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These lines come from the first verse paragraph of section 2 of the poem.

A note at the top states: "sent to Herald March 2" indicating the draft was likely completed around the

Still, Whitman believed the picture was "like a total—like a whole story," and he was proud that Tennyson—to

Notes on the back of the photograph indicate it was originally part of the Frank J. and Harriet Sprague

We re-tell retell the story, as it illustrates the Sabbatarianism that existed in Boston a few years

I always think of supercilious people as acting a part.'

'No, it is part of the fun.'

The story is melancholy. 'Ah, when the Greeks treated of tragedy, how differently it was done.

"Well, honour honor is the subject of my story," —was the commencement of a favourite speech with him

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Jan. 2 '87 I mail you the two Vols.

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Maggie Biddle, 2 January 1887

It is postmarked: Cam[den] | Jan | 2 | (?) | 1887; Philadelphia, Pa. | Jan | 2 | (?) | Transit.

, an excerpt from a private correspondent about gifts of Americans to Walt Whitman (see 1597); June 2,

I am getting ready my pictures (2) for the spring Exhibition.

Gilder (1888), and in Critic Pamphlet No. 2 (1898).

appear on January 25, the newspaper's "fiftieth year edition" (Prose Works 1892, ed. by Floyd Stovall, 2

significance, indeed, of your poetic standpoint, and I wish I could prevail upon you to embody the essential parts

occur peculiarly to me just at present, for in spite of winter & storm, these have meant more in the story

," and so it was natural that I should go down to the sea-shore a good deal during my stay in this part

328 Mickle Street—Camden New Jersey U S America Feb. 2 '87 Dear friend Yours rec'd & welcomed, as always—I

She is an American, & my best friend— Walt Whitman to Ernest Rhys, 2 February 1887

It is postmarked: Camden | Feb | 2 | 6 PM | 1887 | N.J.; Philadelphia | Feb | 2 | 1887 | Paid; London

See Whitman's letter to Rhys of February 2, 1887.

Walt Whitman had sent the copy of Specimen Days on February 2 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.

Camden — Feb. 11 '87 Nothing very new or special with me—As I write toward latter part of afternoon the

It is postmarked: Camden | Feb | | | ; PO | 2-13-87 | 12PM; A | 2-14-87 | 5-

The Mills Building was a 10-story business building named after San Francisco banker and owner of the

| 2-14-87 | 5-(?).

there is an ink smudge where Whitman apparently changed 12 to 14; one legible postmark is clearly "2-

Camden Feb. 17 '87 2 p m I continue much the same.

It is postmarked: London | AM | Fe 2 | 87 | Canada; | | 22 | 2 PM | 1887 | Rec'd.

John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) was a novelist, poet, author of juvenile stories, and anti-slavery

John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) was a novelist, poet, author of juvenile stories, and anti-slavery

I welcomed deepest and always—yet it began and continued on his part , quite entirely; HE always sought

It is postmarked: Philadelphia, Pa | Feb 28 | 2 PM | 87; Camden, N.J. | Feb | 28 | 4 PM | 1887 | Rec'd

Camden March 1 '87 2½ P M Your letter of Sunday has come, & I am glad to get those impromptu well filled

Camden March 2 — noon Dear friend The old story—nothing very new or different with me—Still jog along

here as before—have been half sick a great part of this winter—yet every thing goes on comfortably with

some months ago—nothing particular—Ed I still wish to sell my mare W W Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 2

It is postmarked: Camden | Mar | 2 | 8 PM | 188 | N.J.

blank-verse drama by Sydney Grundy set in ancient Greece—at the Chestnut Street Opera House from March 2

Whitman had sent the copy of Specimen Days on February 2, 1887 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E

The sets are $10 cash, & the MS $2–$22 altogether, which please remit me by post office order.

| 7 T | Mr 2 (?) | 87.

Brooklyn Daily Advertiser of May 25, 1850, reprinted in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, 2

. | 3-25-87 | 2 A | N.Y.

These later parts of the original 'S.

We propose an interval of four to six or eight months between the 2 vols. so that there is plenty of

I consider that your poems have gained ground here perceptibly within the last 2 years.

Whitman's letter to Brown of November 19, 1887; his letter to Herbert Gilchrist of December 12, 1886, note 2;

Herbert Gilchrist The book came two days ago, & I have been looking over all of it, & reading a great part

These later parts of the original 'S.

We propose an interval of four to six or eight months between the 2 vols. so that there is plenty of

I consider that your poems have gained ground here perceptibly within the last 2 years.

Whitman's letter to Brown of November 19, 1887; his letter to Herbert Gilchrist of December 12, 1886, note 2;

His story bore the appropriate title "As It Was Written."

Stockton, who is just now in the zenith of his popularity as a story writer.

African, his slender figure clad in evening dress, a low cut collar encircling his neck, and his hair parted

Bishop doesn't look a day older than 25, but he has written several successful stories, one of which

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1978), 2:417–421;.

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1978), 2:417–421;.

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2

. | Apr 2 | 12 M | 87; P.O. | 4–21–87 | 4–1P | N.Y.; D | 4–21–87 | 5 P | NY.

I am occupying a large attic here in a crowded & smoky part of Sheffield, & below am running a coffee

I still keep the place going at Millthorpe, & spend part of my time there—and it is good to get out into

. | Apr 2 | 12 M | 87; P.O. | 4–21–87 | 4 P. | ; D | 4–21–87 | 5 | N.Y.

I found the poet living in a two-story frame house, suggesting outwardly the comforts without the pretensions

lightened by a mild gray eye, but made forbidding, with a suit of pure white hair which fringed every part

is respected, wearing a gray or white flannel shirt with Byronic collar, cut low, exposing a goodly part

P.M.G usually treats me rather cavalierly over my own things: the young fellows who do the literary part

Did you ever read his Story of My Heart?

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1977), 2:510.

27Not Meagre, Latent Boughs Alone (1887)loc.00223xxx.00369[Not Meagre, Latent Boughs Alone]May 2, 1887poetryhandwritten1

Alone first published in 1887, with Whitman's signature at the bottom and "Camden NJ" and the date, May 2,

Camden May 2, 1887 [WW thanks his correspondent for the gift of "Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln."]

Walt Whitman to Unidentified Correspondent, 2 May 1887

On May 2, Whitman sent "November Boughs" (a gathering of four poems) to James Knowles, editor of Nineteenth

William White [New York: New York University Press, 1977], 2:422) and later noted that the book had been

Noel's "A Study of Walt Whitman: The Poet of Modern Democracy" (Dark Blue 2 [October 1871], 241–253),