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rapid growth associated with urban areas include " The Tomb-Blossoms ," " The Boy-Lover ," and " Dumb Kate

"You may expect me," I answered, and we parted. And now I was in the city.

In the winters, as is customary in that part of the island, I attended school, and thus picked up a scanty

while longer with him; not to labor, but to attend school, and perfect myself in some more valuable parts

the rapid growth associated with urban areas include "The Tomb-Blossoms," "The Boy-Lover," and "Dumb Kate

In his revision to the story of Franklin Evans, Whitman omitted the temperance frame and much of the

He also revised the title to reflect the story's shift to a more general piece of sensational fiction

at fault to tell the exact whereabouts of this locality, I may as well say, that Long Island is a part

Some part of what I learned about these personages, in the course of our journey, I may as well state

of a two story house in Broome street.

Franklin Evans; In his revision to the story of Franklin Evans, Whitman omitted the temperance frame

He also revised the title to reflect the story's shift to a more general piece of sensational fiction

There is hardly much need that I should detain the reader with a minute account of this part of my career

For my own part, I could not conscientiously find fault with him , and therefore concealed his mistakes

During the same hour wherein these things were being transacted, in another and distant part of the town

A person looking on as they parted, would hardly have thought them to be aught else than two respectable

This tale is Whitman's earliest known short story and the first of nine stories by Whitman that were

When Whitman reprinted this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1847, while

Whitman included a poem just before the story titled "Christmas Hymn."

" Death in the School-Room. ( A Fact .) " For a complete list of revisions to the language of the story

back to the story.

This tale is Whitman's earliest known short story and the first of nine stories by Whitman that were

When Whitman reprinted this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1847, while

Whitman included a poem just before the story titled "Christmas Hymn."

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

Whitman returned, at least in part, to the original ending by adding the final sentence back to the story

This scam, juxtaposed with the story of Dennis's poverty and theft on a much smaller scale, might be

style of living, and in my dress—The new boarding-house in which I took my quarters, was in the upper part

I thought of the stranger's parting injunction; but he was gone some time, and could not be informed

I laughed, and with garrulous tongue entertained those about me with silly stories, which the quantity

Franklin Evans; This scam, juxtaposed with the story of Dennis's poverty and theft on a much smaller

Upon my arrival at my destination, (at which it was probable I should have to stay the better part of

that Bourne's father had come over from France, during the troublesome times there, in the latter part

Like an actor who plays a part, I became warmed in the delineation, and the very passion I feigned, came

I have already dwelt long enough, and too long, on this part of my history.

Upon her story as she told it me, and her own acknowledgment, I have given many of the incidents in the

—Bourne was loth to part with me. Our short friendship had been in many ways pleasant to us both.

, propped against his pillow, enjoined me to listen a few minutes, and he would briefly relate the story

I shall give his story in my own words.

He loved, too, the old traditions and reminiscences of the earlier part of our American history, to which

I have brought the chain of events down almost to the very day when the reader will be perusing my story

In the first stages, she no doubt acted the part of a most unqualified coquet.

The latter part of the story was an addition of the busy tongue of common report.

I never asked the child—but I knew the principal part of his story from his actions.

the guilty creature lay there a corpse—her last prayer smothered in its utterance, and her immortal part

"But never mind," exclaimed the widow, in continuation, as she finished her story, "I suppose Andy Warner

They were the signals for a general desertion on the part of the attendants.

So great was the panic struck to the souls of the people by the stories they had heard of the pestilence

I shall not think it worth while for my story, to give a minute account of the lady's illness.

The doctor came, and with a wise look, told the listeners that his patient was at the most dangerous part

Whitman began the second installment of the story here when he republished it in the Eagle on June 2,

A STORY, AN ALARM, AND A DISAGREEABLE CONCLUSION .

It is part of the duty of such as I." "And were you always content?"

I will, if you have patience to bear it, tell you my story.

