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snow storm, quite brisk—well I laid in a cord of oak wood yesterday & am keeping up a good fire—had my

meant in it is (as I have before told you) to make the completed, authenticated (& personal) edition of my

Department What has become of Mr OConnors People are they still in washington if they are give them my

you will I shall be very much obliged If this letter gets to you and I receive an ans I will send you my

good confabs & good meals there—went to the Ethical Convention &c &c &c —I am sitting here alone—had my

—Sun shining—west wind—snow on ground—some toast & tea for breakfast—sent off proof of obituary of my

"Ingersoll's Speech" of June 2, 1890, was written by Whitman himself and was reprinted in Good-Bye My

My dear sir, I was very glad to hear of the receipt of the check I sent you & to know that it had already

system, but without effect— I have received twenty dollars here to be forwarded to you, ($10 cash from my

criticism (first rate)— The 50 big books have been box'd up & sent off to England —have eaten oysters my

make of it—moderately short—ab't 2½ as I close this—Shall lie down now a little—in ab't two hours have my

Jack, you must write often as you can—anything from my loving boy will be welcome—you needn't be particular

Dear Jack, I send you my love. Walt Whitman.

ON my Northwest coast in the midst of the night a fishermen's group stands watching, Out on the lake

ON my Northwest coast in the midst of the night a fishermen's group stands watching, Out on the lake

[Whitman wrote to ask that copies of "A Backward Glance on My Own Road" be sent to Edward Dowden, John

Camden New Jersey Saturday Night Jan 14 '88 My best respects & thanks to you, & to the Club—but I am

Camden New Jersey October 1 1884 Received from Critic Fifteen Dollars for my piece " What Lurks " &c—

I spend my evenings mostly in the office. Walt Whitman to Anson Ryder, Jr., [1868?]

ON my northwest coast in the midst of the night, a fishermen's group stands watching; Out on the lake

Adding then by the way of definiteness: "But I have just finished my breakfast—relished it: relished

Bucke said no: "I would rather not have my name used at all in that connection: O'Connor has a doctor

: "You don't: instead of doing me harm it does me good to have you fellows here: it lifts me out of my

I've found the Chamberlin letter: since you brought it back I got it messed away among the papers on my

My friend Baxter sent us his copy of your big book with notes, one or two, from you, pasted in.You do

What begins as a statement of equality between two opposites, "I believe in you my soul, the other I

This idea supports the fluid identity of a speaker who in section 16 "resist[s] any thing better than my

idea of romantic nature philosophy, that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny: "Before I was born out of my

mother generations guided me, / My embryo has never been torpid, nothing could overlay it."

/ Your facts are useful, and yet they are not my dwelling, / I but enter by them to an area of my dwelling

soul, / I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass" (section 1).The second, related

knowledge that pass all the argument of the earth,And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my

own,And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own,And that all the men ever born are also

my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers,And that a kelson of the creation is love,And limitless

the 1881 edition are definitive, the annexes that appear after 1881—"Sands at Seventy" and "Good-Bye my

I had these words on my lips as I entered, "Here are all the pilgrims!"

Then towards Wallace, "I guess there's a great field for preachers and churches, but in my area there's

And of one thing I am convinced: my heart is sound, thoroughly.

My description as I went on moved him. "What a good place to go to!

Wallace, however, "I have my passage engaged, Mr. Whitman—I have put it off long enough."

He has been here half a dozen times—knows my friends, atmosphere, entourage, (or should) and a thousand

Sloan probably plead[ed] very hard to see me, and Mary no doubt was quite decisive as to my condition

sign to place it any more, yet for me it lasts, will last, as one of the most emphatic memories of my

W. laughed in great humor, then: "Nowadays, when Mary brings me up my chop, she will say—'I remember

I know what it is—know it well: most of my years were passed in some sort of contest with it.

—at last I accept your terms; Bringing to practical, vulgar tests, of all my ideal dreams, And of me,

for something to repre- sent represent the new race, our self-poised Democracy, Therefore I send you my

Camden Dave, I see according to my tally & memoranda book I have furnish'd you eight (8) big books b'd—You

328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Dec. 28 '87 Thanks, my dear friend, for your kind letter & (Christmas

for something to repre- sent represent the new race, our self-poised Democracy, Therefore I send you my

—at last I accept your terms; Bringing to practical, vulgar tests, of all my ideal dreams, And of me,

July 2, '90 Have seen your piece sent to H[orace Traubel's "Conservator" ] on my Quaker Traits ; and

Camden New Jersey Aug: 1 '90 Dear Sir Herewith find $45:50 to pay my brother Ed's board for Aug:, Sept

"Unstopp'd and unwarp'd by any influence outside the soul within me, I have had my say entirely my own

Let us quote the two poems entitled "Halcyon Days" and "Queries to my Seventieth Year."

Ferry" in her novel Alexander's Bridge (1912), to Whitman's doctrine of the "open road" in her novel My

"The Doctrine of the Open Road in My Ántonia." Approaches to Teaching Cather's "My Ántonia." Ed.

My Montreal venture was a decided success. Mrs.

It was distinctly wrong of W.S.K. to allude in print to my T. letter—just shows that you can not trust

begin at once, no end of meter work which must be done, some pressing family affairs requiring a lot of my

Remarked, "How much the drop-light does for my eyes!" It was "an eye-saver, sure enough."

W. counsels me, "Give all of my friends there best remembrances, and give Brinton my special affection

At my suggestion that Longaker should have been over, he declared, "We do not need him.

But it observed my warning: "Don't become alarmist." And so did Ledger.

Saying, too, "My mind is too active: I wish it would rest. It is as active as 40 years ago."

This prevented my getting round to see either Ingersoll, Adler or Baker.

My heart would have taken me to Ingersoll's in evening.

I am glad to hear that W. seems better—that is at least so much against my gloomy foreboding.All quiet

I laughed at his suspicions and doubts, and he laughed too, though to say, "That is more and more my

disposition—to accept nothing till I see it with my own eyes, have it in the grip of my hands."

I had a roll of yellow paper (two quires) under my arm. Opened it—he was much tickled.

Had "examined the Gérôme picture more at my leisure: what a grand expanse—hill, sky!

As to Bush's impatience with New York city life: "I do not know—that would not be my view of it.

My dear Mr.

you or think of you, I feel once more the cool never to be forgotten breeze of a boundless prairie; my

respire more easily I feel perhaps freer for the time & less material & then again I feel that I hold in my

Oct. '88 My dear Walt Whitman, Your card was welcomed the other day; but I was sorry it did not give

I suppose these late weeks here have been the happiest of my life,—in the sense of physical delight at

Every day I gather in this way some new association to add to my store; & all the while I am picking

T O Walt Whitman 24 May 18 90 Greeting, my dear Poet, for your 71 st birthday—now so close at hand,—greeting

I trust the new year's voyage will at least be less painful,—free from such vexations as that of my Lady

Later when I got back here to my rooms, & read your reference to the slips again, I realised that if

My Dearest Friend: I feel as if I didn't a bit deserve the glorious budget you sent me yesterday, for

live amongst anywhere in the world—and in this respect it has been good to give up having a home of my

outdoor life & the entirely simple, unpretending, cordial, friendly ways of Concord & its inhabitants won my

431 Stevens Street Camden New Jersey Dec: 3, '81 Dear Sir I send you a fair proof of my Emerson article

Rand & Avery's 117 Franklin st: street Please send my mail, by bearer, & please send the same down to

With loyal affection and best wishes to my dear poet. God bless him!

The book reached me this morning, and has taken its place among the volumes that stand within my reach

Mickle Street Camden New Jersey July 20 '86 Dear Sir I hereby give you permission to include any of my

; Or rude in my home in Dakotah's woods, my diet meat, my drink from the spring; Or withdrawn to muse

He even dates from the United States era; in 1856, he writes: In the Year 80 of the States, My tongue

place, with my own day, here.

List close, my scholars dear!

I approached him, gave my name and reason for searching him out, and asked him if he did not find the

Yes indeed: as Burns says somewhere of the birds, 'they flit from place to place,' &c: which is just my

Stedman wrote that piece for The Century: it was not satisfactory to my friends, but was in fair spirit

you think I'll get over my kink about Oldach. Well—maybe!"

Look what Herbert did with my face when he got it over in London: look how he dressed me up—put the barber

at work on my hair—put it up in curl-papers and flung me abroad in the exhibitions as a social luminary

so long acknowledged his extraordinary genius it's not likely I'd take a turnabout at this late day: my

It is illustrated in my friend Mr.

made some personal reference to Smith as "a good fellow: hospitable, kind: level-headed, too—truly my

He said: "Whittier cannot be considered my enemy: he is friendly: not an early comer—among those who

Cartloads of 'em—cartloads—when I was younger: indeed, that was a most important formative element in my

Editorial DepartmentThe Century MagazineUnion Square—New YorkAug. 2—1889.My dear Mr.

the suggestion about O'Connor—& regrets that we have not room for what you suggest.Let me say that my

such that I would not dishonor him by letting a report be printed which did not accurately represent my

what I said & what I am prepared to defend, without the addition of new ideas, or illustrations, & to my

In all my experience I have never met a man who didn't pursue his own pleasure against mine.

And to my remark that Aldrich however was much more likable than Stoddard, except for some of S.Stoddard's

s phrase, "The Last Bard," describing my father's picture—had attracted me.

W.: "Yes, I have noticed it, too: though it hardly forced my attention.

And then: "I sent my own word in to Whitney: not to him direct, because I do not know him—but to Dick

W. said: "Never mind—I shall not miss it: I always keep my eyes open for Bob."

And before it passes out of my mind, Horace, let me ask you: Wallace says you report Pete Doyle in Baltimore

I want to have it done, for my own purposes. And if you will inquire, why, do so!

Curiously—at tea—Wallace said, "I read some of my notes to Mrs.

Johnston had advised Warrie to do this thing (not of course knowing of my labor).

Wallace seemed rather aghast by the extent of my accumulations.

From today's Press as a queer result of my interception of the reporter last evening: SUN PICTURE OF

sketch or poem, all of which are hurried off to the publishers of his forthcoming book, called "Good-by, my

history—passes through camps, enters the hospitals—using gifts of penetration (Horace, they told me my

And I want you to take this with you—assert it anywhere for me—make it felt as my message, declaration

And as I said my good-bye, he picked up Truth—waved his hand as I went out the door—and turned towards