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Mr. ston's brother has enquired and can arrange that part. In case anyone should like a copy.

come off in the Grand Opera House two weeks from Monday next—"A Day's life in a Sculptor's Studio." 3 parts—or

I give half the proceeds to the Y.M.C.A. a part of which the Senate is to have for a library.

During the noon interruption between 1st 2nd parts, they will (draped in white with powdered faces &

And much more, but all finally so arranged & compacted that it will run smooth & occupy 2½ hours.

I've worked on my story some of late, & have all done but the last 3 chapters.

Chicago, 21 Soflas St Sept. 2 Dear W— I was pleased to get your brief word about yourself, even though

The chair part is as the critics say, "a bold conception," but whether tis not an infraction of the old

Morse to Walt Whitman, 2 September 1888

night of glory and delight upon it How it happened that I had never read this book before . . is a story

His letter of December 2, 1866, was even more unreserved in its praise.

therefore a key element in winning acceptance for a new concept for cemeteries, in which the dead become part

Camden tripled in population between 1828 and 1840, from 1,100 to about 3,300, in part because it continued

George Whitman, Walt's younger brother, worked part-time in Camden for several years while also running

and his brother Edward to live with them in August of 1872 and soon began construction of a three-story

So when an opportunity arose to buy a two-story frame house on Mickle Street for $1,750, he took it,

Vol. 2. New York: New York UP, 1964. Camden, New Jersey

Childs, he purchased a humble two-story frame house that was for sale on nearby Mickle Street.

The Mickle Street Review 9 Part 1 (1987): iii-v. Stern, J. David. Memoirs of a Maverick Publisher.

open road" in her novel My Ántonia (1918), and to "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" in her 1932 story

Curtin. 2 vols. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1970. Comeau, Paul.

Boston: Small, Maynard, 1906; Vol. 2. New York: Appleton, 1908; Vol. 3.

. | SEP 12 | 430 PM | 89; RECEIVED 2 | SEP | 12 | 12PM | 1889 | PHILA.; Camden.

imagery in "To the States" foreshadows the Civil War as well as Whitman's attempts to rationalize it as part

deliver your Lecture entitled "Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln" in Salem some time the latter part

Vol. 2. New York: Appleton, 1908. Volney, C.F.

about it, and Whitman later referred to it as "the horrible dismemberment of my book" (Correspondence 2:

which Whitman said "pluck'd me like a brand from the burning, and gave me life again" (Prose Works 2:

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963-1964.  Rossetti, William Michael [1829–1915]

But recent studies of Fern's life suggest a fairly straightforward story.

under O'Sullivan's leadership as being "of a profounder quality of talent than any since" (Uncollected 2:

The Tomb Blossoms" (January 1842); "The Last of the Sacred Army" (March 1842); "The Child-Ghost; a Story

Emory Holloway. 2 vols. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921. Democratic Review

Second Cello Concerto and the Fourth Symphony of Brahms (see the Philadelphia Times [February 16, 1888], 2)

were the ones given by Native Americans, as shown by his praise of their "sonorous beauty" (Gathering 2:

Cleveland Rodgers and John Black. 2 vols. New York: Putnam, 1920. Place Names

Referring to slang as a "lawless germinal element" (Prose Works 2:572), he believed that slang terms

Slang would be part of the raw materials he would use as the poet of the working class.

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964. Slang

I procured mine from Trubner paying £2-10 whereas I understand they may be had from you for £2-0-0 &

My other works are History of Ireland Heroic Period Vols 1 & 2, an epical representation chiefly of Cuculain's

In the revolt of Islam he has a fine Panegyric on the future of America Fr For my own part I put him

as that I do not meet in you the expression of every changing ideal punctuating even the remotest parts

A poet herself, she was moved by his gifts; he, in turn, saw the group of women of which she was a part

A prolific essayist, poet, and short story writer, she won a following in the magazines and newspapers

It will have to be ciphered and ciphered out long—and is probably in some respects the most curious part

Vol. 2. New York: New York UP, 1964. "Good-Bye my Fancy" (Second Annex) (1891)

my breast a thousand wide-winged strengths and unknown ardors and terrible ecstasies" (Uncollected 2:

are printed in italics in order to emphasize the lyrical quality of the aria, while the recitative parts

Vol. 2. New York: Appleton, 1908. Trowbridge, John Townsend. "Reminiscences of Walt Whitman."

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963-1964. ____.

Emory Holloway. 2 vols. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1921.  Opera and Opera Singers

In the context of Leaves of Grass the poems about old age are part of Whitman's philosophy of contraries

mental powers, and even his fears of senility were not to be resisted but were to be thought of as a part

of the life cycle and part of a greater spiritual totality.Only two days after the three strokes that

Boston: Small, Maynard, 1906; Vol. 2. New York: Appleton, 1908.Trent, Josiah C.

Vol. 2. New York: New York UP, 1964. Age and Aging

editions of Leaves of Grass as "annexes" (the 1881 edition concludes with the section called "Songs of Parting

poems he had to include references to his sickness and invalidism, since they had become so much a part

Vol. 2. New York: Appleton, 1908.Whitman, Walt.

As a result, "Death in the School-Room" is often read as an anti-corporal punishment story.

This story may be based, in part, on Whitman's own experience as a schoolteacher on Long Island.

R., "To the Editor of the Boston Morning Post," Boston Morning Post , August 4, 1841, [2].

Here, the story was published under the title "Death in the School-Room. ( A Fact .)."

Whitman's multiple revisions to the story's ending are recorded in our footnotes.

.; R., "To the Editor of the Boston Morning Post," Boston Morning Post, August 4, 1841, [2].; "Pay of

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

It was the second of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the

Tomb-Blossoms " (January 1842), " The Last of the Sacred Army " (March 1842), " The Child-Ghost; A Story

Whitman was in his early twenties when his stories began appearing in The Democratic Review ; he was

See Whitman's note at the bottom of the first page of the story, " Wild Frank's Return ."

This time, the story is simply printed with the heading "A tradition of Long Island." See W.

In addition to "Wild Frank's Return," Whitman also wrote several short stories with temperance themes

, including "The Reformed," "The Child's Champion," "The Love of the Four Students," and "Dumb Kate.

"; See Whitman's note at the bottom of the first page of the story, "Wild Frank's Return.

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

It was the seventh of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the

Tomb-Blossoms " (January 1842), " The Last of the Sacred Army " (March 1842), " The Child-Ghost; A Story

Whitman was in his early twenties when his short stories began appearing in The Democratic Review ; he

In the story, two brothers, Nathan, the elder, and Mark, the younger, are raised by their grandfather

It remains the second most often reprinted tale among Whitman's short stories.

For more on the moral of the story, see Patrick McGuire, "Legend of Life and Love, A (1842)," in Walt

Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier" (June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

His Grief " (November 20, 1841) and " The Punishment of Pride " (December 18, 1841) and the short story

For more on the story's plot, see Patrick McGuire, " Child and the Profligate, The (1841) ," in Walt

The Washington temperance societies, part of the Washingtonian temperance movement, were popular in New

Wish ," " The Love of the Four Students ," and " Dumb Kate.

Most of the reprintings appear to have taken place in 1844, the year the story was first published in

.; For more on the story's plot, see Patrick McGuire, "Child and the Profligate, The (1841)," in Walt

It was the fourth of nine Whitman short stories to appear in the journal—the eight others being " Death

Father and Son " (December 1841), " The Last of the Sacred Army " (March 1842), " The Child-Ghost; A Story

Whitman was in his early twenties when his short stories began appearing in The Democratic Review .

The Democratic Review 's prestige may help explain why two stories published in the journal—" Death in

A Tale of the Times (1842) and in his short story " Dumb Kate.—An Early Death " (1844).

Seven months after the publication of the story in the Democratic Review , Whitman altered parts of this

"Decoration Day," The Auburn Democrat , May 27, 1869, [2].

1892, 2.

A Hitherto Unpublished Story by Walter Whitman.

Collect (1882), in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

.; "Decoration Day," The Auburn Democrat, May 27, 1869, [2].; Walter Whitman, "The Last of the Sacred

1892, 22; Walt Whitman, "A Dream of Patriotism," The Weekly Sentinel and Wisconsin Farm Journal, June 2,

1892, 2.; For a more detailed description of this subset of illustrated reprints, see Blalock, "Bibliography

About "The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist " The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist

"The Child-Ghost; a Story of the Last Loyalist" is frequently read as a historical ghost story.

See "Democratic Review," Daily Troy Budget , May 6, 1842, [2].

[2].

"The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist" Walter Whitman The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist

.; See "Democratic Review," Daily Troy Budget, May 6, 1842, [2].; Walter Whitman, "The Child Ghost; A

Story of the Last Loyalist," Daily Troy Budget, May 10–11, 1842, [2].

For full citations and further information about reprints of "The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist

Periodicals," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 30 (2013): 214–215.; Walter Whitman, "The Child-Ghost; A Story

of contents for some issues, including that of June 1842.; See Walter Whitman, "The Child-Ghost: A Story

About "Reuben's Last Wish." " Reuben's Last Wish " is one of several stories Whitman published with a

The narrator of "Reuben's Last Wish" explains that he has based the story of Reuben and his father, Franklin

remainder of the pages include temperance articles about events that happened after May 2.

"The Washingtonian," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle , May 24, 1842, [2].

Collect (1882), a volume in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

.; "The Washingtonian," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 24, 1842, [2].; See Emory Holloway, "More Temperance

This dark story is also reminiscent of the psychological tales of Edgar Allan Poe.

However, the story was reprinted in Massachusetts and New York in December 1841.

In the Daily Troy Budget (Troy, NY), the story was reprinted as a two-part serial.

The first part of the story appeared in the December 8, 1841 issue, while the concluding part was published

Collect (1882), in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

.; See Walter Whitman, "Bervance: or Father and Son," Daily Troy Budget, December 8, 1841, [2]; Walter

Whitman, "Bervance: or Father and Son," Daily Troy Budget, December 10, 1841, [2].

About "The Reformed" " The Reformed ," the story that Whitman would later title " Little Jane ," was

This means that the original printing of the story actually occurred the week before it appeared as an

The title of the story draws attention to the conversion to sobriety Mr.

The Troy Daily Budget (Troy, NY) reprinted the story on November 26, 1842, and by November 29, the story

Whitman's decision to publish the story in the Eagle as " Little Jane " marked the first time the story

For a detailed summary of the plot of the story, see Patrick McGuire, "Little Jane (1842)," in Walt Whitman

Review 30 (2013): 223–226.; See Walter Whitman, "The Reformed," Daily Troy Budget, November 26, 1842, [2]

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

About "The Death of Wind-Foot" The story that Whitman would later title " The Death of Wind-Foot " was

On February 1–2, 1843, less than three months after the story's publication as part of Franklin Evans

The American Review version of the story was reprinted without change as a two-part serial in The Brooklyn

An Indian Story" and simply "Death of Wind Foot."

Whitman, "Popular Stories. The Death of Wind-Foot.

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Whitman, "Popular Stories. The Death of Wind-Foot.

An Indian Story," The Dollar Newspaper, July 16, 1845, [1]; W. Whitman, "Ladies Department.

AN INDIAN STORY," Massachusetts Ploughman and New England Journal of Agriculture, August 9, 1845, [4]

It is a brief story about Dai, an invisible spirit and guardian angel who has been sent to watch over

The moral of the story appears at the end, where Whitman writes, "Thus the tale is told in Heaven, how

In addition to "Eris; A Spirit Record," two other short stories by Whitman involve angels who similarly

In 1844, The Columbian Magazine published four of Whitman's short stories.

Collect (1882), in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

Willis had commenced a new series of The New Mirror in October 1843, only two months before Whitman's story

The New Mirror," The New Mirror 2 (October 7, 1843): n.p.

fiction either implicitly—as in " Death in the School-Room "—or explicitly in such tales as " Dumb Kate

" The Child’s Champion " and " Dumb Kate ."

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

The New Mirror," The New Mirror 2 (October 7, 1843): n.p.; The major plot events of "The Love of the

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

For a publication history of the story under its later title of "The Boy-Lover," see "About 'The Boy-Lover

research would be necessary to confirm whether the clipping in the Feinberg Collection matches the story

that Whitman wrote the story for this specific newspaper as opposed to the editor having reprinted the

This would seem to suggest that the New-York Observer version is the original printing of the story.

"Lingave's Temptation" is unique among Whitman's short stories insofar as it is the only tale in which

located in the Feinberg Collection in preparation for reprinting the story in Collect , see Thomas L

research would be necessary to confirm whether the clipping in the Feinberg Collection matches the story

writing Franklin Evans, see Horace Traubel's entry in With Walt Whitman in Camden dated Wednesday, May 2,

"My Boys and Girls" may have been written in the mid-1830s, and it may be, in part, autobiographical.

This custom is also evident at the end of Whitman's " Dumb Kate.

—An Early Death " (May 1844), when "an idle boy" leans over young Kate's grave and drops "the bruised

See Whitman's " Dumb Kate.—An Early Death ."

Collect (1882), in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

ProQuest's American Periodical Series database indicates a publication date of March 27, 1844 for Whitman's story

Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1998), 442.; See Whitman's "Dumb Kate.—An Early Death.

Whitman addresses similar themes of the death of children or young people in several additional short stories

It was one of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the eight

Tomb-Blossoms " (January 1842), " The Last of the Sacred Army " (March 1842), " The Child-Ghost; A Story

Whitman was in his early twenties when his stories began appearing in The Democratic Review .

The story also seems to imply Whitman's opposition to capital punishment.

Collect (1882) in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

About "The Madman" On May 2, 1888, in conversation with Horace Traubel in Camden, Walt Whitman distanced

See Traubel's entry in With Walt Whitman in Camden dated Wednesday, May 2, 1888 .

fiction, he wrote some short stories with temperance themes after the publication of Franklin Evans

, including " The Love of the Four Students " (January 1843; later " The Boy-Lover ") and " Dumb Kate

Whitman finished the story or simply abandoned it.

See Traubel's entry in With Walt Whitman in Camden dated Wednesday, May 2, 1888.; Thomas Brasher speculates

Erkkila and Jay Grossman (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), 34.; For a complete synopsis of the story

But because Whitman had divided the story into conveniently numbered parts, it was also reprinted as

The revised version of the story was published in three parts, in the September 7–9, 1846, issues of

Arthur Fitz Richards even adapted the story for television as part of a series by Fred Ziv called "Favorite

TV Story," also in 1954.

online after selecting the tale as a "Story of the Week" in 2014.

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

Whitman's story did appear in the Evening Star ; however, even though the Evening Star printed "Shirval

" in February, the paper cited The Aristidean as the original source of Whitman's story.

that the Aristidean March issue had already appeared by the time the Evening Star printed Whitman's story

The word "Selected" appears after the story, but it is unclear if this means the story was "selected"

from among Whitman's works or if this version of the story (without the original opening paragraphs)

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories, including "Shirval: A Tale of Jerusalem," were reprinted in the Eagle before

Foot" was also reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

At the opening of the story, Whitman explains that the series represents a set of true anecdotes, and

Like Kate, the title character of Whitman's short story " Dumb Kate.— An Early Death ," this young girl

young man, and it is that intervention that ensures the young girl does not share the same fate as Kate

In the fourth story, a runaway thief takes the time to visit a pawnbroker to retrieve an item that had

In the fifth and final tale, a narrator relates a story in which his mother and grandmother, awaiting

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

About "Dumb Kate.—an Early Death" " Dumb Kate.

Kate, the story's protagonist, is a beautiful young woman, characterized as both harmless and helpless

Walter Whitman, "Dumb Kate.

For years afterward, Kate's story becomes the topic of conversation among local gossips when they pass

"Dumb Kate.—An Early Death" Walter Whitman Dumb Kate.

Patrick McGuire, "Dumb Kate (1844)," in Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J. R.

Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1998), 194.; Walter Whitman, "Dumb Kate.

Early Death," The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine 1 (May 1844): 230–231.; McGuire, "Dumb Kate

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

"Pieces in Early Youth" was also reprinted in Whitman's Complete Prose Works (1892): see "Dumb Kate.

First printed as " The Reformed " in 1842, " Little Jane " was the title Whitman gave to his short story

Whitman printed the story with few additional changes (from the novel version) as "Little Jane" for the

Several revisions to the language of the earliest known printing of the Sun version of the story (1842

For a reprint of the version of the story that was published in Franklin Evans and a complete list of

For a reprint of the version of the story that was published earlier as part of Franklin Evans and a

'"; Several revisions to the language of the earliest known printing of the Sun version of the story

For a reprint of the version of the story that was published in Franklin Evans and a complete list of

For a detailed summary of the plot of the story, see Patrick McGuire, "Little Jane (1842)," in Walt Whitman