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after Whitman's praise of The Poet as A Craftsman (see the letter from Whitman to Kennedy of December 2,
I have been 2 weeks in a fever of parturition. . . .
For my part, I dislike to ask anyone for to serve as go-between, but you seemed to think it would be
In an undated letter to Whitman written about January 2, William Sloane Kennedy had disparaged his own
Over his lower parts a huge skin of an unfortunate polar bear is always present, which is strangely in
Back of that, in still earlier and lower forms of life, sensation or consciousness played its part in
"Some may condemn them as Godless, but for my own part, and I speak for the great advanced culture of
It is postmarked: Camden | May | 2(?) | 3 PM | 188(?) | N.J.
2.
volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2
deliver your Lecture entitled "Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln" in Salem some time the latter part
O'Connor's stories, adds: 'It is a story of which Walt Whitman is visibly the idealized hero, and it
They say there is a time to be silent, and though no part or function of man if properly treated is disgraceful
It consists for the most part of hack writers to the press who think it no portion of their duty to know
Veiled obscenity in the shape of a joke, a spicy story, or the reports of criminal cases in the Pall
above all else zealous for the virtue of their womankind, just as if they had never laughed over the story
Gespräche mit Goethe , Leipzig, Band 1 und 2: 1836, Band 3: 1848, S. 743.
Gespräche mit Goethe, Leipzig, Band 1 und 2: 1836, Band 3: 1848, S. 743.; Ernest Rhys, "Introduction"
20 '86 Dear Sir Yours of 19th rec'd received —Yes, Monday will suit me—will be ready for you by 10 1/2
I have been 2 weeks in a fever of parturition & have gone over all the notes writings, & literature of
Then in Part II, I make an analysis of the poems & all their vast implications & ancillary topics: this
Part will of course be for the Whitman fellows throughout the world.
Whitman delivered his "Death of Abraham Lincoln" lecture at a banquet of the "Pythian Club" on February 2,
Mid Ala Feb 2 1886 John Newton Johnson to Walt Whitman, 2 February 1886
question, Roden Noel's (1834–1894) "A Study of Walt Whitman: The Poet of Modern Democracy" (Dark Blue 2
countenance, and so warm and captivating and magnetic were the glimpses we now and then caught of the inner part
There may be parts of Walt Whitman's poetry so incomprehensibly common, so deeply obscure, as to suggest
English "offering" (through Rossetti and Herbert Gilchrist) will am't amount to over $500—the principal part
In a letter on January 5 Rossetti mentioned that he had inserted in The Athenaeum on January 2 "a reminder
never forgets the market basket" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [1906–1996], 9 vols., 2:
In the Athenaeum (& I believe Academy) of 2 Jany a paragraph was put in, to serve as a reminder to any
See Herbert's letter to Whitman of December 2, 1885.
sure I don't know why I dwell on him: A lady had his volume here in the house yesterday, & I re-read part
Knortz sent 2 of the pamphlets to Germany. Bucke took 10.
The Poet as A Craftsman (see the letter from Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy of December 2, 1885).
volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2
sure I don't know why I dwell on him: A lady had his volume here in the house yesterday, & I re-read part
Knortz sent 2 of the pamphlets to Germany. Bucke took 10.
William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [2 January 1886]
volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2
The leaves that make up this manuscript incorporate parts of a previous version, published in the New
A Death Bouquet was written on a typewriter and inserted as part of the manuscript.
two lines of the twelve-line poem of the same title first published in 1891), My task (published as part
To th 9. 2 Last of the ebb, and daylight waning of the poured-out ebb, and daylight waning, s S cented
on —on, and do your part, ye shrouding burying waters! On, for your time, ye furious debouché!
This manuscript is a draft of "Proudly the Flood Comes In," first published as part of "Fancies at Navesink
, Duly from you the inborne tide again —duly the hinge a‑ turning Duly the needed blending discord‑parts
As ne your needed blending discord‑parts join'd in offsetting 15 But for your time, — your needed your
part —duly the hinge a‑turning, Really Duly ?
through duly all thy your glamour's Many Through the discord parts that round Time's diapason.) from
joined in The A rhythmus of life eternal.) as needed blended discord parts Many the parts discord parts
Transcribed from digital images of the original. your needed blending discord‑parts
. | JAN | 2 | 7 AM | 1886 | REC'D.
See Herbert's letter to Whitman of December 2, 1885.
It is postmarked: Camden | Dec | 21 | 2 PM | 1885 | N.J.; New York | Dec 21(?) | 7 30 (?) | (?)
It is postmarked: CAMDEN | DEC | 8 | 2 PM | 1885 | N.J.; PHILADELPHIA P.A. | DEC | 8 | 1885 | PAID; LONDON
Belmont Mass Dec 2 '85 My Dear Whitman— Maugre yr your wholesome advice, (exc. that I put in a page on
send you 3 copies. from W S Kennedy | (the Poet as Craftsman) William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 2
. | DEC | 2 | 8 AM | 1885 | REC'D.
For the story of Swinburne's veneration of Whitman and his later recantation, see two essays by Terry
Schofield, Seek for a Hero: The Story of John Boyle O'Reilly (New York: Kennedy, 1956).
H Gilchrist Herbert Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, 2 December 1885
W.S.K] 328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey Dec. 2 '85 noon Dear W S K Your "the Poet as a Craftsman"
out in my wagon, for a two or three hours drive— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 2
The son wrote with deep emotion on December 2: "The lovely spirit fled on Sunday afternoon at five o'clock
See Herbert's letter to Whitman of December 2, 1885.
I have plenty to do looking over proofs—I am bringing out a 2 nd edition, enlarged, of Towards Democracy—also
In the season—that is during part of July and the whole of August—big hotels are crammed with thousands
Ernest Rhys not heretofore known to me (59 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London) called on me 2 or 3 weeks ago
Boyle O'Reilly Stephan —Ruskin Rhys Sam Longfellow Curtis Asylum for the Insane, London, 2 Oct 188 5
Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 2 October 1885
. | 7 U | OC 2 | 85.
Whitman did not inform Herbert that Deborah (Stafford) Browning gave birth to a daughter on February 2,
met Whitman in Washington in December, 1870 (see the letter from Whitman to Cyril Flower of February 2,
that I was getting more feeble, and he wrote to a number of friends and admirers of mine in different parts
Dear Sir: I send Rolleston's last letter to me—Please look at the part marked in blue—Did you get a note
I inclose $2. 00 for the two and for the balance all the thanks you desire.
last 2 11 At the Mouth of the River Last of the ebb, and daylight waning, Scented sea‑breaths landward
Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway; or, Stories of the Locomotive in Every Land, published in Chicago
He become large sized and extra strong.....A woman 2 years his senior, a sort of "heiress" (in a small
Post-Office orders which will be made good to you upon your signing them, and presenting them at Camden—and 2.
Theatrical row" I was there —& as I write I witnessed her reappearance at the same house after an absence of 2
& gestures which neither Grisi or Titiens could attempt , you assuredly must have seen her in this part—can
Camden NJ 8.15.85 8 PM Dear Walt, I send you a fish caught at "Anglesea" at 2 PM today by Harned & myself