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The population of China, the lecturer states was not less than 360 millions, inhabiting a country which

There was a dead uniformity in the Chinese character—the habits, dress, and tastes of each were the same

Progress and change were to him unkown.

—The Chinese were essentially deficient in the spiritual sense.

The Roman Catholic missions were commenced in that country as early as the days of Marco Polo, and some

Notice was circulated in this city on Saturday evening that the Water and Sewerage bills would be discussed

before the Committee on Cities and Villages on Monday evening, and Mr.

without his knowledge and consent and that the meeting could not be held, as most of the Committee were

In the cars, the Water Works and all appertaining thereto were so loudly and volubly discussed, that

The Grand street railroad bills were before a Committee of the Assembly this afternoon.

We have resisted, in a previous article, the common disparaging view taken of the health of American

comparison with that of English women; but we, at the same time, felt constrained to admit, that American

But we wish the superior beauty of our girls were no more rapidly evanescent than is hereby accounted

If they were, we might look for the extinction of the American race within a very few years.

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

But it is evidently not so in New York city.

Having done all the harm he could to the good name of the city, and to the personal interests of the

They seem disposed, in sheer spite (if not stopped by serious public disapproval) to put the city to

This assumption ignores the fact that the Mayors of those cities are intended by the new law directly

unable to speak the English language so as to be comfortably understood by Americans.

objection urged by the Star is equally untenable—that New York rowdies would be attracted here if the cars were

rowdies with the means of coming here; but running the cars can tend only to convenience our own population

carrying out the view which his Honor the Mayor, in common with nineteen-twentieths of the public of our city

, entertain as to the necessity and expediency of directing the City Railroad Company to place on their

a sufficient number of cars to accommodate all wishing on that day to travel from one part of the city

We were pleased to find Mayor Powell present. Our fellow citizen, Mr.

we noticed—was doing the agreeable—that is to say he was receiving applicants for appointments, who were

S. remarked that the duties of a policeman were very severe.

While we were present ex-Health officer West entered and presented his application. Mr.

Indeed, we were told that Mr.

Captains, the "Municipals," to call in their men at 4 o'clock today (Friday), and deliver over the city

nine-tenths of them well satisfied with the decision affirming the Metropolitan Police Law, under which our city

Mayor Powell, as Chief Magistrate of the City, should have, and doubtless will have, the most weighty

Stranahan, let us now see if the Mayor cannot give us a splendid set of young, strong American men, physically

and mentally competent—men that will make "the force" a pride to the whole city.

I too, dear friend, would be so glad if we were near each other where we could have each other's company

He went from Harewood hospital here, to Brooklyn, to the City Hospital there—he had a terrific operation

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

especially as I can & will give, to each generous donor, my book, portrait, autograph, myself as it were

I wish I were a rich man . . . and you should certainly never want anything your heart craved . . . happy

you have fulfilled your life, & spoken—in tunes no thunders can silence—the beautiful message you were

Whitman—she was practical enough to arm herself with letters of introduction to various Americans.

is not with the draft letter, appears in his Commonplace Book under September 5, 1876: two volumes were

Richard Bentley and Son were London publishers.

deeply appreciate them, & do not hesitate to accept & respond to them in the same spirit in which they were

The last three lines of the endorsement were added three years later.

the office, Harry Stafford—I know his father & mother—There is a large family, very respectable American

This postcard bears the address, "John Swinton | 124 East 38th st | New York City."

This letter's envelope bears the address, "John Swinton | 13413 East 38th Street | New York City."

Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908), an American poet, was staying with Philip Bourke Marston (to whom

Your letters of April 18 and 28th were very comforting to me.

Whitman wrote for the first time to this distinguished American sculptor on April 12, 1876.

Ward (1830–1910) was, according to Dictionary of American Biography, "the first native sculptor to create

but the bad deathly spells are very rare, (almost unknown) the last three months—I want to go to N Y city

Whitman stayed at the "Minerva House" in Sea Isle City, N.

Evn'g May 12 '82 Dear Sir Yours of yesterday rec'd received —I could send the MS of Carlyle from an American

exigencies & judgment—no condition at all— Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to the Editor of The North American

The North American Review also rejected "The Prairies in Poetry" which the poet submitted on May 4 and

no doubt it is a total invention (not to use the word fraud wh' is perfectly proper)—my relations were

Russell Lowell, 1860. Sept 26."

