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It was the fourth of nine Whitman short stories to appear in the journal—the eight others being " Death

Father and Son " (December 1841), " The Last of the Sacred Army " (March 1842), " The Child-Ghost; A Story

Whitman was in his early twenties when his short stories began appearing in The Democratic Review .

The Democratic Review 's prestige may help explain why two stories published in the journal—" Death in

A Tale of the Times (1842) and in his short story " Dumb Kate.—An Early Death " (1844).

Last Wednesday I, mother, Giddy, & Kate Hillard went to Mrs. Bigelow's reception.

Herbert Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 2 February 1879

Washington was part of Whitman's family history; the poet's early youth was spent in the West Hills,

under Washington at the battle of Brooklyn (1776), an event retold by Whitman in "The Centenarian's Story

In Whitman's short story, "The Last of the Sacred Army," published in the Democratic Review (March 1842

Cleveland Rodgers and John Black. 2 vols. New York: Putnam, 1920. Washington, George (1732–1799)

Did you see the account of the large fire in the southern part of Phila Philadelphia , a Planing mill

cousin that comes here a good deal, Walt I think you have heard me speak of the child that sister Kate

Dumb Kate

Brooklyn September 2, 1870 .

Pete, there is nothing particular to write about this time—pretty much the same story—every day out on

Well, Pete, I am on the second month of my furlough—to think it is almost six weeks since we parted there

changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 2

It is postmarked: "New-York | Sep | 2 | 6:30 P.M."

Whitman, Jesse (brother) (1818–1870) The oldest of Whitman's eight siblings, Jesse Whitman was born on 2

Jeff and Walt (who for part of the time was living in Washington and keeping abreast of the situation

To varying degrees, he seems to have suppressed (or even repressed) the stories of the family's darker

, more troubled members—Jesse, Andrew, Edward, their father—perhaps fearing that part of his own psychic

Certainly Jesse's story is the darkest and most thoroughly suppressed, and it helped to form the fearful

Jan. 2 d 1891 Dear Walt, At last I have heard from Houghton, Mifflin & Co., & they propose to print "

& then to issue the volume next fall, as they say it is a Christmas book really, three (3) of the stories

being distinctly x mas stories.

That is a first rate plan, as the story will make the way for the volume.

O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 2 January 1891

O'Connor's story "The Brazen Android" appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in two installments: Part 1, vol

. 67, no. 402, April 1891, pp. 433–454; Part 2, vol. 67, no. 403, May 1891, pp. 577–599.

The story also appeared in the collection Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen Android, The Carpenter (

of a two story house in Broome street.

The office was in an upper part of the same street.

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

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

I shall give his story in my own words.

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

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

for inflation, this would be today's equivalent of about $19,500.; This scam, juxtaposed with the story

entrée back into the pages of the Atlas was likely one of those "dirty fellows," Anson Herrick, still part

Less than a month after the poet had quit the Aurora , his short story "Reuben's Last Wish" appeared

in another Herrick and Ropes newspaper, the New York Washingtonian ; a second story, "The Madman," would

"Manly Health and Training" is a thirteen-part essay series, published by the poet under the pseudonym

November 1858 [1] per.00431 Walt Whitman Manly Health and Training New York Atlas 28 November 1858 2

The paper published human-interest stories, serials, fiction, poetry, reviews of books and the theater

have sought number 8 to no avail and have concluded that it may have appeared in either the December 2

Williamson and William Burns were arrested sometime before December 11, 1849 as part of a libel suit

December 1849 3 Advertisement New York Daily Times 17 April 1853 1 Death of an Editor New York Times 2

Williamson New York Times 2 March 1867 3 "Letters from a Travelling Bachelor" Walt Whitman Letters from

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

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."

A bema is "the altar part or sanctuary in the ancient churches' chambers; the chancel" ( Oxford English

Upon the platform which made part of this structure, there was another figure standing, half shrouded

King David wept as he heard of his son's demise (2 Samuel 14–15, 16:22, 18 [King James Version]).

The story is the basis of which people now portray and think of Robin Hood, as the setting is England

A Venetian money lender, Shylock's story arc deals with his religion, as he is a Jewish man who leads

Historical Society and the Minute Books of Congregation Shearith Israel," American Jewish History 99, no. 2

further reading, see: Miriam Sanua Dalin, "City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York, Vol. 2:

King David wept as he heard of his son's demise (2 Samuel 14–15, 16:22, 18 [King James Version]).

The story is the basis of which people now portray and think of Robin Hood, as the setting is England

A Venetian money lender, Shylock's story arc deals with his religion, as he is a Jewish man who leads

Monday 1868 November 2 My dear Walter i have got your letter to day with the money order i have been

know as i should have gone down to day as it was election day but jeffy Jeffy sent me a letter about 2

and enquire inquire i knew it would be of no use but i did ask simonson Simonson but it was the old story

month he though t he could pay you all up as smith will make some arrangements to dispose of all or part

mobeal Mobile to see a son she has living there good bie Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, 2

This letter dates to November 2 or 3, 1868.

Louisa dated the letter "November 2," and Richard Maurice Bucke assigned the year and the day of the

Edwin Haviland Miller also dated this letter November 2, 1868 (see Faint Clews & Indirections: Manuscripts

As the date in Louisa's hand and election day are not compatible, the letter dates to November 2 or 3

Goodrich's Nomination," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 23, 1867, 2).

See William Rounseville Alger, The Life of Edwin Forrest (New York: Lippincott, 1877), 2:649.

minutes, and shortly afterwards we made a solemn procession down to the water, each man carrying a part

See the Biblical story (Luke 9) of Jesus providing a feast for 5000 people with five loaves of bread

They told love stories, and ghost stories, and sang country ditties; but the night and the scene mellowed

The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, 2 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1921. pp. 319–321.

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

See William Rounseville Alger, The Life of Edwin Forrest (New York: Lippincott, 1877), 2:649.; Julius

Caesar's betrayal and murder took place at the foot of Pompey's Statue in Rome.; See the Biblical story

The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, 2 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1921. pp. 319–321.

Let that be just as you wish however, and believe me, Very truly yours Kate Richardson Walt Whitman Esq

Kate Richardson to Walt Whitman, 18 June 1865

Most likely the wife of John Townsend Trowbridge, novelist, poet, author of juvenile stories, and antislavery

"The Reformed" tells the story of Mr.

The Troy Daily Budget (Troy, NY) reprinted the story on November 26, 1842, and by November 29, the story

The oft-repeated story of the formation of the Washingtonians—likely part truth, part creation myth,

If Evans's trip to the South forms a narrative crux of his story, the embedded short story that would

of the group for whom stories about Native Americans are stories of antiquity as well as of national

The Centenarian's Story. THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY.

Volunteer of 1861-2, (at Washington Park, Brooklyn, assisting the Centenarian.)

As wending the crowds now part and disperse—but we old man, Not for nothing have I brought you hither—we

eighty-five years a-gone no mere parade receiv'd with applause of friends, But a battle which I took part

in myself—aye, long ago as it is, I took part in it, Walking then this hilltop, this same ground.

The Centenarian's Story. THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY.

Volunteer of 1861-2, (at Washington Park, Brooklyn, assisting the Centenarian.)

As wending the crowds now part and disperse—but we old man, Not for nothing have I brought you hither—we

eighty-five years a-gone no mere parade receiv'd with applause of friends, But a battle which I took part

in myself—aye, long ago as it is, I took part in it, Walking then this hilltop, this same ground.

research would be necessary to confirm whether the clipping in the Feinberg Collection matches the story

that Whitman wrote the story for this specific newspaper as opposed to the editor having reprinted the

This would seem to suggest that the New-York Observer version is the original printing of the story.

"Lingave's Temptation" is unique among Whitman's short stories insofar as it is the only tale in which

located in the Feinberg Collection in preparation for reprinting the story in Collect , see Thomas L

research would be necessary to confirm whether the clipping in the Feinberg Collection matches the story

writing Franklin Evans, see Horace Traubel's entry in With Walt Whitman in Camden dated Wednesday, May 2,

"blood and thunder romances with alliterative titles and plots of startling interest" (Uncollected 2:

Before that, he had reported murders for the New York Tattler and wrote police and coroner's stories

for the New York Sun.Several of his early poems and stories were sensational in a straightforward way

juxtapose sensational images with life-affirming ones, as though tragic occurrences are a natural part

Emory Holloway. 2 vols. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1972.____. "Walt Whitman and His Poems."

The Centenarian's Story. THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY. VOLUNTEER OF 1861-2.

