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chance it affords to ventilate the real account & true inwardness of that Emerson talk on the Common in 1860

What were Emersons Emerson's relations to Walt Whitman?

And my arriere and citadel positions—such as I have indicated in my June North American Review memorandum

—were not only not attacked, they were not even alluded to.

Certain am I that he too finally came to clearly feel that the "Children of Adam" pieces were inevitable

themselves (O & Co) had some hand in the Marston-Stevens proceeding & rather egged it on—that they were

Winter, the drama critic of the New York Tribune, and Stoddard, a writer and reviewer, were old enemies

The famous 1860 stroll in the Boston Common (see the letter from Whitman to Abby M.

Price of March 29, 1860).

The Puritans, at home, denounced superstition & persecution yet at Salem these very elements were the

Whitman's book on the ground that it was obscene literature, unless a long list of passages and poems were

I composed the article under great affliction, for as the devil would have it, there were several days

Whitman noted in his Commonplace Book this letter to Rand & Avery, the firm which had printed the 1860

As I wrote you before, the betes noir were To a common prostitute and A woman waits for me .

Unless those were left out he was instructed to indict and arrest to the law's extremity.

told you that Osgood & Co. formally notified me that they would continue the publication if those were

Marston is the target for you —If I learn more I will notify you— WW Have you seen my N A North American

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

London] 9 th May [18]82 Dear Walt I have the file of Osgood correspondence from O'Connor —so this is American

No American paper (judging from past experience) would print any thing I might write on the subject.

I am glad you are to have an article in the North American , and only wish it were to be longer.

I only wish I were not tied up as I am with this weary office, and work monstrous and endless, as it

A carpenter near us has a sky-lark in a cage which sings as jubilantly as if it were mounting into the

article A Memorandum at a Venture 5 or 6 pages signed by my name in the forthcoming June number North American

own price given) —the newspapers specially like to have something up at the moment —this N A North American

Osgood & Co. wrote to me last May ('81) asking about a new & complete edition & suggesting that they were

was intended to be left out or expurgated—that the book must be printed in its entirety & that those were

me that the pieces the District Attorney specially & absolutely required to be entirely expurgated were

I spoke to your North American Review man about it on Friday, but he did not bite; said it was not in

— —The next N A North American Review (June number) will have a piece A Memorandum at a Venture signed

On May 1, Burroughs wrote to Gilder, probably Richard, "So far as this is the wish of the city of Boston

Burroughs and Traubel, however, were in error, for on January 27, 1883, Whitman noted: "returned $100

office of the Philadelphia Press when Whitman's contribution arrived and that it was declined; see American

BOX 370 IOWA CITY, IOWA. Iowa City, Ia. 4/23, 1882.

On the Cumberland Street house, see the letter from Whitman to Frederick Baker of April 24, 1860.

Bryant, Lowell, and a host of others, but it must be admitted that little or nothing distinctively American

Each though is, as it were, a leaf or blade therof which he offers to the reader.

Far from looking upon this immeasurable universe as the stakes, as it were, of an eternal game of Whist

I DREAMED IN A DREAM I dreamed in a dream I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the

It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of that city And in all their looks and words.

Hanscom | Police Inspector | City Hall."

I have come across two charming American girls, with their mother, who are living here now.

They are the first Americans I have met who seemed to me at all native growths, and not spoiled Europeans

The whole MS. was far, far far too redundant—some things were often repeated three or four times—several

long passages (very likely those you had set your heart on) were very much better out than in.

Others would have been nuts to the caricature baboons—There were many errors or half-errors of fact.

Every young man ought to explore something of the outside world,—especially of our American country &

write to you again— —I got a letter from Ruth four days ago, & saw Muller yesterday—all your folks were

which have no sense; and all effort on his part to play the irrational beast would be ridiculous, were

these are all here as we had heard them sweetly sung or said by the Orphic seer himself, only they were

Here were scorn of the conventions of society by one who never knew them, and who was as ignorant of

It would be a thousand pities were the author judged by the few passages, perhaps not two pages in all

He is neither a true American nor a Greek.

Were he the former, he would have a sense of humor; were he the latter, he would have a sense of art.

seldom now, for indeed to be near you, even in that way would do me good—often & often do I wish we were

So much for his Americanism, which has an inherent meaning and a power, in spite of all that is said

There is certainly a thing which may be called Americanism.

The following verses were admiringly quoted by Prof.

country, and they were often in the habit of displaying their pugilistic accomplishments."

Quoted in Dictionary of Americanisms (1848).

Sidgwick and William Clifford were both members of "The Apostles," the famous elite literary society

gives this account of the origin of the term "Hoosier": "Throughout all the early Western settlements were

The boatmen of Indiana were formerly as rude and as primitive a set as could well belong to a civilized

country, and they were often in the habit of displaying their pugilistic accomplishments."

Quoted in Dictionary of Americanisms (1848).

WHAT HE HAS TO SAY—ESTHETIC TAFFY FOR THE AMERICANS—THEY LOVE THE TRUE AND THE BEAUTIFUL—MR.

AMERICANS SHOULD NOT COPY. "Would the standard be the same for all countries?" "By no means.

The Americans should not copy the decorations of England.

American decoration should be entirely different from that of England r any other country.

writings—and we do not hesitate to say that it is a volume admirably calculated to convince those who were

that the book is not amenable to the laws against sending obscene literature through the mails; and were

and there, With ranging hills on the banks, with many a line against the sky, and shadows, And the city

He could not have been bred anywhere but in a certain part of New York city a generation ago—in any other

And American letters were in a peculiar transition state when he made his first appearance in print,

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

As for American poets, Mr.

The others present were Mrs.

an extra bad spell & forbidden to go out nights this weather— Please give my hearty salutation & American

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

one can hope to understand from his book, or in any way except to go off tramping with him through cities

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's (1712-1778) (1782) were probably regarded as "coarse" because of Rousseau's candor

.; Jean-Jacques Rousseau's (1712-1778) Confessions (1782) were probably regarded as "coarse" because

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Julia Ann Moore (1847-1920), an American poet, was dubbed the "Sweet Singer of Michigan" by James F.

.; Julia Ann Moore (1847-1920), an American poet, was dubbed the "Sweet Singer of Michigan" by James

than the one which is the caption of this paper, nor one that has attracted more attention in the American

clear up the passages in nature which God has left obscure; the writer does not explain that the poems were

power—pulse of the continent," offer the finest embodiment of the grandeur of applied mechanics which American

thought, and writing; and from this effort, whatever the mistakes or limitations of its method, American

and enlarged edition of W ALT W HITMAN 's "Leaves of Grass," they did the best thing possible for American

literature, and performed an act of justice towards the most thoroughly original of American bards.

immature and casual reader we would gladly obliterate, yet as a sign of the time when a distinctively American

splendid protest against the fine spun and sickly effeminacy of the A MANDA M ATILDA poetry of the American

Portions of this manuscript were revised and used in A Memorandum at a Venture, first published in the

June 1882 issue of the North American Review.

hun.00034xxx.00828HM 138Carlyle from American points of ViewCarlyle from American points of view1882prose37

leaveshandwritten; A draft of Whitman's essay Carlyle from American Points of View, first published

the draft, Whitman indicates that the piece was originally submitted for publication in the North American

Carlyle from American points of View

does not appear in the essay Robert Burns as Poet and Person until its publication in The North American

however, Thompson's letters figure in the essay Robert Burns as Poet and Person published in The North American

lines unpublished in Whitman's life, but which appeared in other manuscript drafts with lines that were

The lines that appear in this manuscript were published posthumously as part of a poem titled "Supplement

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:624; and Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

lines unpublished in Whitman's life, but which appeared in other manuscript drafts with lines that were

The lines that appear in this manuscript were published posthumously as part of a poem titled "Supplement

Joel Myerson (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:624; and Major American Authors on CD-Rom: Walt Whitman (Westport

ings meanings unknown before, Subtler than ever—more harmony—as if born here—related here, Not to the citys

city's frescoed rooms—not to the audience of the opera house, Sounds, songs, trills, wandering strains

The name and address written in pencil were added later, likely in 1881, when Whitman visited Boston

Although Whitman also visited Boston in 1860, John Soule's photography studio did not move to 338 Washington

The name and address written in pencil were added later, likely in 1881, when Whitman visited Boston

Although Whitman also visited Boston in 1860, John Soule's photography studio did not move to 338 Washington

upon the angry bull, the majority of cultivated minds begin to see that Walt Whitman is the most American

of poets and one of the brightest lights of American literature.

Without attempting to argue the point it may be said that were all records of America destroyed and Walt

Dire were the grimaces of the mourners in high places, and dire are their grimaces still.

There were plenty of criticisms to make, even after one had finished crying Oh!

THE FIRST AMERICAN POET .

In the year 1860, we published a literary paper called "The Fireside," in which we devoted a page to

Moreover he is a genuine American man, the most original and truest Democrat of his time.

Westminster Review 74 n.s. 18 (October 1860), 590. Moncure Conway, Dial (August 1860), 517-19.

The First American Poet

Westminster Review 74 n.s. 18 (October 1860), 590.; Moncure Conway, Dial (August 1860), 517-19.; "Marco

Bozzaris," poem about the fighter for Greek independence by the American poet Fitz-Greene Halleck; "

You Russians and we Americans;—our countries so distant, so unlike at first glance—such a difference

great community, so vehement, so mysterious, so abysmic—are certainly features you Russians and we Americans

They were translated into all languages; he was ranked with Homer and Virgil; Goethe and Napoleon Bonaparte

were his warm admirers—and the collections of English poetry do not now include a line of his composing

If these were merely the mouthings of individual pride, they would inspire deserved disgust.

Few American authors have the reputation abroad which Whitman has attained.

received all your Papers, Whitch which you sent me, and also seen your New Book, Is for sale in our city