A HASTY JUDGMENT—A CRIMINAL'S STORY—AND THE PEOPLE'S DECISION .

Other poetry pairings and some of Whitman's revisions to the language of the story for publication in

'"; Whitman took out the chapter titles when he republished this story in the Eagle.; In the Eagle, Whitman

here when he republished it in the Eagle on June 2, 1846.

sachem is a chief or leader of a Native American tribe.; Whitman began the third installment of the story

"; Whitman began the seventh installment of the story here when he republished it in the Eagle on June

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

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

A tale of a Murderer escaped.) " He kept that title but dropped the subtitle when he published the story

Whitman did not include the number before the first section of this story when he published it in the

Toward the latter part of the same afternoon, Mr.

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

When he republished this 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 the publication history of the story under its earliest known title and under its later title, see

'"; Whitman did not include the number before the first section of this story when he published it in

This story is an extensively and significantly revised version of Whitman's " The Child's Champion ,"

Whitman kept the new title, "The Child and the Profligate," but made additional revisions to the story

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

the Four Students ," and " Dumb Kate; An Early Death ."

This story is an extensively and significantly revised version of Whitman's "The Child's Champion," which

Whitman kept the new title, "The Child and the Profligate," but made additional revisions to the story

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

Four Students," and "Dumb Kate; An Early Death."

Whitman reprinted three of the five parts of "Some-Fact Romances" as stand-alone tales with new titles

Some of the revisions to the language of the stories for publication in the Eagle are listed in our footnotes

Whitman reprinted this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on December 16, 1846, while he was editor of

He told his story, and the other listened, but made no answer.

It was all a disgusting story of villany and conceit.

Some of the revisions to the language of the stories for publication in the Eagle are listed in our footnotes

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

He wrote Parallel Lives and Moralia.; Whitman reprinted this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on December

They bathed in the surf—danced—told stories—ate and drank—amused themselves with music, plays, games,

The novel told the story of the real eighteenth-century criminal Jack Sheppard, and was published in

Whitman significantly revised the opening to this story before reprinting it as " The Boy-Lover " in

He also made changes to the story for later publications in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Specimen Days

For a publication history of the story under its later title, see " About 'The Boy-Lover .'"

The story of the widow was a simple yet touching one.

I come now to the conclusion of my story, and to the most curious part of it.

Whitman significantly revised the opening to this story before reprinting it as "The Boy-Lover" in the

opens with a narrator's recollection intended to provide a lesson for youth rather than presenting the story

He also made changes to the story for later publications in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Specimen Days

For a publication history of the story under its earliest known title, see "About 'The Love of the Four

For a publication history of the story under its later title, see "About 'The Boy-Lover.

This short story is unique among Whitman's fiction in that it is based almost entirely on actual historical

For more information on Whitman's use of these events in his story, see " About 'Richard Parker's Widow

See also Thomas Ollive Mabbott, ed., The Half-Breed and Other Stories (New York: Columbia University

In the early part of M AY , 1797, the British seamen in the vessels about the N ORE , (a point of land

The force of the mutineers, which, toward the latter part of M AY , consisted of twenty-four sail, soon

This short story is unique among Whitman's fiction in that it is based almost entirely on actual historical

For more information on Whitman's use of these events in his story, see "About 'Richard Parker's Widow

had married Richard in 1791.; This is likely a reference to the source Whitman used in writing this story

See also Thomas Ollive Mabbott, ed., The Half-Breed and Other Stories (New York: Columbia University

the Fiction (New York: New York University Press, 1963), notes that Whitman follows Pelham in the story

This tale may be, in part, autobiographical.

For more on the autobiographical aspects of this story, see " About 'The Shadow and the Light of a Young

Unlike Lugare, the cruel schoolmaster depicted in his story " Death in the School-Room.

See "The Conflagration," The Herald , December 18, 1835, [2].

Had he not ransacked every part of the city for employment as a clerk?

