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Williams'. Do you think it is?" Further, "How funny he did not receive Bob's pamphlet!

from a moment's observation, but of a close friend, a long intimate, to whom Leaves of Grass, as William

Here was a sheet, too (William L.

proposed to write Woodbury more specifically—W. not protesting.Showed W. a letter I had from Talcott Williams

Morning papers full of marriage of Princess Louise—Victoria, Emperor William present.

Traubel, May 28, 1891.Samuel Murray, Thomas Eakins, William O'Donovan, and Harry the Dog [with O'Donovan's

Had patched to the Reeder picture this, written on a slip of white paper: "Beth: Walt Whitman's and parents

was never consulted, and of which he had no more knowledge than any other routine clerk about the White

now repeat that, in obedience to a telegraphic request from President Lincoln, I visited him at the White

William's books mainly there, and odds and ends—manuscripts and letters generally in trunks upstairs.

O'Connor full of reminiscence, much of it now pathetic—with William and the children dead and so much

O'Connor says William took in "Leaves of Grass" from first look, though not with the whole mass of the

Her own first copy came by an odd way—from William Henry Channing, Boston, when she lived there, before

As I understood it, he went to Boston to urge on Houghton the publication of William's book.

Indeed, yes—I often stopped in on William there: they were great days."

After all, William was the top bough—the nearest heaven!

I asked William, 'Is that authentic?'

William was an ardent lover of Ingersoll's, always—thought everything of him."

And, "How William would storm and cry out if I made a change in 'Leaves of Grass'—a comma, even.

Even the day of the discharge "he came around—cool, undisturbed—William too stunned himself to vent the

W. declared, "William was what I said in my little piece, a shield for the oppressed—a knight of chivalric

William was different—his poise admirable. Such knowingness, such fidelity!

Noble William—child of best generations—picked from all—the flower of the modern!"

Yet to William it was a human question, too: it enlisted him first of all as a man, in the interests

See, Anne—see the boats—the white sails. And you think, Horace, we can't get along the shore here?

"Any manuscript of William's has an interest for me." He did not seem exhausted on return.

Current Literature also says this: "William E.

Commented on Black and White, which I picked up from the floor.

some.In the meantime since you sent it, I have consulted two friends who were in the office with William

They also think that he is as William used to say super-cautious.

O'Connor sends me a picture of William.

magazine, "I have been reading this—it came from Wallace—the National Review, containing an article by William

s designs: 1000 white envelopes, 200 with this inscription: WALT WHITMAN CAMDEN New Jersey U S AMERICA

friend:I have come to know you through your writings and through the warm praises of our dead friend, William

Clay: White Hall, Ky.Jan. 6. 1891Dear Sir,I have just received your "Leaves of Grass etc." 1890—for which

Had I not better see Talcott Williams?

I had brought him the Atlantic [containing William O'Connor's story, "The Brazen Android"].

The great William!"

You think it was written by William Walsh?

I can see William all through it.

of the centuries from 12th to 16th—and what are called the Elizabethan group, literature—were at William's

Had found Talcott Williams' letter asking about the actress visitor—clearing to me the matter of her

Please send answer in this envelope.As ever Devotedly yoursTalcott Williams W. declared that he was "

s gratitude for the Illustrated American notice, and to Talcott Williams, asking after the Ingersoll

The whole scheme is very attractive to me—and William would have an absolute monopoly of the field—a

Neither of us have word from Talcott Williams yet.

The only criticism I would pass on it, if I sat here with William over the manuscript, would be this:

And I do not know but this was William's weak point, anyhow, if he had any—that this was the weak spot

I was in to see Talcott Williams. He will send us the colloquy.

Talcott Williams likewise told me he cared nothing for anything Ingersoll said—did not care to preserve

Williams had intended printing and circulating among W.'s friends.

Williams' "popularity" among "the boys" in town, and seemed surprised when I said he said he seemed disliked

Williams, W. said, "I hardly remember what it all amounts to.

He was rather indignant that still no word has come from Talcott Williams.

W. said, "I have the feeling that I have somewhere met him—perhaps at Frank Williams'—coming to see the

Williams at Club last night. He said, "I am on the track of that piece," but had not found yet.

Williams pretty well—she has always been good to me"—but no more.

He thought it "very likely" that William had written the Illustrated American paragraph.Harry thought

bed, where of late he has been tucking papers till it is now nearly choked.Not a word from Talcott Williams

Neither of us had word from Talcott Williams.

"It is not wonderful that William knew a good deal about Hugo—but Rabelais?

different order—information of him is rare—and he was one of several rare figures whose intricate make-up William

I have left no more white space on that last page than I want."

Frank Williams brought me today a copy of Lippincott's for W. in which he discusses the static and dynamic

Commenting on Frank Williams' "Literary Dynamics," he said, "Frank is a good fellow—and faithful.

"I read that second part of William's piece with the same care as the first.

s—the weather strong—snow falling—the earth white. W.'s room warmed by a busy fire.

William! William O'Connor.

brief prefatory note to a volume containing "The Brazen Android," an unpublished tale by the late William

William Lloyd.

Williams. "Now I am a little apprehensive of a miscarriage—it has been ten days."

No—Williams will not print—at least with my consent: I should, as I see it now, be positively opposed

Had he heard from Talcott Williams? "No—not a word—but I am not worried.

specifically and he seemed quickly to understand, thanking me for it.Said he still had no word from Talcott Williams

W. looked greater than himself—if that could be—for the new white shirt, now much undone for disrobing

I do not wonder that it upset William.

Said he had no word from Talcott Williams yet anent Reisser colloquy—"my type-written copy" he called

W. laughing, "I think William O'Connor had a good deal to do with that, a good deal, though Stedman is

William had the same determination plus a certain native genius—just as determined guns, though with

William had an immense virile conviction which it was hard to oppose."

But William had no such intellectual power as we see in Bob—though he was not a fool, either: had it

"Did I tell you," he asked, "that William's book is to be printed?

He had heard Talcott Williams was out of tune.

I think all William's writing about me was of that character—was a flash of light—dashed off—in the spur

But although William had dash, fire—in the Whitman pieces—had it in all—yet most of his matter was hard

I met Talcott Williams at Club last night.

Gave me a copy of Black and White (England)—"They can't touch our illustrators—can't reach the edge of

be so utterly worn out as I am, after I, in some measure, recovered from the exhaustion of nursing William

Well, it is no matter, only that I did want, & do want very much to finish up all this work that William

And again, "William gone now two years! Who would believe it?"

Gave me a copy of Black and White for my father.

Asked me if I had given my father Black and White? "I thought it a strong array of pictures.