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.; In the 1880s, a number of English critics were interested Whitman, including Matthew Arnold, Robert

I DREAM'D DREAMED in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the wholeof the rest of the earth

; dream'd dreamed that was the new City of Friends.

the quality of robust love—it led the rest; It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of that city

is Rhys's last letter to me —I suppose (but don't know for certain) that Union League Club New York City

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

From December 1887 through August 1888, 33 of Whitman's poems were published in the paper.

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

about the hardships of farm life in the American West.

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Jules Laforgue (1860–1887) was a French-Uruguayan Symbolist poet.

His shad and champagne dinners for Whitman were something of a tradition.

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

Felix Adler (1851–1933) was a German American professor of political and social ethics.

I do wish you were well enough to accept Mr. Fords proposition to go to England & Scotland.

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

His shad and champagne dinners for Whitman were something of a tradition.

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

Bronson Howard (1842–1908) was an American journalist and dramatist, whose work earned him membership

in the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Stuart Robson (1836–1903) and William Henry Crane (1845–1928) were American comedic actors who formed

Productions such as Our Bachelors (1878) and Sharps and Flats (1880) were so successful that Bronson

After a second trip to the United States in the summer of 1886, Arnold commented on American life being

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

that my friend Kennedy has told you something of me and the work I am trying to do for you and for American

you in a depressed mood many times, saying that he finds a "solid line of enemies" (I think those were

I am just now delivering a course of lectures in the city on "The Literature of Democracy" concerning

In these I am trying to analyze certain tendencies of American Life somewhat in accordance with the principles

An acquantaince among the younger literary editors of the city warrants me in saying that there is much

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

His shad and champagne dinners for Whitman were something of a tradition.

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

I see in Bob the noblest specimen—American-flavored—pure out of the soil, spreading, giving, demanding

: "Chief of organic numbers, Old poet of the spheres—" And I thought how much more applicable they were

I did not even know that you were writing little pieces for the Herald until some time after you had

As stereotype did not then exist, these editions were manifestly in each case reset, which could only

If Nelly knew I were writing she would surely send you her love.

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

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

proposition to cross this Autumn to England and deliver a course of lectures in a few of the larger cities

April 13 '88 Dear H G I am still here in the little Camden shanty not much different from when you were

rice pudding made in a big earthenware baking dish for my dinner— wh' which suits me well—(I wish you were

Harry's parents, George and Susan Stafford, were tenant farmers at White Horse Farm near Kirkwood, New

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

Thomas Eakins (1844–1919) was an American painter.

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

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

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

Warren Davis (1865–1928) was an American artist best known for his tempura paintings and his etchings

He studied at the Art Students League in New York, and several of his etchings were used on the covers

At this time relations between Rhys and William Sloane Kennedy were strained; on March 1 (?)

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

Thomas Eakins (1844–1919) was an American painter.

published and sold unauthorized editions of Whitman's Leaves of Grass, printed from the plates of the 1860

We have published every poem received from you and were not aware that any had been omitted.

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

He traveled with his cousin, the historian Francis Parkman, to the American West in the 1840s and is

for our cranky friend Johnson the planter His insinuations as to assumed peccadiloes of yrs yours were

Though, supposing all the things he mentioned were so, (and doubtless some of them were in a measure)

a long letter fr Charley Eldridge, wh. which I incorporated partly in the Bibiliog. under head of "1860

He says he finds a few vols. volumes of the fraudulent 1860 ed. edition in Los Angeles.

Tyrrell, Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and many of the contributors were present and former Trinity

was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who issued the 1860

Joseph Edgar Chamberlin (1851–1935) was an American journalist for the Boston Transcript and the Youth's

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

It is now some two years ago since your poems were first brought under my notice (by my friend Mr A.

he contemplated no change in his living arrangements, and that the proceeds from the Cottage Fund were

Although Whitman's friend was loath to offer any public criticism, some of the contributors were evidently

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

Thomas Eakins (1844–1919) was an American painter.

"Sands at Seventy" printing of "The Bravest Soldiers" omits several words from the first line that were

Traubel's With Walt Whitman in Camden—though it does appear frequently in the last three volumes, which were

If she were not quite so old, I think I would start out with her on a starring tour.

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

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

Walsh (1854–1919) was an American historian, poet, critic, and editor.

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

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

You have no doubt got their invitation to lecture by this time—which I told you sometime ago they were

For when we were in college together in Cambridge Mass.

They were a band of earnest liberal fellows (Norman & I the best read of 'em) & I saw that they did not

Stead (1849–1912); see American Literature, XXXIII (1961), 68–69, and the letter from Whitman to William

These friends were new last fall but I almost feel as if I had known them always, particularly one from

Hensley "I dream'd a dream I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth

, I dreamed that was the new city of friends."

At some point, Bucke's closing and the signature on his letter were cut away.

William James (1842–1910), brother of the writer Henry James, was an American psychologist, anatomist

Messrs Ingram and Logue were much taken with y'r talk, impression, presence &c.

The occasion of the dinner is the anniversary of the passing of the law incorporated the city of Brooklyn

Paumanok is the Native American name, and the name Whitman preferred, for Long Island.; Our transcription

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

Thomas Eakins (1844–1919) was an American painter.

.; Mannahatta, meaning "land of many hills," is the Native American name Whitman uses for New York City

spiteful little "animated torrid zones" & covering them with feathers—it seems as if our Church deacons were

Southwestern Archaeological Expedition took place between 1886 and 1894 with the goal of unearthing Native American