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Flower, the editor, on December 2; he preferred "an essay from your pen to poems."

comb—was down to river side in wheel–chair last evn'g—the contemptible little Woodberry shirt:sleeve story

See also Prose Works 1892, Volume 2: Collect and Other Prose, ed.

Woodbury, who met Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1865, spread the story that Emerson told him that he once met

For one of Whitman's responses to the shirtsleeves story, see Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden

in—the sculptor has gone back to N Y—returns early in the week I believe to pitch in for real after 2

Camden Sunday 2½ P M June 17 '88 I am sitting up for three hours in the big chair—have had a bit of dinner—had

letter from John Burroughs this morning—all as usual with him—(a dear friend personal & literary) — 2

Minton, on April 2, had also asked Whitman to answer the question, "Why am I a bachelor?."

sunny day—poorly to-day & yesterday—brain & belly lesions—eat little—am sitting in my big chair in 2d story

His letter of December 2, 1866, was even more unreserved in its praise.

York and Boston—y'rs rec'd last evn'g —mutton & rice broth, Graham toast & tea for my breakfast— 3 1/2

address—Wm left two great boxes of MSS wh' she is to overhaul—he had for many years been at intervals on a story

partly set in type (by the Atlantic ) & then recall'd by O'C— I am sitting here as usual (the same old story

shining in on big bunch of snowy white chrysanthemums— Love— Whitman wrote this letter to Bucke in two parts

He wrote each of the two parts of this letter on a repurposed envelope in which he had previously received

He wrote the second part—his evening note—to Bucke on an envelope that accompanied a letter from an unknown

14 that she had not heard from the publishers of the late William Douglas O'Connor's collection of stories

Camden April 16 '89 Cloudy raw weather—(may be part of my glum condition)—No word from O'C[onnor] now

& half pain) in my head, spells frequent, then I shall feel I am getting on ahead— Saturday June 16—2½

along very well indeed—A book rec'd f'm Edwd Carpenter "Civilization, its cause & Cure" (the disease part

have been reading (4th time probably) Walter Scott's "Legend of Montrose" and other of his Scotch stories—Dave

. | Feb 15 | 3 PM | 90; NY | 2-15-90 | 12PM | | London | AM | FE 17 | 90 | Canada.

here last evening—bowel action sufficient & regular at present—go out in my wheel chair toward latter part

Sunday papers—sitting here in 2nd story, Mickle—alone— Best love to all Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to

I sit here in 2 d story room, alone—rather expect to go out later in wheel chair, first time in ab't

Arnold was best known for his long narrative poem, The Light of Asia (1879), which tells the life story

. | FEB 14 | 6 PM | 91; 2.

The "Rejoinder" was later reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) (see Prose Works 1892, Volume 2: Collect

See footnote 2595 in Walt Whitman: Daybooks and Notebooks Vol. 2, 1881–1891, ed.

He is going to pub. in 2 vols. Is evidently enthusiastic. The poltroon, however,(!)

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2

Camden Nov: 13 '90 Now abt 2 PM—have been out to Mrs: Harned's (Tom's mother's) funeral at noon & for

July 12, 89 Dear Walt, I write you briefly this morning before starting on my 2 week vacation to Delaware

Feb. 2 nd The big book with its kind inscription arrived today—I like much the 1 volume plan.

It is unbound, about 2/3 the size of this sheet, contains 16 pp. & has written on it in pencil "Presented

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

There is a New York postmark and at least 2 other postmarks on the envelope, but these are illegible.

resources, but somehow get along) Evn'g —Had a good hearty massage at 1 & went in wheel chair soon after 2—

His "Common Story" in a recent Century won smiling praise everywhere for its shrewd and tender comprehension

Baletsier's "A Common Story," was publshed by Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine in August 1891.

The Naulahka: A Story of West and East was a novel set in the fictional state of "Rahore" in India by

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English novelist, poet, and short-story writer.

See Rolleston's letter to Whitman of February 2, 1889.

For Symonds' essay, see his book, Essays Speculative and Suggestive, Volume 2 (London: Chapman and Hall

of "Goethe," so Whitman had the errors corrected in a second printing that was completed by January 2,

Camden Apr: 11 (2 P M) '91 Getting along ab't same—wet dark glum weather—bowel action—proofs moving slowly—will

February 24, 1890 (see The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman: Prose Works 1892, ed. by Floyd Stovall, 2

vols. [1963–1964], 2:676–677).

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2

nothing very special—but I enclose it as you might care to hear—I also send proof pages 119 to 127—part

On September 2, 1888, Richard Maurice Bucke inquired about Kennedy's projected book: "I fear publishers

from Albany, (wh' was of course a g't boon)—is going on to West Hills, & is due here middle or latter part

Jonathan Trumbull published "Walt Whitman's View of Shakspere" in Poet-lore, 2 (July 1890), 368–371.

Whitman's reply, "Shakspere for America," appeared in Poet-lore 2 (October 1890), 492–493, and was reprinted

Camden May 10 '89 Our dear friend O'Connor died peacefully at 2 a m yesterday – Walt Whitman Walt Whitman

Manchester Guardian Dec: 2 '91 On December 1, 1891, Whitman received a letter from J.

newspaper article in pencil at the bottom of the newspaper clipping, as follows: "Manchester Guardian Dec. 2

And, oh, the lot of funny stories about him, gossip pure & simple but nourishing, which 'twould take

who have travel'd in Spain I guess there is no portrait-painting existing any better than V's— Nov. 2

1/2 past 2 —still dark & raining—had a good pummeling an hour ago—& shall have another at 9 evening—My

a good deal of the time)— God bless you all— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 1–2

It is postmarked: Camden, NJ | Nov 2 8PM | 89; Philadelphia | Nov 2 | 9 PM | 1889 | Transit.

say they had a mighty good dinner (nothing to drink but Appollinaris water)—I was not at the eating part

See also Whitman's June 2, 1889, letter to Horace Traubel, regarding the published volume of birthday

| Jan 2 | 6 AM | 89.

poorly—the mind-clouding was temporary—(the worst of course is the eligibility of returning & worse)—¼ to 2—

Thursday afternoon Oct. 2. Dear Dick Hinton, I hear that Linton has returned.

Hinton, 2 October [1873]

On May 2, 1868, the Medical and Surgical Reporter printed that Porteus P.

William White [New York: New York University Press, 1977], 2:422) and later noted that the book had been

Leaves of Grass, (in a style as good as the Osgood issue) from W W's electrotype plates to retail at $2—

Leaves of Grass, to be of about the same size & in equally good type, paper & style & to retail at $2—

WW a Study to retail at $2—will call soon W W Walt Whitman to Rees Welsh & Company, 20 June 1882

for me when the moment seemed ripe for it" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [1906–1996], 2:

See also Whitman's January 20, 1860, letter to James Russell Lowell and his March 2, 1860, letter to

their barracks they lie—in those boarded Washington hospital barracks, whitewashed outside and in, one story

See Whitman's letter from January 2–4, 1863 .

According to Whitman's notations on the statement, he paid $20.00 on April 26 and again on May 2.