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Metcalf was in Philadelphia with Richard Maurice Bucke on May 25 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles
Whitman was in New York from June 13 to July 10 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.
Whitman's nieces arrived in Camden on June 13 (Whitman's Commonplace Book).
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
I think—am pretty sure—the book (400 pages about) will go in long primer solid.
Of course you must be thoroughly fortified in your investment & publication of the book—& I will do any
It is required in the book (to face page 29)—in fact is involved as part of the poem.
If desired I will sell it to you, as a necessary part of the stock for issuing the book—price $50 cash
, & 20 copies of book (without royalty)—I shall want 200 prints from the plate also—(the printer can
make that number extra & give me) — The book will make 390 (to '95) pages.
Whitman received $40 from the firm on September 30 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.
I suggest a 400 page book—in size, thickness, general appearance &c: closely like Houghton & Mifflin's
green muslin binding—binding costing say 15 or 16 cts. cents —no gilt edges—a handsome, stately, plain book
After noting his letter to Osgood on June 4 in his Commonplace Book, Whitman added: "(mistake about price
However let us say $40 (instead of 50) as the price (with the books & prints before specified).
Besides we would have to hurry too much—for I think the book better be thrown on the market forthwith—all
The book will not make more than 390 pages (most likely 385 to 390.)
The book was published in 1889 by Philadelphia publisher David McKay.
Chandler, of the Christian Union in New York, sent $3 for the book (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
special—Am somewhat under the weather four or five days—cold in the head or malaria—I sent Shiell's the book
—When you come again, don't forget to bring my Stedman book American Poets —Love to Alma and Al and all
Leaves of Grass to Robert Shiells at the "National Bank, Neenah, Wisconsin" (Whitman's Commonplace Book
Whitman $76.91 on September 22; the exact amount of the city tax was $25.37 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
the New York Herald for $100 for the pieces printed in January and February (Whitman's Commonplace Book
& full of work—some lecturing—Kennedy is well, living at Belmont still, & at work in Cambridge—his book
The poet sent the article on January 16 and received $25 (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles E.
been here some time—is now in Boston—Morse the sculptor has gone temporarily to Indiana—Kennedys W W book
Whitman noted the visit in his Commonplace Book (Charles E.
course if you print it send me good proof—The price w'd be $20 & I reserve the right to print in future book
delicious chocolate—I have it for my breakfast frequently, & enjoy it—Please accept a copy of my little book
In his Commonplace Book Whitman noted, "Oscar Wilde here a good part of the afternoon" (Charles E.
the lands of the earth closer than all treaties or diplomacy—As the purpose beneath the rest in my book
addressing you for Russia, and empowering you, should you see fit, to put the present letter in your book
Whitman You see I have addressed you as Russian—let it stand so—go on with your translation—I send you a book
tremendous success, and Whitman was so showered with adulation that he observed in his Commonplace Book
one of Whitman's Washington friends, had visited Whitman on February 24, 1879 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
That this letter was written in 1879 is confirmed by an entry in Whitman's Commonplace Book and by the
was a lawyer in Brandon, Vermont, a collector of rare books, and the editor and publisher of the Brandon
Whitman noted sending this letter in his Commonplace Book (Charles E.
According to his Commonplace Book, Whitman was with the Staffords from October 9 to 13, not at the seashore
328 Mickle Street Camden New Jersey U S America Jan. 7 '85 Yours of Dec. 25 rec'd—with £1 for books—I
Abdy-Williams informed Whitman on March 18; he sent other copies on March 31 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
walter thank god i feel better this morning" (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
most solicitously about Walt's illness (The Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
These letters are not known; probably Walt Whitman wrote to some of the dealers who handled his books
Carpenter sent big books, too 314 Mill St Po'keepsie N.Y.
The book may be sent to me at West Park, & let me thank you in advance for it.
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
the money—& yesterday I sent you by Adams' express, paid, to same address as this letter a set of my books
return by mail to me—or if you want rather to purchase a copy I will get you one at the store of rare books
Bellows on November 13, after which Bellows sent an order for books on November 15, 1877, and on November
18, Whitman forwarded the two-volume edition and John Burroughs' book Notes on Walt Whitman (The Commonplace
Book, Charles E.
