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Kirkwood May 1st/76 Mr Whitman Dear Sir I intended to send you A few lines this morning by Harry but
to you all ready already I do not think it right to impose on the good nature of our friends I hope Harry
& most-highly appreciated— I was one of the earliest readers of your Leaves of Grass, that unique book
The books, according to list sent, will now be prepared, packed, & sent, (together with your & Mrs.
—occupy myself two or three hours every day when not too ill, with my book business , letters, &c—also
Rossetti's letter is not known, but the receipt of money is noted in Whitman's Commonplace Book.
the two 1876 volumes on May 18 and Memoranda During the War on June 14 or 15 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
Whitman sent two volumes to Dew-Smith on May 19 (The Commonplace Book).
night—breakfast & dinner to-day with appetite—still get out a little most every day as formerly—my book
Williamson, Catalogue of A Collection of Books, Letters and Manuscripts written by Walt Whitman (Jamaica
1876 letter to John Swinton confirms that the recipient of this letter was John Swinton, who ordered books
Whitman also wrote about Miller's book order in his April 19, 1876 letter to John H. Johnston.
affiliation, Whitman sent "Song of the Exposition" to the Chicago Tribune on this date (Commonplace Book
volumes on May 6, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
(Now, if there were living near me, such people that I could take my Walt Whitman books with me, and
When the two books came to the post-office, I read to the P.M., an old man of large body, brain, and
Democratic Vistas was new—thinking of lending the book among the most suitable people around me (people
tho' though are bad books for marking—so many marks to make, the object is defeated .
I dont don't want my your books worn out by borrow ers but I like to lend them as I feel like—sending
Two Rivulets was published as a companion volume to the book.
Whitman sent "Song of the Exposition" to the Chicago Tribune on May 5, 1876 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
According to a notation on May 5, 1876, the price was $50 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Dear Sir: Your books were returned yesterday. The Web. Dict. and the Auth.
Am in receipt of orders for your books occasionally from the trade; but as the orders are not accompanied
by cash, we cannot send to you for the books.
Please instruct us what to do with any orders we receive for your books. Yours sincerely, C. P.
Redfield, a publisher at 140 Fulton Street, New York, was a distributor of Whitman's books in the early
Appleton & Company, founded by Daniel Appleton in 1831, published books in literature and science well
Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Co. were booksellers and publishers, who printed books by William Swinton
, & by the person, & in the spirit, (& especially as I can & will give, to each generous donor, my book
would be quite a triumph, & I feel assured I could then live very nicely indeed on the income from my books
Each book has my autograph. The Two Volumes are my complete works, $10 the set.
volume , or a complete set of my works in Two Volumes, with autograph & portraits, or some other of my books
It may be some while before the books arrive, but they will arrive in time.
Walt Whitman sent books on September 5, 1876 (see Whitman's September 4, 1876 letter to Buchanan).
Gosse reviewed Two Rivulets in "Walt Whitman's New Book," The Academy, 9 (24 June 1876), 602–603, and
Over there in the corner is a pile of my books, for which I have just received an order from England.
New Haven May 24th 1876 Mr Walt Whitman Dear Sir I want to get your new book (the "Two Rivulets" I think
I asked for it at one of the largest book stores in this place but they did not have it, so I thought
I know he would appreciate one of your Books better than anything else I could give him R. M.
poem "Hush'd be the Camps To-day," with a note about Lincoln's death to the final signature of the book
Whitman then decided to stop the printing and add a sequel to the book that would more fully take into
For more information on the printing of Drum-Taps (1865), see Ed Folsom, Whitman Making Books/Books Making
Whitman began planning the book in 1863; see his letter to publisher James Redpath of October 21, 1863
, in which he describes his intended book.
June 8 '76 My dear Ward, I have rec'd your friendly & generous subscription, $50, for 5 sets of my Books
Whitman noted receipt of $50 from Ward on June 6, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Your subscription for my Book is received—for which hearty thanks.
His most popular book was The Book-Lover's Enchiridion (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1883).Italicized passages
His most popular book was The Book-Lover's Enchiridion (1882).
Walt Whitman sent Two Rivulets to Pearsall on September 10, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
On May 10, 1876, Whitman noted receipt of $50 from Burroughs (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Walt Whitman did not record in his Commonplace Book any visits with the Staffords at this time (Charles
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
Louis to Camden in July and remained until October 25, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
WALT WHITMAN'S NEW BOOK. Two Rivulets By Walt Whitman. (Camden, 1876.)
A wise admirer might even say that the book called Leaves of Grass was intended to give a section, as
The book before us contains all the small miscellaneous writings of Whitman now collected for the first
The ethical purpose of the book—and it is needless to say that it has one—manifestly is to exemplify
Walt Whitman's New Book
to T., as I supposed him abroad on the continent—but I intend to write soon—& send him a set of my books—I
Whitman sent the two volumes to him on June 7 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Whitman noted sending the two books on June 12 (The Commonplace Book).
An undated entry in Whitman's Commonplace Book recorded the receipt of £3.3 from The Athenaeum; see also
Miller visited Whitman on May 11 (The Commonplace Book).
receive 300 plates from engraving-printers in two or three days & I will send 950 circulars for end of book—I
have them ready—send over any time at 3 oclock o'clock The style of the books (10 copies) you sent to-day
See Whitman's Commonplace Book (Charles E.
heroic t my present or future interests is necessarily its own reward want any reward When I was a prisoner
revengefulness , let them just come and take away from me the pleasure I have had with Walt Whitman's books
and to the books also—I'll (Please excuse all my hyperbolical expressions in this and past letters,
It initially served as a location for training and staging, and was converted into a prison for Confederate
Burroughs would write several books involving or devoted to Whitman's work: Notes on Walt Whitman, as
This is a little book which the Peace Society would do well to circulate at a cheap rate in tens of thousands
From the first he kept a little note book for impromptu jottings in pencil to refresh his memory of names
The brief, bare sketches, uncommon and unimproved, as they are, make the book truly one of surpassing
human interest,—an interest peculiar to itself, and such as no other book we should read possesses,
Whitman sent the 1876 edition to Hay on August 1, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Jersey July 11 My dear Philip Hale I have rec'd received your p o post office order for $10 for my books—for
Whitman sent Two Rivulets on September 3, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Burroughs would write several books involving or devoted to Whitman's work: Notes on Walt Whitman, as
The book included a preface and twelve poems.
For more information on the first edition of Leaves of Grass, see Ed Folsom, Whitman Making Books/Books
Often called the "workshop" edition, the volume consisted of four separately paginated books stitched
be very much obliged if you would spend a moment in letting me know how to get an early copy of the book
may be Schmidt's letter of April 18, 1876, in which he admitted his failure to sell Walt Whitman's books
James Arnold Blank Book Manufacturer No. 22 South Fifth St. 2nd floor.
until I get a copy bound up so as to get the correct width of the back—I send you a Box of Ninety Books
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
Walt Whitman sent a copy of Leaves of Grass (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
On September 29, 1884, Watson requested an inscribed copy of Leaves of Grass (Commonplace Book, Charles
Whitman sent the second set of books on September 9, 1876.
—have sent their books, postpaid, by same mail with this to several of them (see list appended) —& the
Their names do not appear in the lists you have given me to send books to.
Whitman sent the book with his August 22, 1876 letter to Rossetti.
Gilchrist and her children arrived in Philadelphia on September 10, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E
Sept. 4 '76 I forward you by Express to-day, same address as this letter the package of Books (see list
The list, which is not with the draft letter, appears in his Commonplace Book under September 5, 1876
Whitman had written of his intent to send these books to Tennyson in his June 26, 1876 letter to William
On September 5, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
The date is confirmed by an entry in Whitman's Commonplace Book (Charles E.
Transcript.On June 3, 1876, Edward Carpenter ordered books for Charles G. Oates.
Oates himself wrote for a copy of Two Rivulets, which Whitman sent on September 7, 1876 (Commonplace Book
in the Stanford Library is dated "Sept 7th, 1881," which, in view of the entry in his Commonplace Book
G's books dont don't appear to me specific & full enough.
Two Rivulets was published as a companion volume to the book.
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
Camden, N Jersey—U S America Sept 9 — I to-day send you by mail, a second set , Two Vols. of my Books
Whitman had sent a set of books on August 30, 1876.
On September 29, 1884, Watson requested an inscribed copy of Leaves of Grass (Commonplace Book, Charles
The list on the other sheet will more fully show you what books I have sent, comprising I believe all
a number of other names , both men's & women's, mentioned, or writing themselves, as ordering the books
I have now plenty of Books, & orders will be complied with promptly .
me much—but it is past—& I have as I believe forwarded now every British paid subscriber his or her books
Rolleston in Dublin; the entry, however, was later deleted (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Sheppard at Horsham, England, on September 6, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Walt Whitman sent two books to John Trivett Nettleship on October 24, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles
Whitman had received £6 from Conway on June 12, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Gilchrist arrived in Philadelphia on September 10, 1876 (Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Somerby was one of the book dealers whom Walt Whitman termed "embezzlers."
We had hoped that you would accept our offer to get out your new book, and thus more than discharge our
your claim in cash if he would let me have some property which he had no earthly use for viz some books
private library a $150 bookcase which had been in my library 5 or 6 years before I thought of going into book
some lying away entirely unused—I urged that it was his interest to pay you entire & secure your new book
He utterly refused to let me have any money or even books which were mine under exemption laws had I
Now I wish to go into the book business again & I wish to get through with C. P.
Somerby was one of the book dealers whom Walt Whitman termed "embezzlers."
We had hoped that you would accept our offer to get out your new book, and thus more than discharge our
Grosart's books included. That for Mr.
but it is sometimes his way to put off writing to me too long, & I have little doubt he has got the books
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
exhausted the first printing of 100 to 150 copies of the 1876 edition, but he sent, as his Commonplace Book
Whitman was at the Stafford farm in Kirkwood from October 10 to 19 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles
September 10, and was accompanied by John Burroughs on September 14 and 15 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
present volume is distinctly a political, a historical, or, perhaps more correctly still, a prophetic book
An entry in Whitman's Commonplace Book corroborates the date (Charles E.
An entry in Whitman's Commonplace Book corroborates the date.
frequently went to Scovel's home for Sunday breakfast, as he did on December 2 and 9, 1877 (Commonplace Book
This is a book which thousands will read with intense interest, and tens of thousands throw down in sheer
In the book before us, his peculiar powers are exhibited in all their innate force, and the prose part
), by express prepaid direct to same address as this letter, a package of some 17 or 18 vols of my books
On January 8, 1877, Buchanan informed Walt Whitman that he had neglected acknowledge the books because
return from a visit to the Gilchrists in Philadelphia from November 18 to 20 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
According to his Commonplace Book, Whitman sent Two Rivulets on September 7 to Justin H.