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See also note 2 to Whitman's letter from January 20, 1865 .

Thereafter he compiled extremely successful textbooks, and established the magazine Story-Teller, in

Kerr, 1902), and Meyer Berger, The Story of The New York Times, 1851–1951 (New York: Simon and Schuster

Next thing we shall have to meet, will be the stories of what Emerson said to this man or that man.

genius, and appreciates deeply Leaves of Grass , the central sum of which, and permeating all its parts

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2

I wish the article I wrote for Bucke could appear, because a part of it was devoted to the recent critiques

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2

My special trouble now is what they call schlerosis —an induration of the lower part of the spinal cord

him—and so he got a full excoriation before crossing Styx, for after he died, I took out the severest parts

A front-page story on July 15 quoted at length the defense of Leaves of Grass offered by the Reverend

For my own part, it (the Republican article) made me marvel.

It is all right for you to take such an attitude as you do toward them—for you personally; but my part

, and the part of all your friends, is to whale them.

I heard a story once how the brilliant Douglas Jerrold astonished an evening party in London by a constant

I feel like imitating this wit, and saying, not in parting but in welcome, to our new friend, "Good Morrow

October 2, 1884. Dear Walt: I got yours of the 29th ultimo, with the slip from The Critic .

although one does not mind such things at first, yet gradually, and especially when they are only part

It is the old story of the basilisk—if you see him first, he dies.

The thieves song in the Polynesian story is wonderfully fine. William D.

O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 2 October 1884

He was well known for his Japanese folk tales and ghost stories.

Washington, D.C., July 2, 1864. Dear Walt: Your note of June 25th did not reach me till the 28th.

O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 2 July 1864

Part of it is very fine. I wonder if young William Allingham wrote it.

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84], 2:

wish you would let me know the price, as I have enquiries on this point, and can only suppose it is $2,

The New York Times of yesterday has a notice—by Montgomery, I suppose—excellent in parts, prodigiously

In volume 2 of Ira Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island (West New Brighton, Staten Island: Westermann

A translation of the article appeared in the New Eclectic Magazine, 2 (July 1868), 325–329; see also

in Brooklyn, and the couple had four children—Arthur, Helen, Emily, and Henry (who died in 1852, at 2

He has done something I don't like—withheld a part of the explanation of the cipher, and moreover expounded

The fragments of the cipher story in the book are quite amazing and have wonderful vraisemblance.

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2

It reminds me of a story Henry Peterson told me.

that there was no reason why the letter should not appear twice, or even three times in different parts

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2

The story has gone broadcast over the country, and must have dismayed the Comstockians.

Bucke is not convinced (no wonder since a part of the secret was withheld.)

poets—Lowell, Whittier, Bryant, Longfellow, etc.,—and then puts you far above them all, giving you the larger part

. | Nov | 2 | 6am | 1889 | Rec'd.

see notes Sept 2 & 4, 1888 Providence, R.I. April 1, 1883.

addressed: Walt Whitman | Camden | 328 Mickle St NJ; New York | Jun 18 | 12 M | D; NY | 6–18–89 | 1 PM | 2;

We hope also to gather some items that formed part of the personal belongings of Burns & his family.

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2

The first part of this manuscript resembles a line in the fifth poem of that edition, eventually titled

The first part of this manuscript resembles a line in the fifth poem of that edition, eventually titled

Our Hospt is a large five story building and accommodates between 300 & 400 patients, most of whom are

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1933], 133), Whitman wrote a (lost) Letter to Vliet on May 2,

It is postmarked: INDIANAPOLIS | NOV | 2 | IND.; CARRIER | NOV | 4 | 2 DEL.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1933], 133), Whitman wrote a (lost) letter to Vliet on May 2,

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

While answering freely, Walt wound up this part of the conversation by saying that those were problems

Not the least part of his visit, it may be noted, is the intertwining, which is becoming closer and closer

But as for Tennyson, he has not allowed himself to be a part of the living world, and of the great currents

When Walt Whitman, as the story goes, drove an omnibus along Broadway to oblige the regular driver, who

number at the top of the manuscript is not inconsistent with the possible positioning of these lines as part

number at the top of the manuscript is not inconsistent with the possible positioning of these lines as part

PatrickMcGuire"Wild Frank's Return" (1841)"Wild Frank's Return" (1841)This short story appeared in November

This story is Whitman's first use of the theme of two brothers going separate ways.

Reynolds, seeing in the story psychological parallels to its author, asks if Whitman, as prodigal son

, projected this story to shock his mother.

Allen sees this story, along with "Bervance: or, Father and Son" (1841), as evidence of Whitman's obsession

This tale is the second of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

Whitman reprinted a revised version of the story with the same title, under the new heading of "A tradition

A Tale of the Times and in his short stories, including " The Child's Champion ," " The Reformed ," "

However, further research would be necessary to determine whether the stories record or are inspired

Frank had accomplished the greater part of his journey; he was within three miles of his home.

This tale is the second of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

Whitman reprinted a revised version of the story with the same title, under the new heading of "A tradition

A Tale of the Times and in his short stories, including "The Child's Champion," "The Reformed," "The

However, further research would be necessary to determine whether the stories record or are inspired

The first part of this manuscript was slightly revised and used nearly verbatim in Mature Summer Days

His house is a four-story one, if you please, brown-stone front, and all that sort of thing. Mrs.

abundantly expresses the state of expectation on the one hand, and the necessary hesitation on the part

John's Park; Originally part of a 62-acre farm owned by a seventeenth-century Dutch immigrant, St.

The railroad then built a $2 million freight depot on the grounds to serve the West Side Line.

skin, with a pair of curling tongs for a thyrsus , and we have the pet of the Fifth Avenoodledom " (2:

The railroad then built a $2 million freight depot on the grounds to serve the West Side Line.

a skin, with a pair of curling tongs for a thyrsus, and we have the pet of the Fifth Avenoodledom" (2:

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

brain]about 1855poetryhandwritten1 leaf5 x 16 cm; Draft lines of an incomplete poem, of which other parts

For our own part, we never think of Swedenborg as an impostor; his life, and all about him, when studied

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

Figure 2.

published many volumes of poems and compiled a number of anthologies, including Poets of America , 2

He published many volumes of poems and compiled a number of anthologies, including Poets of America, 2

but the idea back of the form is the main thing, and that is what the world, or at least the western part

Alone with his housekeeper he reigns undisturbed in the two-story frame house, editing his random verses

The whole volume, in its arrangement, is pregnant with Whitman's personality, and it seems more a part

…Prefaces to "Leaves of Grass," l855, 1872, 1876…Poetry Today in America…Death of Abraham Lincoln…Stories

The parts that deal with the war have been emphasized as forming one of the most important phases of

Occasionally throughout the book, and as notable as any parts, are some of Whitman's special letters.

Here, for example, is one which tells its own story. CAMDEN, N. J., U. S. A., Dec. 20, 1881.