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Whitman made extensive and significant revisions to this story before he reprinted it in the October

He kept this title but made additional revisions to the story before republishing it as a work of serial

The story was also published under the same title in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section of Specimen

Several of the revisions to the Columbian Magazine (1844) version of the story made or authorized by

Loved reader, own you the moral of this simple story?

.; Whitman made extensive and significant revisions to this story before he reprinted it in the October

He kept this title but made additional revisions to the story before republishing it as a work of serial

The story was also published under the same title in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section of Specimen

Several of the revisions to the Columbian Magazine (1844) version of the story made or authorized by

Collect version and a complete list of revisions made or authorized by Whitman to the language of the story

The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist THE CHILD-GHOST; A STORY OF THE LAST LOYALIST.

This tale is the sixth of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

"The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist" was later reprinted under the shortened title of "The

For the publication history of the story, see " About 'The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist

In truth, I have a horror of these superstitious stories; they fret me. But no matter.

This tale is the sixth of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

"The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist" was later reprinted under the shortened title of "The

For the publication history of the story, see "About 'The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist.

Whitman's short story "The Last of the Sacred Army" (March 1842) also deals with the American Revolution

Other short stories of "cruelty, and punishment" include "Death in the School-Room" (August 1841) and

This tale is the third of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

A LMOST incredible as it may seem, there is more truth than fiction in the following story.

It is a strange story—the true solution of which will probably be found in the supposition of a certain

degree of unsoundness of mind, on the one part, manifesting itself in the morbid and unnatural paternal

My story is nearly ended. We never saw or heard of the hapless Luke more.

This tale is the third of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

This tale is the second of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

Whitman reprinted a revised version of the story with the same title, under the new heading of "A tradition

A Tale of the Times and in his short stories, including " The Child's Champion ," " The Reformed ," "

However, further research would be necessary to determine whether the stories record or are inspired

Frank had accomplished the greater part of his journey; he was within three miles of his home.

This tale is the second of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

Whitman reprinted a revised version of the story with the same title, under the new heading of "A tradition

A Tale of the Times and in his short stories, including "The Child's Champion," "The Reformed," "The

However, further research would be necessary to determine whether the stories record or are inspired

This tale is the fourth of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

For the publication history of the story, see " About 'The Tomb-Blossoms .'" BY WALTER WHITMAN .

," " The Madman ," " Dumb Kate ," and " The Love of the Four Students ."

This was the story of the aged creature before me; aged with the weight of seventy winters.

I rose, and carefully replaced the parted flowers, and bent my steps homeward.

This tale is the fourth of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

For the publication history of the story, see "About 'The Tomb-Blossoms.

sometimes possible for travelers to obtain lodging at such establishments, as is the case in this story

A Tale of the Times and in his other short stories, including "The Child's Champion," "The Reformed,"

"The Madman," "Dumb Kate," and "The Love of the Four Students

I F the reader supposes that I am going to tell a story full of plot, interest, and excitement, let him

The Washington temperance societies, part of the Washingtonian temperance movement, were popular in New

Whitman also wrote several other short stories with temperance themes, including " Wild Frank's Return

," " The Reformed ," " The Child's Champion ," " The Love of the Four Students ," and " Dumb Kate.

Whitman reused this paragraph, with minor revisions, at the conclusion of Mike Marchion's story in "

Whitman also wrote several other short stories with temperance themes, including "Wild Frank's Return

," "The Reformed," "The Child's Champion," "The Love of the Four Students," and "Dumb Kate.

ashiness, and the moisture on the brow, and the film over the eye balls," in "The Reformed," a short story

"; Whitman reused this paragraph, with minor revisions, at the conclusion of Mike Marchion's story in

This tale is the fourth of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

It is also the only one of Whitman's stories to have been printed twice in the The Democratic Review

Our storied names are those of the Soldiers of Liberty; hardy souls, incased in hardy bodies—untainted

Nor was the story new to me—as may it never be to any son of America.

This tale is the fourth of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

It is also the only one of Whitman's stories to have been printed twice in the The Democratic Review;

A Legend of Life and Love A LEGEND OF LIFE AND LOVE This tale is the seventh of nine short stories by

Whitman reprinted this story with the same title in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 11, 1846, while

He included a poem just before the story titled "The Prison Convict," which was attributed to Albert

Seated upon the marble by which they had met, Mark briefly told his story.

The disciple of a wretched faith ceased his story, and there was silence a while.

This tale is the seventh of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

Whitman reprinted this story with the same title in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 11, 1846, while

He included a poem just before the story titled "The Prison Convict," which was attributed to Albert

For a complete list of revisions to the language of the story made or authorized by Whitman for publication

This tale is the last of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

For the publication history of the story, see " About 'The Angel of Tears .'" BY WALTER WHITMAN .

Whitman evidently coined the name Alza for the sake of this story.

In the Shrouded Volume, doubtless, it might be perceived how this is a part of the mighty and beautiful

This tale is the last of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

For the publication history of the story, see "About 'The Angel of Tears.

'"; Whitman evidently coined the name Alza for the sake of this story.

, the seat of sensation, doubtless the brain Liaison (lē-a-zohn), a binding or fastening together Part

and received with wonder or pity or love or dread, that object he became, / And that object became part

of him for the day or a certain part of the day . . . . or for many years or stretching cycles of years

The "voices" described in the last part of this section may relate to the following lines: "Through me

come to puzzle him—some come from curiosity—some from ironical contempt—his answers—his opinions ¶ 2

.— As small pipes from the aqueduct main The rest are par beautiful parts that flow out of it.

I want that tenor large and fresh as the creation parting of whose dark orbed mouth shall for me lift

Paradise the delight in the universe . that is I want that tenor, large and fresh as the creation, the parting

Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:

Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:

Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:

and published in The American in October 1880 as "My Picture-Gallery," a poem later included in as part

At some point Whitman clipped out portions of several pages in this notebook, including leaf 2 as represented

what text was added when, we have not included images or transcriptions of the clipped-out page as part

.; At some point Whitman clipped out portions of several pages in this notebook, including leaf 2 as

Watch Quartier Au Loete Swisse No. 51,575 1 3 0 00 50 A Ap 14 " 17 19 2 5 37 80 75 25 M Ju " s to 2n

is to be poor, rather than rich—but to prefer death sooner than any mean dependence.— Prudence is part

of the new born child is greater than the woman's part— or where father than is more needful than a

And the world is no joke, Nor any part of it a sham, This passage contains a line directly related to

w ill you sting me most even at parting?

Myself: Walt Whitman and the Making of Leaves of Grass (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010), 2–

the Composition of Leaves of Grass: The 'Talbot Wilson' Notebook," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 20:2

See particularly the following lines (from the 1891–2 edition): "O the old manhood of me, my noblest

For more about the revisions of this passage, see Ed Folsom, "Walt Whitman's 'The Sleepers,'" part of

....any thing is but a part." (1855, p. 51).

starve his body.— What minutes of damnation What heightless dread, falls in the click of a moment story

can never tell , for there is something that underlies and overtops me, of whom I am an effusion a part

without one single exception, in any part of any of These States!

resemblance to a passage in the poem "Proto-Leaf," published in the 1860–1861 edition of which reads, in part

Draper's Physiology (Harper last 2 no's Harper) Brownlow's Map of the Stars 184 Cherry st. A.

It is of course possible, however, that parts of the notebook were inscribed before and/or after the

When he republished the story in installments in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 7–9, 1846, while

He kept that title but dropped the subtitle when he published the story again in the "Pieces in Early

" For a list of several of the revisions to the language of the story for publication in the Eagle and

For the publication history of the story see " About 'Revenge and Requital; A Tale of a Murderer Escaped

Toward the latter part of the same afternoon, Mr.

When he republished the story in installments in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 7–9, 1846, while

He kept that title but dropped the subtitle when he published the story again in the "Pieces in Early

For a list of several of the revisions to the language of the story for publication in the Eagle and

For the publication history of the story see "About 'Revenge and Requital; A Tale of a Murderer Escaped

He kept that title but dropped the subtitle when he published the story again in the "Pieces in Early

Maine) after the battle of White Oaks church, on the retreat, the march at night—the scene between 12 & 2

microfilm images at the Library of Congress's website "Poet at Work: Walt Whitman Notebooks 1850s–1860s," part

eaves of a deserted house or barn—pleasing note— "Redstart"—beautiful small bird arrives here latter part

we ha'n't got time Ens l —a being, existence, essence, that recondite part of a substance from which

—wild mirthful processions in honor of the god Dionysus (Bacchus) —in Athens, and other parts of Greece—unbounded

Does any one tell me that it is the part of a man to obey such enactments as these?

Hemans that appears on the page just above this last installment, here titled "Nameless Martyrs," is part

No additional installments of this story have been located in subsequent issues of the Brooklyn Daily

.; No additional installments of this story have been located in subsequent issues of the Brooklyn Daily

His course led him through one of those thoroughfares that intersect the eastern part of Grand street

This second installment of the story in the Eagle is preceded by two poems.

From the Democratic Review.This second installment of the story in the Eagle is preceded by two poems

"The Quadroon Girl," is attributed to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.; This second installment of the story

This poem was published on the same day in the New York Evening Post, p. 2.

See Les Clementines , Homel. 2. sect. 51. and Homel. 3. sect. 42.

See Hist. de la Chine , in 5 vols, quarto, at the note page 30; Hist. de Huns , 2 vols, and preface to

All the stories of the nature of the gods, of their actions and their lives, are but allegories and mythological

From these stories, misunderstood, and no doubt confusedly related, the imagination of the people composed

Every inducement exists to those labors on our part, that are the surest precursors of victory.