As wending, the crowds now part and disperse—but we, old man, Not for nothing have I brought you hither—we

eighty-five years a-gone, no mere parade receiv'd with applause of friends, But a battle, which I took part

in myself—aye, long ago as it is, I took part in it, Walking then this hill-top, this same ground.

It is well—a lesson like that, always comes good; I must copy the story, and send it eastward and west

The" (1844)"Fireman's Dream, The" (1844)Whitman's incomplete novel "The Fireman's Dream: With the Story

In chapter 2 the dream continues with the Native American telling George his life story.

The first sentences of chapter 2 establish the duality: "I am white by education and an Indian by birth

BibliographyBergman, Herbert, "A Hitherto Unknown Whitman Story and a Possible Early Poem."

The grim story of Goliad follows: "A youth not seventeen years old seiz'd his assassin till two more

the receipt of important news, the many discussions, the returning wounded, and so on" (Prose Works 2:

that composite American identity of the future, Spanish character will supply some of the most needed parts

Cleveland Rodgers and John Black. 2 vols. New York: Putnam, 1920.____.

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964. Mexican War, The

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.

Camden NJ Jan: 2 '91 The sun is just out the first in four days—(has been very glum)— —y'r good letter

Am sitting here in my 2d story room same— affectionate uncle Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Jessie Louisa

Whitman, 2 January 1891

It is postmarked: Camden | Jan 2 | 6 PM | 91.

Coleman Esq. .05 " Willie Durkee .15 " Miss Kate Lane $15.20.

by-gone life  The talk of the crowd was that they had been driven in by the Indians—but I doubt that part

of the story— There is a report in town to-day that some of the "bloody injuns" were stealing cows &

good by for the present  write me as often as you can Jeff Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 2

Louis and temporarily encamped near the Bissell's Point works (Missouri Republican, August 2 and 3, 1867

P.KriegBirthplace, Whitman'sBirthplace, Whitman'sWhitman was born in West Hills, Long Island, New York, in a two-story

The dining wing appears to be older than the main part of the house and may have been on the property

Walt Whitman Birthplace Bulletin 2 (1959): 17–19.Krieg, Joann P.

The American Review publication was the first printing of the story as a stand-alone tale under the title

For a detailed publication history of the story, see " About 'The Death of Wind-Foot .'"

His lips were parted, his teeth clenched, his arm raised, and his hand doubled—every nerve and sinew

When Whitman republished this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle he divided the story into two serial

When Whitman republished this story as a two-part serial in the Eagle , the second installment, published

The American Review publication was the first printing of the story as a stand-alone tale under the title

For a detailed publication history of the story, see "About 'The Death of Wind-Foot.

The term can also be used to mean a Great Spirit.; When Whitman republished this story in the Brooklyn

Daily Eagle he divided the story into two serial installments.

the August 29, 1845, issue of the paper, ended with this sentence.; When Whitman republished this story

This recently discovered version of the story is the earliest known printing.

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

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 .'"

story was reprinted as "Little Jane" in both the Eagle and Collect .

This recently discovered version of the story is the earliest known printing.

The story was then reprinted under a new title, "Little Jane," in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on December

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.

Andersen on two Candles, its it's translated by one of your readers here. the other is a Story from Iceland

being the first story in said paper, it is also written by a warm friend of yours, he was once Editor

Poe He and his Works have long been in part dear to me.

Speculations of our time did he not solve. and lies therein embeded embedded in these wild wild awful stories

Excuse that simple free scrawl.— Yours Thankfully Thomas Dixon Dixon—Jan '76 ans Feb. 2/76 Thomas Dixon

Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was a Danish author best known for his work on fairy tales and children's stories

He is best known for his short tales, including detective fiction and stories of the macabre.

We have had pleasant glimpses of several American friends this summer—of Kate Hillard for instance, who

overturned them & it—but when they crawled out no worse harm was done than a few cuts from the glass—& Kate

Bucke yesterday tells me that you will write the preface for me to the volume of William's stories.

The stories were all but "The Carpenter" written before you knew him, when he was very young, but some

"The Ghost" is my favorite, & I have read it dozens of times,—& some parts of it even yet I never can

They are mostly Christmas stories.

The stories with the new one, will be seven in number.

. | Jun | 2 | 6am | 1890 | Rec'd.

Three of O'Connor's stories with a preface by Whitman were published in Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen

NarayanaChandran"Centenarian's Story, The" (1865)"Centenarian's Story, The" (1865)Included as one of

poems in Drum-Taps (1865) and later incorporated into the "Drum-Taps" cluster, "The Centenarian's Story

Whitman had earlier called this poem "Washington's First Battle," referring to the part played by the

worry or panic.The Centenarian begins to answer the Volunteer by recalling how he himself had taken part

"Centenarian's Story, The" (1865)

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.

Van Velsor Whitman, of Dutch descent and Quaker faith, was fond of singing folk songs and telling stories

"combiner, nothing more spiritual, nothing more sensuous, a god, yet completely human" (Prose Works 2:

In the American opera the story and libretto must be the body of the performance.

Cleveland Rodgers and John Black. 2 vols. New York: Putnam, 1920.____. Leaves of Grass. Ed.

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964.____.

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

Said he had been out for about 2 hours in the chair. "It has been a delicious day.

It has its part to play in the drama.

minor uses, that it is subordinate—that after all humor, however largely construed, is a very small part

And then: "To know me to the full, they must not know only the poems, but the story there in prose, too

This letter will be handed to you by our esteemed Friend Miss Kate C Riley of Washington who I would

.— You will see that the title of the original is "The childhood of Erik Menved"; the latter part of

the original story, consisting very much of prolic prolix detail of historical events, gives it that

name—but that part of the story I have contracted into a few paragraphs—and have taken a singular trait

suit you, and how much it would be worth to you, so that I can have an answer by the middle or latter part

of the week.— The story would make about 65 leaded short columns of the Sun—so that, at an average of

is referring to Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), who was a Swedish reformer and a writer of romantic stories

"Tell Ferguson we'll back him up for the best he can do: tell him the story of the old woman who said

Whitman:Can you come, with Bartlett, Kate, and a charming lady and myself, to see Mr.

Quincey Shaw's pictures on Friday at 2 p.m.? I shall call for you with carriage.

Love of the Four Students ," opens with a lengthy meditation on "love" rather than presenting the story

When he published a later version of "The Boy-Lover" as a two-part serial in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle

The story of the widow was a touching yet simple one. She was by birth a Swiss.

mistress was in another part of the house, and did not wish to be with company.

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

The Love of the Four Students," opens with a lengthy meditation on "love" rather than presenting the story

He kept these changes when he republished the story in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section of Specimen

For the publication history of the story, see "About 'The Love of the Four Students'" and "About 'The

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

"; The first installment of this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of January 4, 1848, ended here, with

BUT PURSUE HER NO MORE." ( , 2: 887).

"Let Riker go to hell," Walt advised Pete ( ., 2:106).

Peter's Catholic Church ( ., 2: 113).

Cloud, on the corner of 9th and F Streets, NW ( ., 2: 116).

Whites ( ., 2: 308).

I have been asking myself that question all day: he is the bookman probably in that part of Scotland.

W. said: "No—no: it 'sit's not that—not that alone: there 'sthere's something to this story—just enough

"I don't think so: maybe: hardly: there were other elements in the story—venom, jealousies, opacities

: they played a big part: and, if I may say it, women: a woman certainly—maybe women: they kept alive

would also give me one in more technical form, and wrote, signed, and handed me the receipt marked 2.

At the very first, the houses were mostly one story huts of logs.

The northern part of the island furnished abundance of stone.

The children and negroes grouped in the spacious chimney corners, cracking nuts and telling stories by

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

The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, 2 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1921. pp. 300–304.

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

The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, 2 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1921. pp. 300–304.

PatrickMcGuire"Death of Wind-Foot, The" (1842)"Death of Wind-Foot, The" (1842)This short story, as well

as the story "Little Jane" (1842), initially appeared as part of Whitman's novel Franklin Evans (1842

An Indian Story" when the story was reprinted in Crystal Fount and Rechabite Recorder, 18 October 1845

Tribal hatred and revenge are the basic themes of this story about three Native Americans.

This short story has received little critical attention.BibliographyFolsom, Ed.

501–2).

(PW, 2:528) While this “Part of a Lecture proposed, (never deliver’d)” is undated, the description of

In the story, he is an eccentric part of the “sur- face life” of the capital, the “old poet” even at

(PW, 2:736).

(Corr, 2:81).

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