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see notes Sept 2 1888 The idea that of the that in the nature of things, thr ough all affairs and deeds

national or individual, good and bad, each has its inherent law of punishment or reward, which is part

.; see notes Sept 2 1888; Transcribed from digital images of the original.

sparse leaves of me Ah not that granite dead & cold published You tides with ceaseless swell & ebb 2

Love to you R M Bucke see | notes | Jan 2d | 1889 see | notes | Jan 2 | 1889 Richard Maurice Bucke to

. | Jan | 2 | 1 PM | 188 | Rec'd.

this morning—I am sitting here in the big chair—have eaten some ice cream — drank a cup of milk for my 2

of "Goethe," so Whitman had the errors corrected in a second printing that was completed by January 2,

Herbert Spencer Harned (1888–1969) was born on December 2, 1888.

Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,

of "Goethe," so Whitman had the errors corrected in a second printing that was completed by January 2,

to what Whitman may have been referring to, see Bucke's letter to Whitman of December 24, 1888, note 2.

. | Dec 2(?) | 8 PM | 88.

Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,

Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,

For my own part I have just had a glorious dinner of roast turkey and plum pudding and feel well!

It is postmarked: London | PM | DE 24 | 88 | Canada; Camden | Dec | 2 | 6 AM | | Rec'd.

with the rest into competition for the usual rewards, business, political, literary, &c., to take part

It is postmarked: London | AM | DE 24 | 88 | Canada; Camden | Dec | 2 | 6 AM | | Rec'd.

Camden 2½ P M Dec: 23 '88 Fair day—all quiet—Dr Walsh call'd—I sit here in the big chair hour after hour—hardly

It is postmarked: London | AM | DE 22 | 88 | CANADA; Cam | DEC | 2 | 6 AM | | REC'D; INSANE ASYLUM LONDON

| Dec 2(?) | 12 | (?).

Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,

you—day by day I watch the post for news of you and I still look confidently for a good rally on your part

I have one—it goes all right—sells the same $2—the postage on the big book is 38cts—I put four 10ct stamps—I

See Daybooks and Notebooks, Volume 2, ed.

It is unbound, abt 2/3 the size of this sheet, contains 16 pp. & has written on it in pencil 'Presented

Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,

It is unbound, about 2/3 the size of this sheet, contains 16 pp. & has written on it in pencil "Presented

It is unbound, about 2/3 the size of this sheet, contains 16 pp. & has written on it in pencil "Presented

In the prose part of November Boughs, the opening paper entitled "A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads

but the idea back of the form is the main thing, and that is what the world, or at least the western part

Camden 2½ p m Dec: 6 '88 Probably the two or three letters lately from me have sketch'd in the situation—Last

Still I keep up a good part of the time—have bro't out a little book "November Boughs" wh' I send a copy

See Bucke's letter to Whitman of December 2, 1888.

London, Ont., 2 Dec 188 8 It is a stupid, dull, dark, sulky day—ground white with snow but nothing approaching

Wilkins Love to you R M Bucke Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 2 December 1888

See also Floyd Stovall, ed., Walt Whitman: The Prose Works 2 vols.

(New York: New York University Press, 1964), 2:676.

It is postmarked: London | PM | NO 29 | 88 | CANADA; NY | 11-29 88 | 2 PM; CAMDEN | NOV | 30 | 6 AM |

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Schofield, Seek for a Hero: The Story of John Boyle O'Reilly (New York: Kennedy, 1956).

published many volumes of poems and compiled a number of anthologies, including Poets of America , 2

He published many volumes of poems and compiled a number of anthologies, including Poets of America, 2

and brought up near the sea wh exerts a profound influence on the mode of thought & feeling of each. 2

Bucke is quoting from Whitman's "A Song of Occupations," ll. 2–3 (Leaves of Grass: Comprehensive Reader's

between "[t]he drum-corps' rattle" (l. 6) and "the civilian's peaceful and languishing rhymes" (l. 2)

It is discussed briefly in Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Friday, November 2, 1888.

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he promised to let me know every few days how he was getting on and has only written one letter in 2½

Crawford, 2 vols. (New York: J.B. Alden, 1888).

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

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

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

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

ideas that they have taken at second-hand from some one else; custom and convention play so large a part

contain the raw material out of which poems might be made; but the reader is obliged for the most part

oclock every day, just leaning down at her desk—fortunately she could fall in her nap—wh' is the great part

. | Oct 2(?) | 8 PM | 88; Philadelphia | | PM | .

Fine Views of the Lakes and Mountains from all parts of the House. U. A. WOODBURY, Proprietor. L.

However, after much fruitless search, I succeeded in finding the abode in which the poet dwells—a two-storied

For my part, I said, I thought Mr.

It was with regret that I parted from him—his talk was so eloquent, so free, and so flowing, and there

sick, should you get word from him or of him be sure to let me know—I trust it will not be more than 2

A good part of every day goes in excursions across the mountains, but I usually write in the mornings

Later they sat round the fire, & sang & told stories,—all in Welsh of course, & some score or more of

. | Oct 8 | 2 AM | 88 | 9.