Vols. 1 and 2. Philadelphia. 1844. 2. History of Rome . By Thomas Arnold, D. D. Vols. 1 and 2.

Accordingly we find traces of this character in the very earliest traditions of Roman story.

A part of the conquered territory fell to the share of the crown; which had W.R.

Other stories there are, which seem to lead to the same general conclusion.

sheets of paper which have been glued to the larger sheets.At one point, this manuscript likely formed part

Times '57 At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

By the Author of "Revelations of Russia," &c. 2 Vols. London, 1846. 2.

G ARDNER W ILKINSON , F.R.S. 2 vols. London, 1848 4. Panslavism and Germanism .

been small; 2.

Part I. London, 1848. Pp. 224. 7. Report of the Commisioners of Railways , 1848. Part II.

At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

The order of the parts, and the connexion connection of part with part are obliged—logically justifiable—say

Excepting in the western parts, which are mostly hilly, the surface is either level or composed of gentle

Scotland, or the northern part of Britain, is more rugged and hilly than England, and is much indented

Scotland, latterly, has advanced in social and physical improvement at a more rapid pace than any other part

it cannot be doubted that Ireland will ultimately enjoy a degree of prosperity equal to that of any part

sanction of all the three branches of the legislature, it is called an Act of Parliament, and becomes part

other in the entire work, and every word should express, or assist in expressing, an act which is a part

has employed his powers of delineation, and that the only field he can find to work on is where the story

be inclined to think that the poet had chosen to dwell so much longer on the wheels than the other parts

, of which there is a translated American edition, we find an apparent and continued effort on the part

being thus effected, the ultimate reunion of those parts, in the imagination, must always be a work

Louis is about 38 1-2 deg. and San Francisco 37 1-2 north latitude.

many a day." on Kansas, the author presents a the present At one point, this manuscript likely formed part

See Joshua x. 13; and 2 Samuel i. 17. V. The Book of Idde, the Seer. See Chron. ix. 29; and vi. 15.

See 2 Chron. xii. 15. IX. The Book of Jehu, the son of Hanani. See 2 Chron. xx. 34. X.

76,000,000 Greek Catholics, about 22 Herald, Feb. 13, '60 At one point, this manuscript likely formed part

There are 2 four yugs or ages : the first was the age of innocence or truth, and embraces 1,728,000 years

praise of blood the gallows, the knout, torture, &c. ☝ At one point, this manuscript likely formed part

The story of the "Elective Affinities" is one of intertangled abomination almost incredible; the characters

—The following comprises the greater part of the different fragments which had been written, and which

traveling is discussed; and another abstract is given in Lettres de la Montagne, (letter Sixth) Book First. 2

histories & plays— as a talker, fri v olous, weak, no good— as a writer and compiler, wonderfully ignorant 2

.— 2 Before the vesper hour, lo!

.; 1; 2; 3; 4; Transcribed from digital images of the original item.

dogmatism on the other, is shown with great power and eloquence in the first article of the second part

.— At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

backing sheet with two smaller manuscript scraps pasted on, which together, at one time, likely formed part

The pasted-on manuscript scraps were originally part of the notebook "women," which probably dates from

Prose notes written on the back of the bottom paste-on relate to what became section 2 of "I Sing the

The scraps originally formed part of a larger notebook.

Prose notes written on the back of the bottom paste-on relate to what became section 2 of "I Sing the

P., dated Mexico, Jan. 2, 1854, and describing his successful attempt to ascend Popocatapetl in the depth

The crater is a vast basin, three miles in circumference and 900 feet deep; in some parts perpendicular

At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

"The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones," he speaks only part

past, may we not also give undue prominence and importance to the wrongs of our own, and forget, in part

At one point, this text likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.

.— Queen Elizabeth no doubt often saw Shakespeare as an actor, and applauded him. 2 1603—James 1st of

Quiney a vintner.— Judith had 3 children She died 1661—2 Made his will—signed it twice with unsteady

.; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; Transcribed from digital images of the original item.; Reprinted from G.W.

no journals—no "reviews," or masses of cheap literature demanded— Clipping is reprinted from Volume 2

Clipping is reprinted from Volume 2 of Julia Kavanaugh's Woman in France During the Eighteenth Century

Richard Burbage, principal owner in theatre theater , & principal actor of first parts, must have been

self-indulgence and epicurism, implies a system of U I NDUSTRY , the active participation in which, on the part

It is the part of wisdom to separate truth from error in every man's teachings, accepting the former

physiognomy of the human beings of the same country.— At one point, this manuscript likely formed part

Mastersinger during 15th & 16th centuries These poems, at least in their present form, were in great part

With Dutch poetry closes the first of the two great parts into which this work may be divided—the one

, which embraces the poetry of the Teutonic languages; the second part is occupied with the literature

The writer's quick-eyed observations have covered many parts of Europe; the green lanes, and by-ways,

With such things to talk about, and a certain way of telling his story, we do not see why his should

At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.