For more on the autobiographical aspects of this story, see "About 'The Shadow and the Light of a Young

Unlike Lugare, the cruel schoolmaster depicted in his story "Death in the School-Room. A Fact."

See "The Conflagration," The Herald, December 18, 1835, [2].; In the nineteenth century, most clerks

A recently discovered early version of the story under the title of " The Reformed " in the November

The week after that version appeared in the Sun , "The Reformed" was published as part of Chapter XIV

The story was then reprinted as it appears here, under the new title of "Little Jane," in the Brooklyn

Whitman kept this title later when he published the story again in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section

For a publication history of the story under its later title, see " About 'Little Jane .'"

A recently discovered early version of the story under the title of "The Reformed" in the November 17

The story was then reprinted as it appears here, under the new title of "Little Jane," in the Brooklyn

Whitman kept this title later when he published the story again in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section

For a publication history of the story under its earliest known title, see "About 'The Reformed.'"

For a publication history of the story under its later title, see "About 'Little Jane.

When he republished the story in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle on January 22, 1846, while he was editing that

paper, Whitman included a poem just before the story titled "Thoughts of Heaven."

This sentence was cut from the story in the Eagle .

intended revisions for Specimen Days & Collect (1882), although he ultimately decided not to include this story

The lips that had been still, parted a passage for the misty breath,—and the leaden fingers glowed with

When he republished the story in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle on January 22, 1846, while he was editing that

paper, Whitman included a poem just before the story titled "Thoughts of Heaven."

'"; This sentence was cut from the story in the Eagle.

intended revisions for Specimen Days & Collect (1882), although he ultimately decided not to include this story

The poem was later published in as part of the "Autumn Rivulets" cluster (1881, p. 310).

Whitman's reference to the sinking of the San Francisco indicates that this notebook, "or at least part

Autobiographical Data From the middle to the latter part of Oct. 1844 I was in New Mirror — We lived

About the latter part of February '46, commenced editing the Brooklyn Eagle —continued till last of January

titled "Song of Myself": "I hear the sound of the human voice . . . . a sound I love," (1855, p. 31). 2

stages, first one, and then th another, I come not here to flatter Why confine the matter to that part

In Jamaica first time in the latter part of the summer of 1839.

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

from Emory Holloway, Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1921), 2:

Sunday May 10th—'63 Sunday May 10th spen d t a good part of the day the day in Armory Sq.

.— ☞ At a late fire in Cambridge, Mass., while the flames were consuming the lower part of a dwelling

Fay, a merchant of Boston, and boarder at the Brattle House, observed in the upper story a female and

The entire upper part of the building was in a moment after enveloped in flames.

Tribune March 12 1852 Part of this notebook outlines a piece of early fiction.

The name of the character "Covert" also appears in Whitman's story "Revenge and Requital; A Tale of a

The name of the character "Covert" also appears in Whitman's story "Revenge and Requital; A Tale of a

first published in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review in 1845, although the plot of that story

—the vocal performer to make far more of his song, or solo part, by by-play, attitudes, expressions,

It may also relate to the following segment in the preface: "when those in all parts of these states

let them accompany (at times exclusively,) the songs of the baritone or tenor— Let a considerable part

and libretto as now are generally of no account.— In the American Opera the story and libretto must

I am an old artillerist I tell of some On South Fifth st (Monroe place) 2 doors above the river from

.; At some point Whitman clipped out portions of two pages in this notebook (leaves 2 and 3 as represented

"I believe in the flesh and the appetites, Seeing hearing and feeling are miracles, and each part and

Doubtless in the scheme this man has built for himself the writing of poems is but a proportionate part

The perfect poet cannot afford any special beauty of parts, or to limit himself by any laws less than

listener or beholder, to re-appear through him or her; and it offers the best way of making them a part

They, for their part, can not extract poetry from a red nose; but they are in raptures with Milton.

I take part . . . .

