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off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Walt, if I were in your fix I would think seriously of going there for the next six months or a year

old periodicals, magazines: etc: of 50 or 60 years ago, & found very many interesing pieces by our American

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

We were talking a great deal about thee yesterday.

From another point of view, in which perhaps thee will not agree with me, I think the "Saints" were quite

Bride to 'Hindoo Lady': Rukhmabai and the Debate on Sexual Respectability in Imperial Britain," American

Edwin Thomas Booth (1833–1893) was an American actor, famous for performing Shakespeare in the U.S. and

Superintendent's Office Asylum for the Insane Ontario London, Ont., 4 Feb 18 90 A Mr Duffield, Manager of City

Duffield (d. 1920) was president of the City Gas Company, London, Ontario.

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

I frequently chance upon your friends here in this city.

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

Chapters of the Society for Ethical Culture were begun in cities across the U.S. in the 1880s, including

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

The volume consisted of the notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's seventieth birthday

celebration on May 31, 1889 in Camden, which were collected and edited by Traubel.

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Whitman sent, via Reich, a copy of his 1889 "pocket book" edition of Leaves of Grass to the renowned American

I enjoy the same elegant meals & comforts that would surround me in your city & how happy would I be

enjoying thence out here nor should we either in Philada "That Dog Stokley" I could laugh while they were

It is postmarked: an City | | 14 | | Train; Camden, N.J. | Feb | 15 | 4 PM | 1890 | Rec'd.

from 1872 to 1881; his administration was marked by charges of major corruption in the way contracts were

issued for the construction of a new city hall, including Stokley's acquisition of a new home courtesy

1884, when George and Louisa moved to a farm outside of Camden and Whitman decided to stay in the city

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

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

replying to your kind note of last November enclosing the page of "poemets" 'old age echoes' —which you were

Old Age Echoes," a series of four short poems, appeared in Lippincott's Magazine in March 1891 and were

George William Childs (1829–1894) was an American publisher from Baltimore, Maryland, who became the

A tender & beautiful light fills my mind when I think of those years in Washington when we were all there

I think I told you we were housekeeping in for the winter.

farm & at work for the past two days, & I find it much better than hanging about the miserable little city

was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who issued the 1860

Ursula and John were married on September 12, 1857.

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Bucke and his brother-in-law William John Gurd were designing a gas and fluid meter to be patented in

The Illustrated American. New York, March 9 th 18 90 Walt Whitman, Esq. Camden, N. J.

Whitman's portrait appears on the cover of the April 19, 1890, issue of The Illustrated American.

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Had, already, edited stray poems, which were received with much pleasure by the public—But they were

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement

writer and women's suffrage activist who ran for a seat in the British parliament soon after women were

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

The notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's seventieth birthday celebration in Camden, on

May 31, 1889, were collected and edited by Horace Traubel.

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

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

of 23 d (posted 24 th ) it came to hand last evening, it and also Mrs Costelloe's (accompanying it) were

then a day or two in Baltimore, a day or two in Washington and a few days at the seaside (Atlantic City

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

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

His investigative reports were much discussed and often had significant social impact.

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

The Illustrated American. Bible House, Astor Place, New York, N.

with the purpose of publishing a symposium on the subject in an early number of "The Illustrated American

The return address is: The Illustrated American, | Bible House, Astor Place, N.Y. | 142 Dearborn St.,

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

Pratt, the American Consul at Belfast."

accumulations in throat & chest pretty bad still but not as bad (half strangling me at night) as they were—I

When the war ended, he became a pipe inspector for the City of Camden and the New York Metropolitan Water

" 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

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837–1899) was a surgeon in the Union Army during the American Civil War and

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

It deals with high official private life during the most momentous period in American History, and is

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Dear Walt Whitman: I have seen reports that you were not so well just now, as we all hoped you'd be at

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

piece last night went off all right—got thro' all without dishonor—feel my sight & voice not what they were—presence

George Bancroft (1800–1891), American diplomat in Europe and historian.

appetite not really bad—the reading Tuesday night seems to have been satisfactory—Get the "Illustrated American

The Illustrated American publication was a weekly photographic news magazine published at the Bible House

The editor, writer, and politician Maurice Meyer Minton (1859–1926) founded The Illustrated American

photograph of the poet taken by Sarony in 1878 became the frontispiece of the issue of The Illustrated American

Minton, of The Illustrated American, had requested a few lines of verse to accompany the photograph.

The magazine pronounced Whitman "The greatest figure—almost without question—in contemporary American

This letter may have been addressed to Dodd, Mead, & Co, a publishing house in New York City, regarding

Howells and he were two of my most honored friends. Hamlin Garland to Walt Whitman, 20 April 1890

Perry served as the editor of North American Review for a short time, and he was a lifelong friend of

Perry married Lilla Cabot (1848–1933), an American Impressionist artist who counted among her mentors

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.

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

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Bucke left London on May 12, 1890, for Cape May City, N.J.

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

The "criticism" appeared in the Philadelphia American on April 26.

On almost every American mail-day I think of writing to you, but I have a bad habit of putting off things—as

In his April 25 postal card, Whitman tells Bucke that an English publisher contacted his American publisher

Tennyson's criticism appeared in Philadelphia's American on April 26, 1890.

Fritzinger and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former

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

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

These four pieces were published under the title of "Old Age Echoes" in Lippincott's Magazine in March

Copyright, 1890, by American Press Association.]

"Give my regards to all the boys in New York city, and don't forget it."

Engraving of Whitman, apparently based on photograph #60, taken by Napoleon Sarony in 1878 in New York City

at the dingy windows; but more than all it needs condemnation and destruction at the hands of the city

depreciation; a simple proud humility in the acknowledgment of pleasure that his printed thoughts were