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And further: "It minds me of a story—of the boy who was stuffed full at the dinner—was advised to eat

s work: Sands at Seventy as honestly and normally a part of Leaves of Grass as Childen of Adam itself

"But they are such a part of your scheme." "Yes—as you just said, as much so as Children of Adam."

The early part a nice sleep."W. "What shall I probably fall into next, Doctor?

his judgment of last Sunday—admits improvements.George Whitman and Jessie in and sat there a great part

of the morning and some part of the afternoon.

W. concluded: "To make a long story short—to end this rigamarole, which Holman tells so well in a dozen

But for my own part I want it clearly understood that I do not in the least share such a notion: not

He said: "I see it better now: you are confirmed: I am for my own part more and more willing to accept

For the most part I have desired to remain in the midst of the hurlyburly—to be where the crowd is: to

"Only in part—some pages." "All right, there is no hurry.

I don't think I care to part with it.

Bucke is very vehement about the tomb embroilment—Dec. 2nd: 2 Dec 1891My dear HoraceI have your notes

Good ride over—reading "Leaves of Grass"—copy of Twentieth Century—dozing part of the time—no companions

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

Upon which W. entered upon a vehement recapitulation of the story.

I am amazed at the revolutionary daring of the device on the part of Bacon.

They are now become a part of us—a limb of the critter."

Wild—to both, yes, special remembrances—and particular affectionateness, love, to Wallace, who for his part

saying of my dear daddy: the amount of it was—it is not how you look, but how you feel, that tells the story

And so the stories close, one after another!"

am ever to say has been said in the old channels—in 'Specimen Days'—in 'November Boughs'—and yet my story

) would be to have a Walt Whitman reception at some theatre in New York (afternoon or evening)—have 2,

He had spent 50 years, sailing—gone to all parts of the world, all lands: and I asked him a question—of

combine, celebrate, all: all: not the least jot missed: not the mouthpiece of classes, select cliques, parts

I said: "According to your letter to Emerson you sold all the first edition: according to your stories

sage advice falls from him rich as milk from a coconut:18 Feb 1892My dear HoraceSince writing I have 2

months (tho' I cannot imagine how he can do it) I would suggest (and this is very unselfish on my part

getting your letters very much) that for the present you drop down to one letter a day returning to the 2

welcome news to me, the most satisfying news altogether, coming the last three or four days, is the story

They were not miscellaneous poems but one vol: a drama and the other a Chinese story.

W. said: "These edges, bits, margins, cuttings, what not, all serve to fill in the gaps in the story:

It is a long story!"

s part of all claims above $4000 and a complete transfer to Harned of all rights now held by the others

I simply answered, "I must let Tom tell you, for he knows the whole story and I do not."

I laughed and said, "With your part of it!" He, more seriously, "And why not with your own?"

one way or another) put our hands very deep in our pockets for W. within the last few years—for my part

Read W. a great part of this, from Athenaeum: The news of Walt Whitman received by post as we went to

The whole thing—that part of it—is nebulous, uncertain. I am glad you spoke out."

"Yes, yes: I am very amenable on that side—very amenable to the story, the appeal.

You know he said there he would print the article in full, in a book—that part of it was cut out of the

Still: "Taine, too, is a long story: we cannot approach it or depart from it in haste."

Minden comes back.The German colleague I alluded to is not a partner in the strict sense and takes no part

It would have serious consequences for him if he were known to have taken any part in the production

After he left the room, called to have a book given to him and his brother.2 Had hands and face bathed—took

a little canned pear.2:30 Mrs.

"I liked it—liked it much: the first part is clear, good: the last three lines are not so easy for me

Arthur Stedman when here had told Morris a curious story about Johnston.

W. rather "pained" by the story, but said, "The charitable view to take is, that he was going to get

The part enacted by environment, surroundings, circumstances,—the man's age, land—all that went before

that part must not be forgotten either: I want to come out whole on what I have put into the books."

Told W. a story of last evening. I went directly from him to the boat.

Friday, January 2, 18917:55 P.M. W. in his room—not even reading.

It is a part for us to know." I laughed and said, "Dave has paid you $300 for them?

could have if they lived adjacent, W. nodded, "Yes," but said after: "We must however remember the old story—I

Friday, January 2, 1891

that story of Paine—of the funeral! I shall not forget it—never, never.

I'm in favor of this last piece—Young's, the second part of it—going in—though perhaps Young has ideas

But what a little part of the world he is!

His Paine story amounted to a resurrection of Paine out of the horrible calumnies, infamies, under which

or does he only go part way?

Repeated Clifford's story of Lambdin, W. remarking, "I know Lambdin: he is a bad egg—bad, bad.

It is a necessary part of the story." Referring to Chile, "How absurd we are!

I recall O'Connor's memory of a woman we both knew in Washington: he related the story at any instigation

W. would perhaps like to pay some part of the rate himself (?)

Now, if I do not understand them, or any parts of them, what good will it do to say so—silence, it seems

They are exquisite—I hate to part with them." His memory is markedly active.

Fell asleep and sleeps very quietly.2 Sleeping very quietly. Breathing lightly.

—"That part given up to his spiritual estimate of W. you must take or not as you choose.

none of them—few of them—can take in a man like Bucke, without varnish, veneer or any of the show-parts

W. spoke of O'Connor—of his novel and the short stories.

The short stories did have a wonderful—a marked quality: there was one—'The Ghost'—probably the best

This story—I think it was this—was printed in the first number of Putnam's Magazine—the revised Putnam's—if

What sort of a volume did he suppose these stories would make, collected together now?

From this went into general comment—gave hospital experiences—"hemorrhages of all parts of the system

My dear Sir,I hardly know through what a malign series of crooked events—absence chiefly on my part in

receive any works printed by me—echoes of my studies in the history of Greece and Italy for the most part

W. developed some talk about the dinner report—Lincoln Eyre's part—W. asserting, "It was a faux pas—yes—led

Remember the old stories of the two boys, coming home at night after long excursions—John arriving tired

Alfred's wife wrote for him, but that is past now: she is sick, ailing, must be old, spends a good part

W. then writes Fields.Washington, Nov. 30, '68. sent Dec. 2.Dear Mr.

I told him stories of my own experience and I evidenced his interest by his questions, which were many.Some

What amazing differences develope in the attempt of a dozen observers to tell the same story!"

every side—even from my blind side"—laughing—"taken in utter wretchedness of posture for the most part

It was to have been a very complete story—I had the largest hopes, designs, for it—still, as I read it

I must be satisfied now if I have succeeded in hinting at matters which it was a part of my original

of beauty: short, musical, rich in cadence, pithy, never too much, never too little: and the best part

Ingersoll's peculiarities are his own, to be respected as his own, as ours are to be respected—they are part

He said again, "Frank appears to have come over in part to thank me for the book."

"the holy hour"—"the hour of the man who returns from work: the hour of the family, the table, the story

doubted or gone off—that I can count on him in all exigencies: and I think affection plays a great part

The Leaves of Grass have become a part of my every-day thought and experience.

Williams' speech as he gives it to me, all correct except that part in which he bitterly speaks of the

I spoke of it to W., who said, "I am free at once to discredit the story," adding: "Instead of being

Saying, too, as to the title: "It is the old story—the old story of the fellows who don't like the cabbage

The Herald brings back one of the good stories of my dear Daddy: there was a man named Smith, or something

I do not like the last part of the title; it brings me up with such a short turn.

I asked W. if Ingersoll's part in that was not as necessary as his own—necessary to the play of speech

,—and he said—"Quite; it was a part that must not be omitted.