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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

" 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

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

Perhaps Lilian Whiting (1859–1942), an American writer and journalist.

Only 300 copies were printed, and Whitman signed the title page of each one.

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 Dean Howells (1837–1920) was an American realist novelist and literary critic, serving the staff

of the New York Nation and Harper's Magazine during the mid 1860s.

1871 to 1880, he was one of the foremost critics in New York, and used his influence to support American

In an Ashtabula Sentinel review of the 1860 edition Leaves of Grass, Howells wrote, "If he is indeed

They were real pretty, unusually good, in some respects.

Her novels were extremely popular, and Whitman particularly loved Consuelo and The Countess of Rudolstadt

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

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

Moncure Conway (1832–1907) was a Unitarian minister who lived in England from the 1860s until 1885, where

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

" 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

A Library of Great American Literature: From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time was an eleven-volume

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

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

controversial in the U.S. in the late 1880s after the first giant incinerator was build in New York City

Wife and I read the newspaper notice as we were coming up the hill in the evening, we said Hurrah!

It has a Boston, Mass. postmark in which only the city and the year of 1889 are legible.

Later the decree was altered, and O'Reilly was sent to Australia, where he escaped on an American whaler

Boston friends were raising money to buy a summer cottage they hoped would improve Whitman's failing

I want all the chief American & especially the English poets to have copies.

Graham Sumner (1840–1910) was a professor of social sciences at Yale who also authored books on American

William Dean Howells (1837–1920), novelist and "Dean of American Letters" who wrote The Rise of Silas

years of shoulder to shoulder work with the (to me) entirely hitherto unfamiliar class of skilled 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

Only 300 copies were printed, and Whitman signed the title page of each one.

(1809–1875) served as the Circuit Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit of the United States (The American

Did you ever hear that the Booths were of Dutch origin? Mrs K. is sure she read it.

Edwin Thomas Booth (1833–1893) was an American actor, famous for performing Shakespeare in the U.S. and

I tell you I wish the world were full of such men.

Jas: Russell Lowell, 1860. Sept 26."

Rapple, "James Russell Lowell", American Travel Writers, 1850–1915 [Detroit: Gale, 1998], 247–254).

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

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

signal & wide-spread horror of the kind ever known in this country—curious that at this very hour, we were

Stoddart's Encyclopaedia America, established Stoddart's Review in 1880, which was merged with The American

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

Three or four golden robins were clipping about thro' the air, singing & chirping.

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

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

of Chelsea, Massachusetts, began his career as a journalist with the Savannah Daily News in the mid-1860s

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

Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1854–1939) was an American activist and editor of the anarchist periodical

of Chelsea, Massachusetts, began his career as a journalist with the Savannah Daily News in the mid-1860s

Aldrich (1836–1907) was associated with Henry Clapp's Saturday Press from 1858 until its final number in 1860

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.

On October 3, 1890, Whitman had accepted an invitation to write for The North American Review.

Had a good letter from Sidney Morse, & was (as tickled as Rhys says you were) over his fine old mother

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

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

James Savage's (1784–1873) Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1860) was an

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

You were partially right in thinking me connected with a large printing establishment.

Somebody ought to write a scholarly-picturesque thorough & exhaustive history of the Dutch-Americans.

I wish I were rich enough.

City & L. Island, & study the Dutch people at first hand.

For more on the paper and the many poems by Whitman that were published in it, see Susan Belasco, "The

Now, you meet the rich idlers from Boston, New York, Chicago and other cities, during their gorgeous

You won't detect pedant or such about him, but a splendid example of a cultivated American, who knows

the best that other lands and times have to offer, but who is still American.

particularly difficult for those who belonged to the social circle in which he and Wendell Phillips were

course you are familiar with Lowell's "Commemoration Ode" —a poem, it seems to me—in which the best Americanism

James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) was an American critic, poet and editor of The Atlantic.

Nort h American Review. East Fourteenth Street, New York.

Rideing, the assistant editor of the North American Review, had written to Whitman and requested that

the poet write an article of about "4000 words" on "Recent aspects of American literature" for "the

June 26 188 3 Dear Sir, I am collecting material for an article upon the late Sidney Lanier, a true American

Pennsylvania, where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were

I took a friend with me from Jersey City (T.C.

Brown has gone to City point to get the Body. he took the boat for city point last Wednesday at 3 oclock

Jersey City.

The Commune governed the city from March 18 to May 28, 1871, at which time the French army retook the

city and prosecuted those who had supported the Commune.

"Nelly" O'Connor (1830–1913), who, with Charles Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close

I know I am glad that your selections were put into my hands first, so that I was lifted up by them to

It happens that I have lately been compiling a of selections from American Poets, & I had had to use

—I don't well know when my American Selection will be out: my work on it is done, & the rest depends

Octr., & is to dine with us tomorrow: I like his frank manly aspect & tone, & need not say that you were

It is postmarked: LONDON-W | 7 | OC 9 | 71; NEW YORK CITY | OCT | 22 | PAID; CARRIER | OCT | 23 | 8AM

The volume of American poems to which he refers was to be the seventeenth volume in the series and was

Gary Schmidgall, The Iowa Whitman Series (Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 2001), 29.

My prefatory matter, & something like a third (I suppose) of the poems, were in print before your letter

letter; & contains moreover a longish passage affirming that, if such freedom of speech as you adopt were

title–page wh. you propose wd. of course be adopted by me with thanks & without a moment's debate, were

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907) was an American abolitionist, minister, and frequent correspondent

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

Chas Charles Aldrich, of Webster City, Iowa: he told us of his interview with you shortly before he crossed

subscription list is being formed in England with a view to presenting a free-will offering to the American

Were it not that I find the uncertainty about this most embarrassing, & the presumable chance of enlisting

Memoranda During the War (1875) chronicles Whitman's time as a hospital volunteer during the American

He may have told you—& indeed it cannot have needed telling—that you were a very principal subject of

But certainly it does seem that in degree & duration the obduracy of Americans agst. against your work

It seems as if she were even less capable than others of appreciating great work vital with the very

My vol. volume of Selections from American Poets doesn't seem likely to be published yet awhile.

An aspiring physician, Beatrice took the needed preparatory classes but was barred (as were all women

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

The volume of American poems to which he refers was to be the seventeenth volume in the series and was

in some tangible shape: & I c.d could at this moment tell you of at least 3 several plans wh. which were

, & you vouch for as less strong than the facts, proves that some more cheerful preceding accounts were

Krieg, chapter 8, "Dublin," Walt Whitman and the Irish (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000), 190

The draft comes from Charles Aldrich, of Webster City, Iowa, who had an interview with you some months

Whitman's article "The American War" appeared in the London Examiner on March 18, 1876.

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

Whitman, The receipt of your letter of 3 Decr. this morning wd. would have made me feel miserable were

I have always felt—& did so markedly while our own recent Reform discussions were going on—one main truth