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Feb. 1, 68 My dear friend, I have but a moment in which to write to you, if I save the mail.

My object is to ask you, in behalf of Hotten, whether it is consistent with your will that the selection

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

editorial decisions, which included editing potentially objectionable content and removing entire poems: "My

propose would of course be adopted by me with thanks & without a moment's debate, were it not that my

May 23 d my inexpressibly beloved mother died in Camden.

Though my plans depend on yet uncertain results, my intention, as far as any thing, is, on getting stronger

My post office address continues there, (Solicitor's Office Treasury.)

I send my love to Percy, & all your dear children.

The enclosed ring I have just taken from my finger & send you with my love.

August 12, 1873, Gilchrist, moved by newspaper reports of his continued illness, addressed him as "My

98–101) she wrote about her children; and on December 18, 1873, she said of his health: "Perhaps if my

I turn my face to the westward sky and before I lie down to sleep, deep & steadfast within me the silent

Myself": "Looking in at the shop-windows in Broadway the whole forenoon . . . . pressing the flesh of my

See, for instance: "I take my place among you as much as among any," (1855, p. 48); "Nor do I understand

"The Ghost" is my favorite, & I have read it dozens of times,—& some parts of it even yet I never can

The preface was included in Good-Bye My Fancy (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891), 51–53.

Louis, August 23rd 1868 My dear Mother, Having a half hour to spare I thought I could not better employ

yet—I was glad that the draft came all right—and by the way is that car stable yet on the lots opposite my

"My Acquaintance with Planchette," Lippincott's Magazine, 1 (1868), 217-18.

My dear Mr Whitman An earnest hand–shake on your birthday & continued presence among us!

"Ingersoll's Speech" of June 2, 1890, was written by Whitman himself and was reprinted in Good-Bye My

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

19 Ap Harry has been here—is in good spirits & is surely getting along very well—I am getting over my

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

Walt Whitman Esq— 2337 N. 18th St, Phila Nov 3rd— My dear, dear friend I am so charmed with the account

two congenial, noble men — I myself feel honored to have known you & proudly regard you, as one of my

childrens names & a member of the Whitman family, whom my noble, grand, old father-in-law would have

Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Thursday, September 12, 1889 and Saturday, September 14, 1889: "My

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

I shall talk to my Dr Doctor about you when I see him again, but if I were you I would adopt such a diet

as would make my blood as thin as possible, & so lessen the arterial strain This is common sense, &

Well, my time has come—that is all. You see, I am somewhat of a fatalist!"

It is like a great ship that comes to windward of me & takes the breeze out of the sail of my little

He does not do full justice to Emerson as I hope to show in my essay.

"A Backward Glance on My Own Road," The Critic, 4 (5 January 1884), 1–2.

England 31 st May 1890 Dear Sir Many people in this country, who are admirers of my brother Edward Carpenter

Hoping you will pardon my presumpt ion & kindly accede to my request, Believe me to be Yours truly Alfred

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

Walt Whitman, My dear Sir: I am preparing a series of letters for the above newspapers on How to Reach

volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My

My domestic skies are not pleasant & I seem depressed & restless most of the time.

Indeed I am thinking strongly of selling my place. I am sick of the whole business of housekeeping.

volumes of Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden (various publishers: 1906–1996) and Whitman's "My

two met while studying at Cambridge University and then, as Carpenter recounted in his autobiography (My

Jan. 6. 1891 Dear Sir, I have just received your "Leaves of Grass &c." 1890—for which accept my thanks

criticism . . . after full retrospect of his works and life, the aforesaid 'odd-kind chiel' remains to my

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

My mother's health is but sadly, but it is wonderful what she manages to do, continuing always to think

My sister's voice is developing and her art is beginning to be admired.

My picture in this year's Royal Academy was a good deal noticed, and has done my reputation good: in

fact I am getting on my feet, slowly.

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

I wish to forward you a copy of my book—as I shall presently bring out a new edition.

1871 that his poem "is of course implicit already in your Calamus, especially in 'Scented herbage of my

I wish to know whether you have safely received the particular copy of the last edition of my poems,

I shall send you, probably by next mail, my latest piece, in a western magazine for February.

Also a second copy of my pamphlet "Democratic Vistas"—If the first copy reached you, send the second

America —about April 10, I shall return here again, & my address will be — I am writing this at my desk—as

above, Treasury Building, middle of afternoon—From my great south window I can see a far-stretching

Clausen, termed in Schmidt's letter "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

Camden Tuesday Early PM July 17 '88 Pleasant weather warmish but not hot—my body strength & head grip

Mitchell suggested it yesterday afternoon—I feel better I suppose as I sit here, but my head is thick

to 92 inclusive proof sheets, those are all the printers given me to date—I am still sitting up—have my

Burroughs was still depressed: "I try to keep absorbed in my farm operations.

Dillingham Co: New York), he writes of Whitman: "Whitman gave a few readings under my management during

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

My dear Rudolf Schmidt, I have sent you some books by Mr.

get of it, in advance, it is going to prove the grandest response & praise yet given anywhere to me & my

Clausen, identified by Schmidt as "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he

Camden Evn'g May 28 '90 Get out doors a little most every day—but to-day is one of my grip seizures &

days)—The boys are to have the birth-day supper Saturday Evn'g next—just now it looks suspicious ab't my

"Ingersoll's Speech" of June 2, 1890, was written by Whitman himself and was reprinted in Good-Bye My

LONDON ONTARIO 2 May 18 91 Your post card of 29 th came to hand yesterday afternoon and I got it on my

It is postmarked: LONDON | AM | MY 4 | 91 | CANADA.; CAMDEN, N.J. | MAY | 5 | 1 PM | 1891 | REC'D.

Below my window here there is a wooded bank running down to some water, and beyond again about 2 miles

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

My impression is that tho' putting (for most part) a good face on things W. is really in a pretty bad

guests when full, mostly families, very nice—capital table, (most too good for me, tempts me too much)— My

I suppose you get the papers I send—the Boston Globe of four or five days ago —& others—I get my letters

well here, sent on from Camden—Lou I send a small package directed to you by mail, please put it up on my

Clark very kind & thoughtful—appears as though I was going to have things all my own way—I have a table

necessary arrangements and we will move Northward as soon as convenient after I get across the water—My

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

Have just been looking over the "Transfer" pamphlet you sent—pages 46, '7, to which you call'd my attention

I am curious to see the Carlyle-Emerson letters—(had not heard before about my being in them) —You hit

be call'd—it was the interference, doubtless hard lying , of others—there was & is a little knot of my

I was thinking of you when I wrote the first and third of my three reasons against transfer" (see Horace

I know something of it and of you—that is greatness enough for me—yes and greatness enough to carry my

entitled "A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads" and sixty-five poems; while the second, "Good-Bye my

weeks have elapsed since the commission of an outrage, to which I have not till now been able to give my

Nothing deepens my respect for the beautiful intellect of the scholar Alcott, like the bold sentence

Adventures of this kind are frequent, and "I took a fancy to you," or "You look like one of my style,

I weigh my words and have considered well.

He is of my own party; and my politics have been from my youth essentially the same as his own.

Also included in this manuscript is a draft of That Shadow My Likeness, first published in New-York Saturday

This poem later appeared as Calamus No. 40, Leaves of Grass (1860); as That Shadow My Likeness, Leaves

little Harry . . . is a fine, good bright child, not very rugged, but gets along very well—I take him in my

"Uncle Walt," and he found them "model children lively & free & children" who "form a great part of my

fourth day of fine weather, pleasantly cool—go out in wheel chair every day a little—am pottering at my

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

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

Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to

I took my agn?

My 146 Captain!"

my lands!

My Captain!"

My Captain!

Venice : "SHYLOCK: 'Signior Antonio, many a time and oft / In the Rialto you have rated me / About my

moneys and my usances: / Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, / For sufferance is the badge of

of Venice: "SHYLOCK: 'Signior Antonio, many a time and oft / In the Rialto you have rated me / About my

moneys and my usances: / Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, / For sufferance is the badge of

1 Torriano Gardens Camden Rd London Feb 25 /76 My dearest Friend, I received the paper & enclosed slip

Soon, very soon I come my Darling.

for us— years of tranquil, tender happiness—me making your outward life serene & sweet—& you making my

benign influences round us out of our happiness and fulfilled life—Hold on but a little longer for me my

You must be very indulgent towards him for my sake dear Friend.

Gilder, Whitman justified his decision, writing that "No established publisher in the country will print my

books, & during the last three years of my illness & helplessness every one of the three successive

You dear (young) old F'ellow: — I was just feeling to-day a lack in my soul—a gap—an idea that you had

I continue at my typographical business Hope I hear from Paisley in a fortnight goodnight & love—gloomy

Robert Browning (1812–1889), known for his dramatic monologues, including "Porphyria's Lover" and "My

30, 1868, Whitman informed Ralph Waldo Emerson that "Proud Music of the Storm" was "put in type for my

previously published in Leaves of Grass, "Passage to India" was Whitman's attempt to "celebrate in my

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

Sept 22/90 Dear Walt Reading your letter over again—let me say—There was no solicitation whatever on my

"Ingersoll's Speech" of June 2, 1890, was written by Whitman himself and was reprinted in Good-Bye My

(choice persons,) one third women (Proceeds to me $869.45)—I went over, was wheeled on the stage in my

My dear old Walt: I have been a good deal worried of late. My Publisher—T.

The upshot of it all will be that either Unwin will sign my agreement as drawn by Ross or I shall part

company with my gentleman.

author is getting very little for it; yet he has the cheek to stand out for this cool proposition—and my

I am alone, very much alone and every day I miss my mother more than the last—I only keep things right

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

Ellen O'Connor related in a letter on November 24, 1863, that the Count had said to her recently: "My

50 Marquis Rd Camden London Nov. 3/'73 My dearest Friend, All the papers have reached me—3 separate packets

(with the hand writing on them that makes my heart give a glad bound).

May you be steadily though ever so slowly gaining ground, my Darling!

My children all continue well in the main.

And how that line will gladden my eyes Darling! Love from us all. Goodbye.

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871

editorial decisions, which included editing potentially objectionable content and removing entire poems: "My

this mn'g from NY Herald, from J G B[ennett] himself ask'g me to write for the paper —I have just had my

Kossabone"; February 27, "Mannahatta"; February 29, "Paumanok"; March 1, "From Montauk Point"; March 2, "My

"Life"; April 16, "To Get the Final Lilt of Songs"; April 23, "To-day and Thee"; May 2, "Queries to My

My dear Walt: I am enraged and ashamed of myself to have never sent you a word responsive to your letters

It was such rain as we have often seen here from my windows, only this time I saw it all alone.

The rascally Congress taxes me in September fifty dollars in a lump, besides my normal income tax, so

Of the O'Connors, Thomas Jefferson Whitman wrote on June 13, 1863: "I am real glad, my dear Walt, that

Ellen O'Connor related in a letter on November 24, 1863, that the Count had said to her recently: "My

Whitman originally included the poem in his 1891 manuscript for the Good-Bye My Fancy annex to Leaves