He mentioned "the furious gale & storm" in his Commonplace Book (Charles E.
at Kirkwood on April 20 and 21, April 25 to 27, May 1 and 2, and May 6 and 7 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
saw them for the last time in Philadelphia on the evening of April 22 and 23 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
1878," which appeared in the West Jersey Press of January 16, 1878, as noted in Whitman's Commonplace Book
The firm was advertised as Whitman's Boston agent in books published in 1871 and 1872.
I have written to O'Kane to–day, & I hope you will have no further difficulty in getting the books—I
to Horace Traubel in 1889: "What a sweat I used to be in all the time . . . over getting my damned books
The Boston agents for Whitman's books; see also Whitman's December 8, 1871 letter to W. H.
For Thomas O'Kane, a New York book dealer, see Whitman's September 13, 1873 letter.
William Michael Rossetti noted receipt of the books on October 8, 1871.
eulogy was published to great acclaim and is considered a classic panegyric (see Phyllis Theroux, The Book
Edwin Haviland Miller provides the following explanation: On October 3 Whitman "sent copies of the big book
Notes [on Walt Whitman] (with portraits W W in envelope) to Col: Ingersoll" (Whitman's Commonplace Book
Whitman later recorded in his Commonplace Book his impressions of Ingersoll's October 21, 1890, speech
Ing. had it written, & read with considerable fire, but perfect ease" (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles
According to his Commonplace Book, Whitman sent copies on June 21 and July 5 (Charles E.
Don't you go back however on any positions (naturalistic & critical) you have taken in former essays & books
— they are all just right & needed — Dr Bucke's book is in the printer's hands—I am well as usual—Best
Beers in 1898 termed Whitman "a great sloven" (see William Sloane Kennedy, The Fight of a Book for the
at Glendale from May 13 to 26 except for a brief visit to Camden on May 17 (Whitman's Commonplace Book
Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University; gaps were filled by reference to a digital
Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University; gaps were filled by reference to a digital
WHEN I READ THE BOOK.
Let the prison-keepers be put in prison! Let those that were prisoners take the keys! (Say!
The blind sleep, and the deaf and dumb sleep, The prisoner sleeps well in the prison—the run-away son
book-words! what are you?
17 All the hapless silent lovers, All the prisoners in the prisons, all the righteous and the wicked,
A single glance of it mocks all the investigations of man and all the instruments and books of the earth
season of every year of your life, re examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book
My words are words of a questioning, and to indicate reality; This printed and bound book . . . . but
The blind sleep, and the deaf and dumb sleep, The prisoner sleeps well in the prison . . . . the runaway
or man that has been in prison or is likely to be in prison?
A single glance of it mocks all the investigations of man and all the instruments and books of the earth
season of every year of your life, re examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book
rages with many a loud alarm and frequent advance and retreat . . . . the enemy triumphs . . . . the prison
In paintings or mouldings or carvings in mineral or wood, or in the illustrations of books or newspapers
discreditable means . . not any nastiness of appetite . . not any harshness of officers to men or judges to prisoners
second or third hand . . . . nor look through the eyes of the dead . . . . nor feed on the spectres in books
wandering savage, A farmer, mechanic, or artist . . . . a gentleman, sailor, lover or quaker, A prisoner
great authors and schools, A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books
I become any presence or truth of humanity here, And see myself in prison shaped like another man, And
My words are words of a questioning, and to indicate reality; This printed and bound book . . . . but
printed or preached or discussed . . . . it eludes discussion and print, It is not to be put in a book
. . . . it is not in this book, It is for you whoever you are . . . . it is no farther from you than
write what we think . . . . yet very faintly; The directory, the detector, the ledger . . . . the books
The blind sleep, and the deaf and dumb sleep, The prisoner sleeps well in the prison . . . . the runaway
and the master salutes the slave, The felon steps forth from the prison . . . . the insane becomes sane
by its breath as if I were no more than a helpless vapor . . . . all falls aside but myself and it, Books
not what is printed, preach'd, discussed—it eludes discussion and print; It is not to be put in a book—it
is not in this book; It is for you, whoever you are—it is no farther from you than your hearing and
descends and goes, instead of the carver that carved the supporting desk; When I can touch the body of books