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which piracy lets loose sets ideals before our young readers which are contrary to the spirit of American

I do not quite understand how the English ideal of life differs from the American, but a discussion of

the subject which I propose to have in The North American Review will, no doubt, be a source of enlightenment

The American Ideal in Fiction —that will be the title; and each contributor will be expected to point

The North American Review was the first literary magazine in the United States.

Whitman's friend James Redpath joined the North American Review as managing editor in 1886.

Whitman briefly mentioned Rice's request for an article in the North American Review in his letter to

Camden: "I should acknowledge it in some way: but as to writing about novelists, novels, English, American

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Both were introduced to Whitman's writings by Edward Carpenter and they quickly became admirers of Whitman

When the war ended, he became a pipe inspector for the City of Camden and the New York Metropolitan Water

values the poem too highly and that it cannot in any sense be taken as the voice of a representative American

Whitman has always seemed very un-American in many of his traits, notably in his acceptance of gifts

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908) was an American poet and critic who published several collections

Both were introduced to Whitman's writings by Edward Carpenter and they quickly became admirers of Whitman

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

If I were face to face with you there are many things in your last poems and writings I should like to

to Whitman (January 8, 1889, January 20, 1889, April 28, 1890, August 24, 1890, and March 6, 1891) were

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

This letter is addressed: Dr Karl Knortz | 540 East 155th Street | New York City.

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Thomas Harned and his wife Anna were the parents of three children, Anna, Tommy, and Herbert.

City dead House. —Open Road. Salut au Monde Savantism.

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

watching for it to be published for some time, ever since I saw in The Pall Mall Gazette that you were

encroach on the space devoted to the work of other contributors; but my second series of English and American

Bentzon, was an author, translator, and literary critic who is specifically noted for her expertise on American

Jules Laforgue (1860–1887) was a French free-verse poet born in Uruguay.

If I were at home I am sure all would send love—as I do—from your friend Logan Pearsall Smith Logan Pearsall

I was beginning to fear lest you were not so well again.

If good wishes of friends were of any direct use, physically, I mean, as well as in other ways, it would

It was held at the foot of Cleopatra's Needle, round the base of which the various speakers were grouped

Through the day it had been wet and foggy in turn, but now the sky was of an American clearness, the

If Jesus were in London today would he be in those churches?"—and the crowd shouted back, "No!

Joseph Pennell (1857–1926) was an American lithographer, illustrator, and etcher whose work often depicted

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground

Whitman passing his last years across the river from the great Quaker City, always using the quaint Quaker

Whitman's opinion of Tennyson is of particular interest, since the British laureate is one of our great American's

1884, when George and Louisa moved to a farm outside of Camden and Whitman decided to stay in the city

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

breath of life to my whole scheme that the bulk of the pieces might as well have been left unwritten were

The Harper's printing included an engraving, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, by American painter George

Portions of this lecture were also originally published as Abraham Lincoln's Death.

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

that except for the photographs taken by Eakins and his assistants in Whitman's room in 1891, these were

the last photographs taken of Whitman by a professional photographer, and certainly they were the last

Chicago Albumen Works, Inc., with the assistance of a grant from the Gilder-Lehrmann Institute for American

Walt Whitman by Frederick Gutekunst, 1889 Whitman commented that the photos from this sitting were all

Eakins-O'Donovan. . . . in Walt's own room in November 1891, the Gutekunst sittings, of which this is one result, were

We were very merry (as old Pepys would say) but it makes a fellow feel rather stupid next day.

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

This manuscript is written on the back of a City of Williamsburgh tax form.

Fredson Bowers, have generally assumed that Whitman used the Williamsburgh tax forms from 1857 to 1860

The city of Williamsburgh was incorporated with Brooklyn effective January 1855, so the forms would have

been obsolete after that date (Whitman's Manuscripts: Leaves of Grass [1860] [Chicago: University of

At least two of the tax forms Whitman used were dated 1854 (see, for instance, "Vast national tracts"

This manuscript is written on the back of a City of Williamsburgh tax form.

Fredson Bowers, have generally assumed that Whitman used the Williamsburgh tax forms from 1857 to 1860

The city of Williamsburgh was incorporated with Brooklyn effective January 1855, so the forms would have

been obsolete after that date (Whitman's Manuscripts: Leaves of Grass [1860] [Chicago: University of

At least two of the tax forms Whitman used were dated 1854 (see, for instance, "Vast national tracts"

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

Alden of Harper's (they were rejected).

The poems were never published in the order outlined in the manuscript.

Alden of Harper's (they were rejected).

The poems were never published in the order outlined in the manuscript.; Many of the poems listed belong

"After the Supper and Talk" and "You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me" were both published first in Lippincott's

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

Whitman's essay on Elias Hicks and his essay titled "A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads," both of which were

It is also of significance that as his health deteriorated, recordings in Commonplace Book were less

I wish you were feeling better & stronger.

There are two additional postmarks, but only the city of New York and the year ("89") are visible.

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American novelist and autobiographer, known especially for his works

about the hardships of farm life in the American Midwest.

upon—Then I sh'd be tickled enough if I c'd think I had indeed skimm'd some of the real cream of the American

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

This postal card is addressed: Miss Kittie Johnston | 305 E 17th Street | New York City.

"Kitty" and her brother Harold were photographed with the poet in 1879 (See Edwin Haviland Miller, ed

David McKay (1860–1918) took over Philadelphia-based publisher Rees Welsh's bookselling and publishing

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American novelist and autobiographer, known especially for his works

about the hardships of farm life in the American Midwest.

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

Edward Bellamy (1850–1898) was an American author, best known for his utopian science fiction novel,

see notes Dec 27 1888 American Social Science Association.

The names of the officers of the American Social Science Association are printed on the verso of this

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

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American author, poet, and abolitionist best known for writing

Bucke and his brother-in-law William John Gurd were designing a gas and fluid meter to be patented in

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

They were put aside either for consultation about specific details or, as Traubel mentions, for presentation

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

consider "Leaves of Grass" and its theory experimental—as, in the deepest sense, I consider our American

Candidly and dispassionately reviewing all my intentions, I feel that they were creditable—and I accept

But, regarding "Leaves of Grass," let the author speak further:— I should say it were useless to attempt

millions of equals, with their lives, their passions, their futures—these incalculable, modern, American

poetry with cosmic and dynamic features of magnitude and limitlessness suitable to the human soul were

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Walsh, an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American writer best known for his fiction about the Midwest.

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

where he published Whitman's "Bardic Symbols" [later "As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life"] in April of 1860

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

David McKay (1860–1918) took over Philadelphia-based publisher Rees Welsh's bookselling and publishing

For more information about McKay, see Joel Myerson, "McKay, David (1860–1918)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia