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Herald Office New York Feb 2 1891 My Dear Sir May we venture to hope that you will feel moved to say

Glendale a longish letter wh' I want you to have, as it is meant as much for you —I have finished all my

(My address though is still at Camden) I am still keeping pretty well, for me— W.

receipt—I continue ab't half and half in feeling & health —Mrs: G. says Ed is well—I rec'd a note from my

Excuse my thus troubling Respectfully W.J. W. J. Forbes to Walt Whitman, [1880]

thanks—I am in good heart here, but nearly altogether physically wreck'd (paralysis &c)—am living here in my

Galaxy Office Oct 15 /67 My dear Sir: I am pleased to hear that your article will be ready by the 21st—a

My dear Whitman, All the poems you have let me print before are of such a kind that I felt they would

about as usual—your postal card came to-day—papers last Monday—As I write, (1 p.m.) am having one of my

Camden NJ US America April 22 '89 Y'r welcome letter has come & Mary's word—my best love to all, not

Camden Sunday Evn'g Aug: 12 '88 Nothing very new or different—I am still in my sick room—Sit up most

of last hours of O'C, and then the funeral—& many things—but especially the evidence & presence of my

& comfortable enough, but horribly crippled & banged up—Spirit moved me to write you a line & send my

I have listen'd listened to his preaching so often when a child, and sat with my mother at social gatherings

with the portraits & the other extracts from your writings — With respect & high esteem Believe me My

theories keep favorable sufficiently markedly—pulse good—a fairly movement bowel this forenoon—& eat my

Stevens street Camden New Jersey U S America Dear Sir I send you by same mail with this the circular of my

thanks for the paper wh- comes regularly & is always interesting to me—Second, I send you a Volume of my

My dear Burritt: This article " Walt Whitman in Europe " set close, would make about two-thirds of a

I am writing this at my desk in the Attorney General's office, by a great open window, looking south,

328 Mickle Street Camden Oct: 13 My dear Williams I should like the little Presidential canvass poem

received —and I send you some thoughts of mine on Burns—(a much belabored subject—but I wanted to have my

has been & may be again—think of you every day as we all do—many inquiries ab't you—have a big Vol (my

this)—the last date fixed by Dr B starting hither was 18th (next Monday)—Ab't as usual with me—(but my

letter came—but I wish it had bro't me better news than that ab't the eyes—I still remain coop'd in my

Camden PM May 18 '88 Rose late this forenoon & very miserable—half a cup of coffee for my breakfast—but

present—I send you "Unity" and "Liberty" —I send U to Eldridge and Burroughs — Nothing markable in my

Camden Evn'g: Jan: 15 '91 Feeling fairly after two very bad days & nights—ate my supper with relish—many

The book "Holland" rec'd —thanks—have just had my supper, some stew'd mutton & rice—It is 6 but quite

My dear old friend I want to be present to congratulate you on your seventieth birthday, and to tell

the friends—to say that matters go on with me much the same—& to enclose a printed slip, "Old Poets," my

Camden, New Jersey July 7th, 1876 My dear Reid: I send a piece for the paper, on Custer's death.

I send you to-day by mail, to same address as this card, my volume, "Two Rivulets".

8 Bullfinch Place Wednesday Evening September 7th My dear Mr.

Camden May 1 My dear friend I have come up from White Horse, & think of visiting you tomorrow Wednesday—towards

friend Ch: Johnson a few evenings since on the ferry—had quite a talk about you, &c— Nothing very new in my

Philadelphia , July 6 1882 My dear friend If entirely convenient I wish you would find out whether there

Camden N J Dec 9 '83 A young workingman & engineer, Edward Doyle, (brother of my dear friend Peter D.

Bielby—will be in my room to-morrow, Wednesday, from 10 to 11 ½ forenoon—Will always be happy to have

take from my lips this kiss; Whoever you are, I give it especially to you; So long!

cheerfully accept, A little sustenance, a hut and garden, a little money— these, as I rendezvous with my

I took my M.A. in 1947 and my Ph.D. in 1949, the year after Lucy took hers.

I want to conclude by describing my encounter with someone my wife and I met when we visited Whitman's

body to meet my lover the sea, I will not touch my flesh to the earth as to other flesh to renew me.

I am grateful to my colleague Jerome Loving for calling my attention to this essay by Allen, an early

I thank my friend and former colleague Kenneth Price, who directed this dissertation, for calling my

My days I sing, and lands Lands —with interstice I knew of hapless war War .

Inflating my throat—you, divine average!

Open mouth of my , uttering gladness, Eyes of my , seeing perfection, Natural life of me, faithfully

communed to- gether together Mine too such wild arrays, for reasons of their own; Was't charged against my

Skirting the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,) Skyward in air a sudden muffled sound, the dalliance

That sport'st amid the lightning flash and thunder cloud, In them, in thy experiences, had'st thou my

friend over there in the Truebner establishment" [he pronounced it Trubner with diphthong, and bore with my

My enthusiastic description of the day aroused him so that he flung the window sash all the way up.

I used to count him one of my best friends on the river."

"You know them all," he said, when I shook my head over some names he mentioned.

of having received the pocket edition—but never says a word about the dinner—evidently had not got my

W. had said at the outset: "As they say at Washington, I will give the matter my thoughtful consideration

Not that I thought much about it—only, that was my impression, gathered of long doubt and dubiosity.

There came at the end of one month there, a check for my usual amount—the usual stipend.

For one thing, it gives me a wedge-shaped head—yet my head is not wedge-shaped—nor is the bust: if anything

, my head is rather chunky."

The Herald brings back one of the good stories of my dear Daddy: there was a man named Smith, or something

, who ran off, owing a lot of money, among others to my father—perhaps a hundred dollars or so to him

perhaps there was not something in him after all—but much that has lately been happening has disappointed my

Harrison has been lately playing a constant part—a devilish, picayune part—worthy of him—worthy of my

original idea of him, unworthy of my hope.

Scott at first protested that he would not go up at all, but finally went, on my assurance that he might

In the Shakespeare matter, my sympathies are with the fellows who are disturbed, chaotic, off rudderless

But for my part I go with the sinners who are not so damned sure—who do not feel willing to swear we

And as for a message, "Give him my dearest love. Tell him we think he has scored a great triumph.

Likewise a letter from Johnston (N.Y.), "quite a long one for John," which he felt should go among my

Gave him account of my talk with McKay. W.'

Johnston, I will keep mine for my own immediate people. Mary has that one copy downstairs now."

It is my idea: I won't let you have it for yourself alone."

And will you use my '72 L. of G. as sample? If not wd. you please send the '72 to me?