene in the text described (as at p. 122
Nov. 7 1½ p m Mr: and Mrs: Harned Dear friends I send the two tickets for the lecture—Also a little book
Also a programme of Donnelly's "Cipher" Book—curious to look over.
for his belief that Shakespeare's plays had been written by Francis Bacon, an idea he argued in his book
The "programme" referred to here was probably an announcement of the publication of that book.
letter to me rec'd yesterday—Tho I suppose the disagreeable item in it, relating to the pub'n of y'r book
As the book stands now, there is a native unity about it, more I think than when it was given together
And what you have added to the book is so exactly what was wanted to give it direct appeal to us here
Kennedy's book this morning.
It is very unfortunate indeed, for it is very difficult to get a book of unconventional character afloat
two-page preface to Specimen Days on March 8 and an "Additional Note" on March 15 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
This manuscript was the first of several drafts of what became two books, Reminiscences of Walt Whitman
(London: Alexander Gardner, 1896) and The Fight of a Book for the World (West Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), a publisher in Paisley, Scotland—who reissued a number of books by and
Reminiscences of Walt Whitman in 1896 after a long and contentious battle with Kennedy over editing the book
As the book stands now, there is a native unity about it, more I think than when it was given together
And what you have added to the book is so exactly what was wanted to give it direct appeal to us here
Kennedy's book this morning.
It is very unfortunate indeed, for it is very difficult to get a book of unconventional character afloat
There is some chance of Wilson's being able to take the book in the autumn, but that is such a long time
two-page preface to Specimen Days on March 8 and an "Additional Note" on March 15 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
This manuscript was the first of several drafts of what became two books, Reminiscences of Walt Whitman
(London: Alexander Gardner, 1896) and The Fight of a Book for the World (West Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), a publisher in Paisley, Scotland—who reissued a number of books by and
Reminiscences of Walt Whitman in 1896 after a long and contentious battle with Kennedy over editing the book
in Canada—O'Connor is very ill, & is now in Southern California —W S Kennedy (Belmot, Mass:) has a book
quiescent, but think of pub. in collected & revised form my pieces of last four years in a little book
Whitman's November Boughs—a book of prose and poetry—was published in 1888 by David McKay.
The book included a long prefatory essay, "A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads," a collection of sixty
.— My Book & I , which is full of highest import.
Walter Scott (which means David Gordon really) will send you ten guineas for the right of including the book
in the Camelot series, as soon as the book arrives.
This brings us to Kennedy's book, about whose adventures over here he has no doubt kept you informed.
Could you spare me a couple of portraits similar to that prefixed to Kennedy's book?
Dear Walt Whitman; I have received your books and MS. and send, with my hearty thanks, a New York check
My boy, ten years old, said to me this morning, "Have you got a book with a poem in it called 'O Captain
that I called for "Leaves of Grass" published in 1855 in Brooklyn New York— a rare picturesque old book
movement in your Leaves of Grass than anything I have ever met with and that it is one of those few books
special—Am somewhat under the weather four or five days—cold in the head or malaria—I sent Shiell's the book
—When you come again, don't forget to bring my Stedman book American Poets —Love to Alma and Al and all
Leaves of Grass to Robert Shiells at the "National Bank, Neenah, Wisconsin" (Whitman's Commonplace Book
Whitman $76.91 on September 22; the exact amount of the city tax was $25.37 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
Kennedy sent over a fresh batch of addenda for his book.
In the last one he proposes that I should try some other schemes for getting the book afloat.
This evening Herbert Gilchrist is coming down here to look through Kennedy's book, and something may
My income from my books, (royalties &c.) does not reach $100 a year.
within the last six years & shall send them out under the name of November Boughs before long—a little book
, Whitman's income amounted to at least $2,575.98: royalties, $131.91; lectures, $620.00; sales of books
"Fancies at Navesink"—that ("November Boughs") is the name, by the by, I think of giving my little book
will merely give the pieces I have uttered the last five years, in correct form, more permanent in book
Whitman's books have been expensive and scarce.
some other newspaper; his opinion of sundry great men whom he has known personally or through their books
They will be delighted to learn that he thought once of calling his book "Cedar Plums like," and will
—anything from art, books, sermons, or from science, old or new.
which he says that "not for his merely literary merit (though that was great), not as a 'maker of books
NJ April 8 1887 Yes—I hereby give my consent to the inclusion of the four pieces mentioned in your book
Yours came this morning with extract from Buchanan's book.
sent the 1876 Centennial Edition of Leaves of Grass to Hay on August 1, 1876 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
Hay acknowledged receipt of the books on March 12, 1887 and sent the poet $30 as thanks for a copy of
that Whitman copied by hand and sent along with the books to the historian.
Camden April 16 '87 By oversight I left a book "Poets of America," by E C Stedman —in my room in the
The book was inscribed "New York April 14th 1887" (See Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Thursday
I retain the right to print in future book.
was submitted to The Cosmopolitan, which paid $20 and printed it in October (Whitman's Commonplace Book
Camden April 20 noon Thank you specially for sending me the Mrs Gilchrist book review in Boston Herald
328 Mickle St Feb: 4 '87 —Camden New Jersey U S America I find that the whole book "Specimen Days & Collect
Walt Whitman had sent the copy of Specimen Days on February 2 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.
In the latter case, the book would be rather crowded. . . No!
328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey June 14 '87 Yes, Doctor, I will loan you the Gilchrist book to read
Whitman sent Anne Gilchrist to Knortz on October 24 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.
The Gilchrist book seems to be making quite a ripple—Y'r comments on it I tho't tip top— Walt Whitman
Camden May 25 '87 Rec'd Rhys's note ab't the book & Symonds —Rec'd S[ylvester] B[axter]'s letter & project
latter spoke of writing to Symonds (see following note) for his assistance in publishing Kennedy's book
Your books are his constant companions, his spiritual nourishment, his continual study and delight.
We occasionally call friends together in your name to spend "a Whitman evening", to read your books and
Camden New Jersey Sept: 22 '87 Dear Sir Yours rec'd with the $5 in advance for "November Boughs" —The book
See pp. 39 and 40 in Dr Buckes book ab't the wife & their hospitality to me—they had two children, a
take its course—I do not expect the bill to pass—I am ab't as usual—a bodily wreck—did you get "My Book
introduction of Lovering's bill, which was to grant the poet a pension of $25 a month (Whitman's Commonplace Book
On February 4 he replied to a letter from Lovering (Whitman's Commonplace Book); both letters are apparently