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

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.

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

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

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

George Marston, Boston Postmaster Edward Tobey, and anti-vice activist Anthony Comstock, all of whom 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

Smith, his wife Hannah, and their children were all friends and supporters of Whitman.

May 31, 1889, were collected and edited by Horace Traubel.

The notes and addresses that were delivered at Whitman's seventieth birthday celebration in Camden, on

May 31, 1889, were collected and edited by Horace Traubel.

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

," which was published in The North American Review 125 (March 1891), 332–338.

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

Though an old Republican, he calls the party in power 'the banditti combine,' and says, if it were not

for American elections as safety-valves, we should likely have a French Revolution here and Reign of

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

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

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

8 '90 Fine sunny day—was out in wheelchair yesterday 12 to 2½—went to the north point shore of the city

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

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

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

Though an old Republican, he calls the party in power "the banditti combine," and says, if it were not

for American elections as safety-valves, we would likely have a French Revolution here and Reign of

Thirty-one poems from Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy

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

Lee (1807–1870) was an American military officer who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia

in the American Civil War.

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

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

Johnston (of New York) and Bucke were in the process of planning a lecture event in Whitman's honor,

Our opinion is, that if it were as common a custom for all classes of the growing youths of Brooklyn

Were they undisturbed and secure, they would be more likely to congregate together in the safest and

articles in the current number of Blackwood’s Magazine, which we noticed yesterday, is one on the North American

proposed by Blackwood in calling attention to the subject is to secure a representation of the North American

and extinguish whatever anticipations we may have formed of the future annexation of Canada to the American

The comparison is made between extent of surface, the number of its population—and then in the comparison

is but a short time ago that the modest dwelling houses of moderately well-off and poorer classes were

Everybody knows what execrable things they were (and are, for there are some left yet, more’s the pity

The rooms contiguous, or the “packing rooms,” were full of these articles in an unburnt state.

there were enough to break all the bell-wires on the South Side.

All the cups were safe and intact—nothing was injured.

.— The New York Times pretends that there is yellow fever in this city, because the Captain of the Brig

Husted, the owner of the cow stables in the Seventh Ward, which were recently the subject of discussion

November, in any year, on any premises owned or occupied in whole or in part by him or them within the city

As several of the owners of distilleries in the city keep huge numbers of cows in stables attached to

But a fire having occurred by which the stables were destroyed, the proprietor forthwith commenced to

, in the midst of a growing and rapidly aggregating population, where from 1,200 to 1,500 milch cows

Attendants were present to preserve order and minister to their wants.

were under restraint of limb.

Of the rest some were amusing themselves like children, others were lost in apparently profound meditation

, and some were afflicted by a cacoethes loquendi ; but none were dangerous and hardly any were even

Hardly any of the patients were colored people.

Respecting Mineral Substances mentioned by the Ancients; with occasional Remarks on the Uses to which they were

They were acquainted, however, with a large number of minerals, their uses and properties, and the two

Statues were painted by the ancients with minium, and hence were called miniatures .

Of combustibles, sulphur, bitumen, naptha, amber, gagates or jet, were all well known.

There were also bony stones or fossils of various kinds.

Secretary, we find the following: The last case I shall mention is that of a gentleman with whom you were

, has again and again been disgraced by being placed on the list of arrested "bummers" sent to the City

Were such cases rare—had the gifted Freeman Hunt been almost the only man to whom the existence of an

Ex-Mayor Lambert of this city is one of the Trustees, and by him, or Mr.

We are a moral and religious people, as becomes the denizens of a "City of Churches," and even when the

It cannot be expected that in a city like this, partaking as it does of the metropolitan character of

In a graver vein is "The American Tract Society."

Were the case reversed—had it devolved on the soldiers to determine to which of the Aldermen the premium

If the respective bravery of members of Assembly were in question, the superior claims of the gentleman

But to decide who was bravest, in a regiment where all were brave—to say who was most heroic, where all

were heroes, is a task which nothing but the sublime impudence of New York Aldermen, tutored under that

themselves; they can read human character sufficiently to discern who of a hundred applicants for city