 . . . . any thing is but a part.

does not counteract another part . . . .

all became part of him.

Sure as life holds all parts together, death holds all parts together; Sure as the stars return again

Sesostris who who was 6 ft 10 inches high, and nobly s haped and nimble and conquered all Asia and part

along with another scrap, the reverse of which features prose notes that relate to what became section 2

manuscript scrap and the other scrap pasted to the larger backing sheet alongside it originally formed part

along with another scrap, the reverse of which features prose notes that relate to what became section 2

with us, until the wood was transferred— Spectacle of the men lying around in groups in the forward part

the females—Painful effect of the excessive flatness of the country.— 10 This manuscript chronicles part

manuscript scrap and the other scrap pasted to the larger backing sheet alongside it originally formed part

.; This manuscript includes prose notes that relate to what became section 2 of "I Sing the Body Electric

do not pretend to compose an a grand opera, with choice good instrumentation, and harmonious good parts

so something to give fits to the dilletanti, for its elegance and measure.— The To sing well your part

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

Another series of draft lines on the back of this leaf were published as part of "Poem of Many in One

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

2 is rougher than it h w as on Michigan or Huron: (on St.

This page of notes, crossed out and numbered "2," describes the journey across Lake Erie; Whitman's visits

This page of notes, crossed out and numbered "2," describes the journey across Lake Erie; Whitman's visits

The article was later reprinted in November Boughs.; 2; Transcribed from digital images of the original

6 2 3 — 25 00 cxnm 4 Thoughts Of o O wnership—As if one fit to own things could not at pleasure enter

number at the top of the manuscript is not inconsistent with the possible positioning of these lines as part

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.

It appears to be part of a draft of a review essay by Whitman titled "An English and an American Poet

.— West Hills is a romantic and beautiful spot; it is the most hilly and elevated part of Long Island

place, it is indeed a fine situation, and it seemed familiar enough to me, for I remembered every part

that I remember, appear to have been cut down.— The Whitmans were among the earliest settlers of that part

by descendants in New England My father's grandfather was quite a large territorial owner in that part

the canvass covering of the stage was painted, would make me.— After my own grandmother died, in 18 2

At one point this leaf was probably glued to the first leaf and constituted the first part of the note

West a hundred years from now— th two hundred years—five hundred years— (This ought to be a splendid part

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:520; Major American Authors on Cd-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:520; Major American Authors on Cd-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:522-523; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

that relate to the first poem in the 1855 edition of Leaves, ultimately titled "Song of Myself," and part

See'st thou Knows thou The Three of the t T hree There is on the one part Between this beautiful but

dumb Earth, with all its manifold eloquent but inarticulate shows & objects And on the other part , the

It probably relates to the seventh poem in that edition, part of which eventually became "Song of the

The lines that appear in this manuscript were published posthumously as part of a poem titled "Supplement

poems entitled "Old Age Echoes" to a new printing of Leaves of Grass, and "Supplement Hours" was a part

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:624; and Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:624; and Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Daily Eagle in the days leading up to the launch, and the launch itself was reported in an unsigned story

Daily Eagle in the days leading up to the launch, and the launch itself was reported in an unsigned story

The January 1844 issue of The Knickerbocker magazine featured a story called "Ganguernet: Or, 'A Capital

The story includes a scene with a nearly identical plot to the one described in this portion of Whitman's

manuscript, although the wording is, for the most part, quite different.

It is unclear whether Whitman was simply paraphrasing Hunter's translation, or whether both stories were

The January 1844 issue of The Knickerbocker magazine featured a story called "Ganguernet: Or, 'A Capital

The story includes a scene with a nearly identical plot to the one described in this portion of Whitman's

It is unclear whether Whitman was simply paraphrasing Hunter's translation, or whether both stories were

This manuscript leaf originally formed part of a larger notebook.

The leaf originally was part of a larger notebook, "The regular old followers," that probably dates to

The leaf originally formed part of a larger notebook.