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of flowers, or even the occasional noise of an accordeon, Whitman reiterated this refrain often as part
About "Reuben's Last Wish." " Reuben's Last Wish " is one of several stories Whitman published with a
The narrator of "Reuben's Last Wish" explains that he has based the story of Reuben and his father, Franklin
remainder of the pages include temperance articles about events that happened after May 2.
"The Washingtonian," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle , May 24, 1842, [2].
Collect (1882), a volume in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.
.; "The Washingtonian," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 24, 1842, [2].; See Emory Holloway, "More Temperance
But because Whitman had divided the story into conveniently numbered parts, it was also reprinted as
The revised version of the story was published in three parts, in the September 7–9, 1846, issues of
Arthur Fitz Richards even adapted the story for television as part of a series by Fred Ziv called "Favorite
TV Story," also in 1954.
online after selecting the tale as a "Story of the Week" in 2014.
(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An
Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846
Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story
turned to Camden Pelham's Chronicles of Crime; or, The New Newgate Calendar (1841) as a source for the story
Whitman's story details her determined but ultimately futile attempts both to plead for her husband's
If she died just a year or two prior to the publication of Whitman's story, it is tempting to speculate
This story does not seem to have been reprinted in periodicals following its original printing in The
Collect (1882), in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.
Whitman's story did appear in the Evening Star ; however, even though the Evening Star printed "Shirval
" in February, the paper cited The Aristidean as the original source of Whitman's story.
that the Aristidean March issue had already appeared by the time the Evening Star printed Whitman's story
The word "Selected" appears after the story, but it is unclear if this means the story was "selected"
from among Whitman's works or if this version of the story (without the original opening paragraphs)
(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An
Two of Whitman's stories, including "Shirval: A Tale of Jerusalem," were reprinted in the Eagle before
Foot" was also reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story
At the opening of the story, Whitman explains that the series represents a set of true anecdotes, and
Like Kate, the title character of Whitman's short story " Dumb Kate.— An Early Death ," this young girl
young man, and it is that intervention that ensures the young girl does not share the same fate as Kate
In the fourth story, a runaway thief takes the time to visit a pawnbroker to retrieve an item that had
In the fifth and final tale, a narrator relates a story in which his mother and grandmother, awaiting
(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An
Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846
Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story
It was one of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the eight
Tomb-Blossoms " (January 1842), " The Last of the Sacred Army " (March 1842), " The Child-Ghost; A Story
Whitman was in his early twenties when his stories began appearing in The Democratic Review .
The story also seems to imply Whitman's opposition to capital punishment.
Collect (1882) in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.
" The Boy-Lover " is a revised and re-titled version of " The Love of the Four Students ," a short story
Whitman made substantial editorial changes to the earlier story, and it was first published with the
"The Love of the Four Students: A Chronicle of New York," The New Mirror 2 (December 9, 1843): 155.
Once Whitman had revised the tale and it had appeared in the American Review , a version of the story
in London that included short stories and serialized novels, on June 12, 1847.
.; "The Love of the Four Students: A Chronicle of New York," The New Mirror 2 (December 9, 1843): 155
(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An
Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846
Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story
Profligate" " The Child and the Profligate " is a significantly revised version of Whitman’s temperance story
The story was first published in this revised form with the new title "The Child and the Profligate"
In 1844, The Columbian Magazine published four of Whitman's short stories.
" The Love of the Four Students ," " Reuben's Last Wish " and " Dumb Kate.
In The Eagle , the story was published as a three-part work of serial fiction, which ran on the first
.; For more on the story's plot, see Patrick McGuire, "Child and the Profligate, The (1841)," in Walt
Press, 1991), 27–30.; For a detailed analysis of Whitman's revisions and the connnections between this story
(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An
Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846
Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story
About "The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist " The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist
"The Child-Ghost; a Story of the Last Loyalist" is frequently read as a historical ghost story.
See "Democratic Review," Daily Troy Budget , May 6, 1842, [2].
[2].
"The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist" Walter Whitman The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist
.; See "Democratic Review," Daily Troy Budget, May 6, 1842, [2].; Walter Whitman, "The Child Ghost; A
Story of the Last Loyalist," Daily Troy Budget, May 10–11, 1842, [2].
For full citations and further information about reprints of "The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist
Periodicals," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 30 (2013): 214–215.; Walter Whitman, "The Child-Ghost; A Story
of contents for some issues, including that of June 1842.; See Walter Whitman, "The Child-Ghost: A Story
His Grief " (November 20, 1841) and " The Punishment of Pride " (December 18, 1841) and the short story
For more on the story's plot, see Patrick McGuire, " Child and the Profligate, The (1841) ," in Walt
The Washington temperance societies, part of the Washingtonian temperance movement, were popular in New
Wish ," " The Love of the Four Students ," and " Dumb Kate.
Most of the reprintings appear to have taken place in 1844, the year the story was first published in
.; For more on the story's plot, see Patrick McGuire, "Child and the Profligate, The (1841)," in Walt
About "The Death of Wind-Foot" The story that Whitman would later title " The Death of Wind-Foot " was
On February 1–2, 1843, less than three months after the story's publication as part of Franklin Evans
The American Review version of the story was reprinted without change as a two-part serial in The Brooklyn
An Indian Story" and simply "Death of Wind Foot."
Whitman, "Popular Stories. The Death of Wind-Foot.
(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An
Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846
Whitman, "Popular Stories. The Death of Wind-Foot.
An Indian Story," The Dollar Newspaper, July 16, 1845, [1]; W. Whitman, "Ladies Department.
AN INDIAN STORY," Massachusetts Ploughman and New England Journal of Agriculture, August 9, 1845, [4]
About "The Fireman's Dream: With the Story of His Strange Companion.
A Tale of Fantasie." " The Fireman's Dream: With the Story of His Strange Companion.
Herbert Bergman discovered this previously unknown story.
It is there that the story leaves off.
No other reprints of the story have been discovered.
Douglas Noverr, and Edward Recchia, eds., The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman: The Journalism, vols. 1–2
Rowell & Co., 1869), 74.; See Herbert Bergman, "A Hitherto Unknown Whitman Story and a Possible Early
Poem," Walt Whitman Review 28.1 (March 1982): 6.; Bergman, "A Hitherto Unknown Whitman Story and a Possible
Early Poem," 6.; See Whitman's "The Fireman's Dream: With the Story of His Strange Companion.
Seven months after the publication of the story in the Democratic Review , Whitman altered parts of this
"Decoration Day," The Auburn Democrat , May 27, 1869, [2].
1892, 2.
A Hitherto Unpublished Story by Walter Whitman.
Collect (1882), in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.
.; "Decoration Day," The Auburn Democrat, May 27, 1869, [2].; Walter Whitman, "The Last of the Sacred
1892, 22; Walt Whitman, "A Dream of Patriotism," The Weekly Sentinel and Wisconsin Farm Journal, June 2,
1892, 2.; For a more detailed description of this subset of illustrated reprints, see Blalock, "Bibliography
As the narrator of the story walks past St.
," " Dumb Kate.
The custom of placing flowers on children's graves also appears in his short story " Dumb Kate.
At the end of "Dumb Kate," "an idle boy" leans over young Kate's grave and drops "the bruised fragments
See Whitman's " Dumb Kate.—An Early Death ."
"; For additional commentary on the plot of the story, see Patrick McGuire, "Little Sleighers, The (1844
Whitman addresses similar themes of the death of children or young people in stories like "The Reformed
," "Dumb Kate.
"; See Whitman's "Dumb Kate.—An Early Death.
Willis had commenced a new series of The New Mirror in October 1843, only two months before Whitman's story
The New Mirror," The New Mirror 2 (October 7, 1843): n.p.
fiction either implicitly—as in " Death in the School-Room "—or explicitly in such tales as " Dumb Kate
" The Child’s Champion " and " Dumb Kate ."
Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846
The New Mirror," The New Mirror 2 (October 7, 1843): n.p.; The major plot events of "The Love of the
(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An
Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846
Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story
For a publication history of the story under its later title of "The Boy-Lover," see "About 'The Boy-Lover
About "The Madman" On May 2, 1888, in conversation with Horace Traubel in Camden, Walt Whitman distanced
See Traubel's entry in With Walt Whitman in Camden dated Wednesday, May 2, 1888 .
fiction, he wrote some short stories with temperance themes after the publication of Franklin Evans
, including " The Love of the Four Students " (January 1843; later " The Boy-Lover ") and " Dumb Kate
Whitman finished the story or simply abandoned it.
See Traubel's entry in With Walt Whitman in Camden dated Wednesday, May 2, 1888.; Thomas Brasher speculates
Erkkila and Jay Grossman (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), 34.; For a complete synopsis of the story
About "The Reformed" " The Reformed ," the story that Whitman would later title " Little Jane ," was
This means that the original printing of the story actually occurred the week before it appeared as an
The title of the story draws attention to the conversion to sobriety Mr.
The Troy Daily Budget (Troy, NY) reprinted the story on November 26, 1842, and by November 29, the story
Whitman's decision to publish the story in the Eagle as " Little Jane " marked the first time the story
For a detailed summary of the plot of the story, see Patrick McGuire, "Little Jane (1842)," in Walt Whitman
Review 30 (2013): 223–226.; See Walter Whitman, "The Reformed," Daily Troy Budget, November 26, 1842, [2]
(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An
Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846
Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story
the Light of a Young Man's Soul" Whitman's " The Shadow and the Light of a Young Man's Soul " is, in part
In order to recover her family farm, the protagonist of the story worked hard most of her life and, at
Archie takes the story to heart and resolves to let go of his bitterness and work harder, even moving
In the story, Archie Dean, much like a young Walter Whitman, takes a position as a schoolteacher in a
It typically featured western stories, sentimental and moral stories, poetry, and essays on literature
"; Walter Whitman, "The Shadow and the Light of a Young Man's Soul," The Union Magazine 2 (June 1848)
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).
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
It was the second of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the
Tomb-Blossoms " (January 1842), " The Last of the Sacred Army " (March 1842), " The Child-Ghost; A Story
Whitman was in his early twenties when his stories began appearing in The Democratic Review ; he was
See Whitman's note at the bottom of the first page of the story, " Wild Frank's Return ."
This time, the story is simply printed with the heading "A tradition of Long Island." See W.
In addition to "Wild Frank's Return," Whitman also wrote several short stories with temperance themes
, including "The Reformed," "The Child's Champion," "The Love of the Four Students," and "Dumb Kate.
"; See Whitman's note at the bottom of the first page of the story, "Wild Frank's Return.
(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An
Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846
Ware and Miss Lucy McKim, but consists also of contributions from the best sources in all parts of the
embraces the Sea Islands, and the Main from Charleston to the Gulf, nearly a hundred songs in all. 2.
Physiology and Pathology of the Mind and Nervous System, and on Questions of Medical Jurisprudence. 2.
It is postmarked: New-York | JAN | 23; CARRIER | JAN | 24 | 2 Del.
At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.
It is now part of the campus of Fordham University. insolently endeavored to browbeat the democrats into
strong arm of power, to arrest, imprison, fine, and punish generally, all the little boys that makes a part
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
called him "one of the grandest revelations of my life, a lesson of artistic expression" (Prose Works 2:
as Charles Dickens's Nancy Sykes ("the most intense acting ever felt on the Park boards" [Gathering 2:
performances strongly affected him and "permanently filter'd into [his] whole nature" (Prose Works 2:
Cleveland Rodgers and John Black. 2 vols. New York: Putnam, 1920. ____. Prose Works 1892. Ed.
Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963-1964. Actors and Actresses
Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
wholesome, clear-eyed, Six feet ten inches high— tall— of noble head and bearded face, Every limb, every part
exceedingly entertaining, and the reader opening at hap hazard, will be apt to rush right through the story
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
New York at the time; see, for example, "New-Jersey; Patent Safe Swindle" ( New York Times , April 2,
in New York at the time; see, for example, "New-Jersey; Patent Safe Swindle" (New York Times, April 2,
Mountains —Mts of the Moon— Snow Mts, southern part Africa, in Cape Colony.
Liberians") the new colony—only a little north of the equator Fezzanese of Fezzan a province northern part
At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.
that the world is a whole made up of dynamic wholes which are more than the sums of their component parts
and tend to absorb more parts, for they obey a creative or emergent evolution inconsistent with bare
neither winds its slugglish way to the east and pours its waters into the Nile, not, losing the greater part
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
This poem was published on the same day in the New York Evening Post, p. 2.
lessening—dimmer the forthgoer's visage and form, Soon to be lost for aye in the darkness—loth, O so loth to de- part
was more appropriate, if less euphonious.In a dozen lines, this lyric describes the pain of a final parting
(See figure 2.)
Whitman, LG 1855, 14. 2.
Huntington, The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, vol. 2, part 3 (Washington,
Vol. 2, part 3. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883. Otis Historical Archives.
Vol. 2.
principal amusements of the Brooklyn and New York public, and of strangers from neighboring and distant parts
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
In the context of Leaves of Grass the poems about old age are part of Whitman's philosophy of contraries
mental powers, and even his fears of senility were not to be resisted but were to be thought of as a part
of the life cycle and part of a greater spiritual totality.Only two days after the three strokes that
Boston: Small, Maynard, 1906; Vol. 2. New York: Appleton, 1908.Trent, Josiah C.
Vol. 2. New York: New York UP, 1964. Age and Aging
Minor variants for the various editions, mostly of punctuation marks, are noted in the Variorum (2:362
Arthur Golden. 2 vols. New York: New York Public Library, 1968.
The Air (Space) considered with reference to the earth—as all parts of the universe bear reference to
present beauty, reality, & diversity , as the home of man.— At one point, this manuscript likely formed part
The child, scarce out of the cradle, likes nothing so well as a ghost story, with its consequences of
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
The diameter of the head between the ears appears enlarged, and with it the back part of the jaws, giving
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
Rochester, April 2, 1876 D[ear] Sir Early in the year 1863—I think in the final month—I lay on a cot
Knapp to Walt Whitman, 2 April 1876
Budell, "Written by Walt Whitman, a friend," Prologue Magazine 42, no. 2 [Summer 2016]: 36–45). written
Budell, "Written by Walt Whitman, a friend," Prologue Magazine 42, no. 2 [Summer 2016]: 36–45).