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Walt Whitman's Account of the Scene at Ford's Theatre, in the New York Sun (12 February 1876) and were

They were most kindly made over to the present collection by the compiler, and by the publishers Messrs

Pickard; Garrison, Lucy McKim, (1867) was the earliest and most significant collection of African American

William Francis Allen (1830–1889) was an American classical scholar and one of the editors of the first

book of American slave songs, Slave Songs of the United States.

Charles Pickard Ware (1849–1921) was an American educator and music transcriber.

Lucy McKim Garrison (1842–1877) was an American song collector and co-editor of Slave Songs of the United

Simpson & Company of New York, Slave Songs of the United States was the earliest collection of African American

Northern abolitionists who collected the songs—many of which were spirituals—while they worked in the

The Club produced periodicals, as well as reprints of rare, curious, and old American, English, French

, and Latin books (American Literary Gazette and Publishers Circular [Philadelphia: George W.

For more information on the Club, see Adolf Growell, "The Agathynian Club (1866–1868)," American Book

The Club produced periodicals, as well as reprints of rare, curious, and old American, English, French

, and Latin books (American Literary Gazette and Publishers Circular [Philadelphia: George W.

For more information on the Club, see Adolf Growell, "The Agathynian Club (1866–1868)," American Book

The attention of American authors is respectfully invited to the facilities which Messrs. A.

SIMPSON & Co. respectfully announce for early publication, the following works by Foreign and American

The Club produced periodicals, as well as reprints of rare, curious, and old American, English, French

, and Latin books (American Literary Gazette and Publishers Circular [Philadelphia: George W.

For more information on the Club, see Adolf Growell, "The Agathynian Club (1866–1868)," American Book

of some Hints to the Drummer and Private Soldier (1783), which satirized British conduct in the American

written under the pseudonym Richard Haywarde) and The Sparrowgrass Papers, a humorous account of a city

In view of this fact, though we are favorably impressed, as we were when we first wrote you, with the

written under the pseudonym Richard Haywarde) and The Sparrowgrass Papers, a humorous account of a city

The Club produced periodicals, as well as reprints of rare, curious, and old American, English, French

, and Latin books (American Literary Gazette and Publishers Circular [Philadelphia: George W.

For more information on the Club, see Adolf Growell, "The Agathynian Club (1866–1868)," American Book

The Club produced periodicals, as well as reprints of rare, curious, and old American, English, French

, and Latin books (American Literary Gazette and Publishers Circular [Philadelphia: George W.

For more information on the Club, see Adolf Growell, "The Agathynian Club (1866–1868)," American Book

Copies of the volume were withdrawn so that the sequel could be added.

several poems, adding eighteen new poems to those that appeared in Drum-Taps, and all of these poems were

Later, these poems were folded into Leaves of Grass, and by the time the final arrangement of Leaves

intended to copy out and send to you —it has lain in my desk since then—when I had heard that you were

But I am glad to say that I have been the means of making your work known to many who were scoffers at

Many of us were hoping to see you in Ireland.

If I were before your face I would like to shake hands with you for I feel that I would like you—I would

I am writing to you because you are different from other men. if you were the same as the mass I would

The Confessions of the Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) were published posthumously

Temple Bar—A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers (1860–1906?)

About half of the poems from the 1867 American edition of Leaves of Grass were removed for the British

We were never brought up to rejoice at the defeat of democratic candidates.

Tammany Hall, the headquarters of the Democratic political machine in New York, dominated the city's

For it is little that the presiding officer of the city is of her side, while all the essentials of power

.; Tammany Hall, the headquarters of the Democratic political machine in New York, dominated the city's

A long memorial was presented from the "great gentlemen" and capitalists of the city, the sole burden

Nye said there were a great many obsolete laws which they were not expected to enforce.

Susan M.MeyerActors and ActressesActors and ActressesThe American theater and its actors were an important

a teenager from 1832–1836 and as a journalist from 1841–1849, and he wrote often about the early American

The elder Booth is a key figure in the development of an American style of acting as was a precursor

American styles of acting.

American Drama. Vol. 8 of The Revels History of Drama in English. London: Methuen, 1977.

Dear Friend You were so good as to call yourself so, in my book,—that I value more than you guess,—and

If I were arranging flowers for your room, I should have masses of one kind, if I could.

delicate miracles, quite a variety of them, might enable you to fancy you had left your room, and were

All at once it occurs to me: "Why—these were written years ago. He is older now.

Originally entitled "Enfans d'Adam" in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, this cluster of poems celebrating

The poems, openly "singing the phallus" and the "mystic deliria," were too bold for their time and often

relationship with esteemed writer Ralph Waldo Emerson cooled after he refused Emerson's advice in 1860

Miller, Jr., " 'Children of Adam' [1860]," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R.

Then—when it came—it was so different from my fancies—but you dear friend, were not disappointing.

The Education he praised the "power of sex" evident in Whitman's poetry, which he thought other American

It is feared by Douglas that either Secretary Cobb, or the President himself, has an eye on 1860; and

For example, the other day some thousand hogsheads of port wine were confiscated in England, and found

In this climate, and with the peculiarly high-strung and excitable American temperament, the practice

Great hopes were expressed at one time that the manufacture of native wines from the pure juice of our

visit to Egypt, two sets of manuscript notes about Egypt that Edward Grier dates to between 1855 and 1860

visit to Egypt," two sets of manuscript notes about Egypt that Edward Grier dates to between 1855 and 1860

visit to Egypt," two sets of manuscript notes about Egypt that Edward Grier dates to between 1855 and 1860

[Adventures and Achievements of Americans] ADVENTURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICANS: A series of Narratives

Nearly 12,000 prisoners were poisoned, starved, or died of fever on board of these prison ships.

Those who where buried at the Wallabout were sewed in their blankets.

died, and were stripped before they were buried in the pits prepared for that purpose.

Many prisons were barbarously exiled to the East Indies for life."

Every great city is a sort of countryman-trap.

It is often better, if you are to visit a city friend, to proceed to his abode by foot or by omnibus,

The city ordinances expressly provide that full explanations shall be posted in plain sight within every

If your errand is in the city, you will probably find no great difficulty in learning your way.

Don't be in haste to make city street acquaintances.

See Louise Pound, "'Peter Funk': The Pedigree of a Westernism," American Speech 4.3 (February 1929),

Butler, of having an affair with the "harlot" Slavery.; Decoy houses, also known as "touch houses," were

Dating this piece is difficult; Grier estimates that the notes were written after 1873 (Walt Whitman:

Dating this piece is difficult; Grier estimates that the notes were written after 1873 (Walt Whitman:

probably the same as Hottentots Foulahs (in Senegambia, west coast, 10th deg lati Berbers of Berbera, (a city

shore of Africa Abyssinians a large fine formed race, of Abyssinia, black, athletic, fine heads, (City

and mostly below the equator—a country of & doubtless of hot‑breathed winds airs and exhalations cities

Leaves of Grass is not taught in the University of Dakar because, as the professor in charge of American

Sédar Senghor, and to the foundation of the Union of South Africa and the league of nations, which were

Its population and its productions, its mountians and its rivers have been shrouded in fable.

Park found populous tribes living on the spontaneous growth of the genial tropical clime; he fell in

possessing an exuberance of soil, equal to the prairies of the west, and able to sustain millions of population

The 1860–61 edition of Leaves of Grass introduced two new poems created in this way: Poem of Many in

. — If Though I were opposed by what I felt the science linguists and lore of the whole earth deny what

After all, Not to Create Only, written for the opening of the fortieth Annual Exhibition of the American

Sheets from the pamphlet were included in some copies of the 1871 Leaves of Grass.

Whitman wrote this poem following a request by the Committee on Invitations of the American Institute

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y., Toronto: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921).

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921).

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921).; This is a draft of a poem unpublished in

Emory Holloway (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921).; Transcribed from digital images of the original

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 1:121; Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

," which Whitman used as the closing poem of Leaves from the 1860 edition on.Bibliography Whitman, Walt

Genocide and disease decimated Native American populations.

He would soon discover, however, that the American public were even less tolerant than their British

Whitman, LG 1860, 342–43. 16. All poems were originally untitled in the 1855 edition.

A disproportionate number of anatomical subjects were African American, Indian, or Irish.

“The Gory New York City Riot That Shaped American Medicine.” The Smithsonian, June 17, 2014. Web.

The ladies were largely in the predominance.

Bonnets and hoops were to be seen in all directions, and many a man had under convoy two or three, and

Carolina; and streams were constantly going up the entrance plank to the Niagara, or down the adjoining

Yesterday they were transferring it to a small coaster that was hauled alongside, and we could thus get

Between decks there were also other coils of the cable, similar to the one above.

contraries; he could claim that his loss of energy, weakening mental powers, and even his fears of senility were

not to be resisted but were to be thought of as a part of the life cycle and part of a greater spiritual

sickness as an element, I never spoke a word until the first of the poems I call Sands at Seventy were

He realized that, if he were to be true to his own stated goal of reflecting the life of an old man in

original loins, perfectly sweet, I, chanter of Adamic songs, Through the new garden, the West, the great cities

original loins, perfectly sweet, I, chanter of Adamic songs, Through the new garden the West, the great cities

original loins, perfectly sweet, I, chanter of Adamic songs, Through the new garden the West, the great cities

original loins, perfectly sweet, I, chanter of Adamic songs, Through the new garden, the West, the great cities

GeorgeKlawitter"Ages and Ages Returning at Intervals" (1860)"Ages and Ages Returning at Intervals" (1860

)"Ages and Ages Returning at Intervals" first appears in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, where it

In his emendations of the 1860 edition, Whitman added a new opening line, "With the old, the potent original

"Ages and Ages Returning at Intervals" (1860)

) No lurid fame exceptional, nor monstrous intellect, nor conquest's domination;) Through teeming cities

Boston 1860–61. 3d. Ed. ? New York 1867, 4th. Ed. ? Washington 1871, 5th. Ed. ? Camden 1876 6th.

Wishing to know from an authentic source what other american Editions have been printed if any, will

On February 10, 1860, Whitman received a letter from the Boston publishing firm of Thayer and Eldridge

In March 1860, Whitman traveled to Boston to meet with the publishers and to oversee the printing of

the volume consisted of four separately paginated books stitched together (an edited version of the 1860

has invariably a turbid and sleepy look, while its muscles are so much relaxed as to make it, as it were

intent, a stalwart man of genial appearance & seemingly past the middle age since his hair & face beard were

, live here, (my mother living with us) & have charge of one of the public schools (No. 13) of the city

Whitman served as the basis for Stephen Alonzo Schoff's engraving of the poet for Leaves of Grass (1860

Frank Leslie's Weekly, published from 1852 to 1922, was an American literary and news magazine published

Had, already, edited stray poems, which were received with much pleasure by the public—But they were

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement