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Then continued his message for Bucke (as to health): "I can only say it in these words: the same story

"I always enjoy the story of Lord Palmerston—think it very happy: there was a clerk somewhere under him

The story convulsed W.

Then that home in W. was of course more to her than to me; her time was all passed there and only a part

I told Bucke the story. He guffawed. "You fellows are decidedly Rabelaisian," he said.

He said: "Part of my difficulty was verbal: I can't quite make out Nelly's scribble: now that I hear

I'm glad you told me the story: it's so unexampled—so like nothing but itself." Then he paused.

That deafness quite often occurs, even now—seems to be a part of the cold."

W. said: "I know it: but there is a story of Madame Dudevant's—you remember it?

speaks of the man who tells his wife of his visit to another woman but does not tell her the whole story

of him—as much a part of him as his books."

company, comprising the membership of an intelligent reading club ignorant, however, for the most part

.: "That interminable dreary story!"

You remember the Lessing story? It always seemed to me very deep: very, very.

I told W. a story. Ingersoll was lecturing in Philadelphia.

W. still elaborated his story. "What a mistake!

what a host of enthusiastic boys would have been afoot taking part—arguing, contending, unfalteringly

He said; "The accounts have not been exaggerated: the truth was worse than the stories of it—far worse

He said that similar stories from Europeans were told of the vendetta—of massacres &c.

Then as truly as Denmark is at this moment doing the principal part of the intellectual work of the Scandinavian

"Yes, I can see it: and it was good because of you: I am sure you told the story straight: from what

W. said: I thought the story would give me a good résumé of Priestley's career—some adequate picture

He has sat up a part of the day, but is now, at 4 P.M., sleeping.

"I have been told the story a number of times by old men—I have quite a penchant for hunting up the old

roosters, having their stories from the farthest back possible."

"Their stories seemed wonderfully to agree—seemed plausible.

.: "May not a great part of it be mental." B. then: "It probably is."

I read a story years ago—a French story, by a great humorist—who pictured the return of Christ, his going

all other matters: people get accustomed to a certain order of traditions, forms: they think these a part

To lose his tone is almost to lose the whole stir of the story. "The good old lady!

C.,July 2, 1864.Dear Walt:Your note of June 25th did not reach me till the 28th.

After W. had taken his sherry, telling a story of someone who "does everything that is bad," W. said:

Chanler—of her story The Lass of"—here he stopped—could not recall the title: "Well—something or other

cultivate that talent: then, at that time, I knew nothing about her, except what I caught from that one story

"Take these," he said: "if anybody asks about Walt Whitman say: 'Here's the whole story: take one.'"

He himself apologizes not a whit for these spontaneous outbursts (Expektorationen); he is a part, or

for Walt Whitman in Germany or not, we will leave undecided; but if I should find only the fiftieth part

did you see the first part of it?

he said: "it reminds me of the story—was it Dickens'?—where somebody says: 'hit takes 'old of me!

"As I understand it, Gurd, the Doctor, their men, were to control the larger part of the stock: they

that there was no reason why the letter should not appear twice, or even three times, in different parts

As we talked Ed came in from the post office bringing a letter from Bucke, which W. read forthwith, part

of it aloud, part of it to himself.

America than you are ever willing to admit: you have been endorsed here more than has been told in the story

myself—the book is very rapid—is a book that can be read by the five or ten minutes at (being full of small parts

shine to Hunter: he is so big, lusty: he has such a cheery, hearty manner—especially when he tells a story

He said: "It takes us to the unseen—it is a poem—the supreme fact of art: it is the end of the story,

Harrison's letter to Blaine there in part facsimiled.

This will be my birthday gift to the world, my last, my parting, gift: the world has made many birthday

Beyond and outside of that is another story, and I have no doubt (as you have so well taught) that all

Hood.W. said: "It looks as if we were right up against our great bereavement—as if the story was rapidly

enter into the French character—its life: yet it is a thing not to be reckoned without: all that is a part

Yet this is necessary, I suppose: narrow, despicable, hateful, as it is to me, it is yet part of the

story: the tail of the cat is long: and much as I despise for myself some of those tendencies, I would

I intend to excoriate them for their shameful part in this shameful transaction.I am at work on my Tribune

It would have been a long story." Then reflectively. "So he used it?"

It is the same old story—the whole drift of the thing is usual—that is to say, for preservation: yes,

I have heard both sides of the story: if there was a failure on either side to carry out anything I'm

W. addressed me: "Was it you, Horace, who told me a story of Frederick, the old Emperor?

W. said: "I remember a story that is told of Southey—or some line from him somewhere—in which he says

W. was in such good condition he did the major part of the talking. Blake sat on the sofa opposite.

says he is willing to make another try: if you won't let him do that then you should assume at least part

"It's one of my regrets that the Wagner operas have never come my way—that I for my own part have not

There is a story Mrs. Shelley tells—or a character-study, rather—that makes me think of myself.

I told W. another Shelley story (new to him) in which Byron figured.

"You mean Hartmann's damn lying stories?" I explained. He said: "Oh!"

I told W. a story.

W. exclaimed: "That's a fine story: I'm glad you told it to me: it's the other side of the shield: yes

Sat so for the greater part of my half-hour's stay—closing the window finally himself.

Is that the purport of the story?" Then I gave him the details of C.'

a wonderful and curious spectacle anyhow—the United States having the vessels there at all: for my part

the International Congress of American Governments, once proposed by Blaine, now revived—there is a story

Kristian Elster, Strandgade 38, Trondhjem, Norway.2.

Again: "I've been reading a newspaper story about Colonel Bob: it was about somebody he befriended: I

W. again: "The largest part of our human tragedies are humanly avoidable: they come from greed, from

He said: "It's the best story in a long time: and bilin', too! haven't I been there?

Yes, it's a story whose meaning goes way beyond itself." Blake went home this morning.

He doubted the story that Hawthorne was killed by the War.

Tuesday, April 2, 188911 A.M. W. looking rather pale and troubled. Reading papers.

"That's a good boy story," he said: "I can appreciate your remorse!"

Tuesday, April 2, 1889

I left.Belmont, Mass., Dec. 2, 1885.

who would go into the pulpit and insist upon the true Christ—the Christ as he was in the original story

The story, what we know of it, is so faded, so pale, as well as so manufactured (almost theatrical),

Had read the long Abe Lincoln story quoted by the Press from N. Y. Tribune.

A story of a widow for whom he got a pension. W. said: "Look it over, Tom: we want your opinion."

W. said: "I have seen Booth—the present Booth—and seen him often: he is a man of bright parts, interesting

: all his parts were related: as an actor he always seemed to me to be consistent with himself.

W. said: "I guess the economics play a part: that's rather your cue than mine: I have heard about Glasgow

P.M.G. usually treats me rather cavalierly over my own things: the young fellows who do the literary part

Did you ever read his Story of My Heart? ["No," said W.]

I think some men, some writers, owe a great part of their reputations to the excellence of their proofreaders—to

"It is a part of the man—it is a thing we ought to engrave here in letters of gold, everywhere—cherish

He interrupted me here and there over Ford but for the most part said nothing to O'Connor.

I asked W.: "There was Nicholas Bacon: what part did he perform in the mystery of the plays?"

He touched the vol. on his chair: "I have read all the Doctor's part of the report: it is quite a collection

I said: "But that if tells the whole story: that if makes you Walt Whitman."

W. then vehemently: "And that will be the windup: the story will stop right there."

A ghost story, a phantasy, must be interesting: it is a bad sign when it is not: Brown is one of the

, not the least excited—not the least anxious to take up the book again: which is a bad sign for a story

As to The Critic's discussion, in which W. took part: "It seems to lead nowhere: is profitless: at the

Milton is a copy of a copy—not only Homer but the Eneid: a sort of modern repetition of the same old story

: legions of angels, devils: war is declared: waged, moreover, even as a story it enlists little of my

He said: "No—not really read it: yet I looked it honestly over—looked through the whole story."

The story "had no attraction" for him.

men who take the large view that includes all—Jesus, Buddha, Zoroaster, Confucius: know they are all part

"It seems to me you may find some use for it: it belongs to the English end of our story: read it anyway

type of our public men—all know what it signifies: especially is it conceded by those who have been part

He answered: "Of some part of it, anyhow, I have no manner of doubt: I never enthused greatly over Brown

Tennyson's Northern Famer says to his son, 'the poor in a lump is bad': but stories like yours tend to

across the lawn, chanting, chanting: here and there an invocation: overhead the stars: everybody taking part

I for my part am rather more disposed to William's than to John's estimate, characterization, of Hugo

Sunday, December 2, 1888.7.15 P. M. W. lying on bed.

said: "At that time, while I lived in Washington, even while I lived in New York, I read a good many stories

"After you once get inoculated, initiated, Bulwer is very likely to satisfy you: he could tell a story—had

the story-telling skill: was not of the first class, yet without a doubt was gifted—perhaps will be

Sunday, December 2, 1888.

How rare a story: health: health where health seldom exists: entire unequivocal health."

John told me a story about Andrew Jackson—authentic I learned and believed: a story whose scene was a

Besides, "John never spared the concomitants in telling a story." Rice and milk!

This story of John's had "Oh!

I have always doubted the story.

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.

transcendentalist of our group here—the best of us all in that: second, because it throws some light on the story

They had settled in this place—Edward for some part of the time off on the continent—seeking adventures—interesting

English cities"— "a venture reformatory in nature—supposed to be for the people: but according to the story

He had seen "many such cases, seemingly insignificant in themselves, yet part of the real history of

often, all these years —" finally, this, just added the other day in black pencil: "Translated a good part

Afterwards happened upon some illustrations of a story.

W.: "I can see it—share it: I can see why it should be: why it must be: they tell the story themselves—they

well all is well, and vice versa: I think it was Emerson who, in one of his earlier essays, told the story

"These moods seemed to be a necessary part of O'Connor's life: they had visited him for years and years

intends in any way to make speechifying the business of his life it is especially a first and necessary part

literary clique which resented the original letter—which seemed almost to look upon it as on Emerson's part

Said he was "simply resting," having been up in his chair a large part of the day.

his judgment valueless to those who see not only these things, but noble poetic qualities besides.(2)

stated: I like it so much—was so greatly attracted—I got up this evening awhile to finish it, to read part

Gilchrist took part in the discussion. After the meeting stopped at 328. Ed talked with me.

that he can fire up the literati abroad.I wish the article I wrote for Bucke could appear, because a part

We talked of Wiliam's hypochondria the other day: well—this is the other side of the story: he goes way

that whole damned war business is about nine hundred and ninety nine parts diarrhæa to one part glory

other and the mental something or other going together: they doctor a man as a disease not as a man: a part

of him—doctor a part of him: a leg, a belly, an eye: they ignore the rest: as if it was n'twasn't true

Conway.No. 2[W.

every poem which contains passages or words which modern squeamishness can raise an objection to—and 2,

I have given a note here and there:2.

He sat up the greater part of the day, rising a little after 12 o'clock, and did not retire until 9.30

W. again: "I for my part accept the cheap cover just as it is: it has a meaning."

One came at 2 A. M. Rang lustily. Ed did not answer. He went away. Weather moderated. Less wind.

Harned in during a part of my stay this evening. I met Michael J.

edition of the Leaves in an Introduction of some sort, either abroad or here—wanted him in the book as a part

He had been up a good part of the day—really up and in his chair.

competent, in a way authoritative, entitled to our respect: sometimes: in the rare case: but for the most part

Harned in part of the time—ten minutes or so. W. quite willing to talk.

Had been up a good part of the day: had read some—going over several accumulated Transcripts: Frank Leslie's

Then he reflected: "But it 'sit's all right—to be taken: was maybe part of one of his sermons—do you

Got Ed to draw a hundred dollars from bank, part or all of which he sent off by post-office money orders

inquisitive—congratulatory—saying of my health so far (I have never been in a doctor's hands): "Certainly that is the whole story