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the Light of a Young Man's Soul" Whitman's " The Shadow and the Light of a Young Man's Soul " is, in part

In order to recover her family farm, the protagonist of the story worked hard most of her life and, at

Archie takes the story to heart and resolves to let go of his bitterness and work harder, even moving

In the story, Archie Dean, much like a young Walter Whitman, takes a position as a schoolteacher in a

It typically featured western stories, sentimental and moral stories, poetry, and essays on literature

"; Walter Whitman, "The Shadow and the Light of a Young Man's Soul," The Union Magazine 2 (June 1848)

As the narrator of the story walks past St.

," " Dumb Kate.

The custom of placing flowers on children's graves also appears in his short story " Dumb Kate.

At the end of "Dumb Kate," "an idle boy" leans over young Kate's grave and drops "the bruised fragments

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

"; For additional commentary on the plot of the story, see Patrick McGuire, "Little Sleighers, The (1844

Whitman addresses similar themes of the death of children or young people in stories like "The Reformed

," "Dumb Kate.

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

turned to Camden Pelham's Chronicles of Crime; or, The New Newgate Calendar (1841) as a source for the story

Whitman's story details her determined but ultimately futile attempts both to plead for her husband's

If she died just a year or two prior to the publication of Whitman's story, it is tempting to speculate

This story does not seem to have been reprinted in periodicals following its original printing in The

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

About "The Fireman's Dream: With the Story of His Strange Companion.

A Tale of Fantasie." " The Fireman's Dream: With the Story of His Strange Companion.

Herbert Bergman discovered this previously unknown story.

It is there that the story leaves off.

No other reprints of the story have been discovered.

Douglas Noverr, and Edward Recchia, eds., The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman: The Journalism, vols. 1–2

Rowell & Co., 1869), 74.; See Herbert Bergman, "A Hitherto Unknown Whitman Story and a Possible Early

Poem," Walt Whitman Review 28.1 (March 1982): 6.; Bergman, "A Hitherto Unknown Whitman Story and a Possible

Early Poem," 6.; See Whitman's "The Fireman's Dream: With the Story of His Strange Companion.

Profligate" " The Child and the Profligate " is a significantly revised version of Whitman’s temperance story

The story was first published in this revised form with the new title "The Child and the Profligate"

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

" The Love of the Four Students ," " Reuben's Last Wish " and " Dumb Kate.

In The Eagle , the story was published as a three-part work of serial fiction, which ran on the first

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

Press, 1991), 27–30.; For a detailed analysis of Whitman's revisions and the connnections between this story

(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

" The Boy-Lover " is a revised and re-titled version of " The Love of the Four Students ," a short story

Whitman made substantial editorial changes to the earlier story, and it was first published with the

"The Love of the Four Students: A Chronicle of New York," The New Mirror 2 (December 9, 1843): 155.

Once Whitman had revised the tale and it had appeared in the American Review , a version of the story

in London that included short stories and serialized novels, on June 12, 1847.

.; "The Love of the Four Students: A Chronicle of New York," The New Mirror 2 (December 9, 1843): 155

(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

Escaped " is a revised version of " Revenge and Requital; A Tale of a Murderer Escaped ," a short story

One of the most significant changes to this story was, of course, the change in story's title.

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

This time, he dropped the subtitle and simply called the story "One Wicked Impulse!"

Arthur Fitz Richards adapted the story as part of a series by Fred Ziv called "Favorite TV Story," also

.; For a detailed publication history of the story under its original title of of "Revenge and Requital

Bervance: Or Father and Son (2-part serial) Daily Troy Budget Troy, NY December 8 & 10, 1841 [2] Walter

of the Last Loyalist (2-part serial) Daily Troy Budget Troy, NY May 10–11, 1842 [2] per.00324 Walter

Whitman The Death of Wind Foot (2-part serial) Daily Saratoga Republican Saratoga Springs, NY August

Whitman The Death of Wind Foot (2-part serial) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Kings County Democrat Brooklyn

, NY August 29–30, 1845 [2]; [1–2] W.

advertisement reads as follows: "Walt Whitman's Poems, 'Leaves of Grass,' 1 vol. small quarto: price $2.

poem later titled "Song of Myself" between pages twenty and twenty-four of (1855), especially the parts

Whitman's use of part of these advertisements as units of text that he could edit, move, and rearrange

kind of precursor to the way he would approach lines of poetry, continually editing and relocating parts

On November 17, 1842, the New York Sun published Whitman's short story "The Reformed" and prefaced the

Whitman's democracy shows itself in great part not as a political manifestation, but, rather, as a form

, and a strong part, of that future which is swiftly coming toward us, which is, indeed, already being

Chukovsky, "Turgenev i Whitman," Literatura Rossiya 2 (July 28, 1967): 17; I.

Christova, "Turgenev i Whitman," Russkaya literatura 2 (1966): 196–199.

Translated by Stephen Stepanchev. 2. D. S.

Its London agent, William Horsell, would play a part in establishing Whitman's English reputation.

American Literature 2 (1931): 350-384. Stern, Madeleine B.

He knows how to make the heart beat at a brave story; to inflame us with just resentment over the hunted

And yet the story touches home; and if you are of the weeping order of mankind, you will certainly find

Swinburne, a great part of his work considered as verses is poor bald stuff.

Considered, not as verse, but as speech, a great part of it is full of strange and admirable merits.

Seeing in that one of the most serious and interesting parts of life, he was aggrieved that it should

Colorado was too late to influence much of Whitman's poetry, but his memories of Denver became a frequent part

than from books, and his lessons in reading, writing, arithmetic, and grammar were punctuated with stories

Cleveland Rodgers and John Black. 2 vols. New York: Putnam, 1920. Mitchel, O.M.

to the attention of Europe by the sixteenth-century conquistador Coronado, these mountains became part

Drawn by the stories of instant wealth to be found in the mountains, tourists traveled by the thousands

Van Velsor Whitman, of Dutch descent and Quaker faith, was fond of singing folk songs and telling stories

"combiner, nothing more spiritual, nothing more sensuous, a god, yet completely human" (Prose Works 2:

In the American opera the story and libretto must be the body of the performance.

Cleveland Rodgers and John Black. 2 vols. New York: Putnam, 1920.____. Leaves of Grass. Ed.

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

"Thought" was then added to the tenth edition of Leaves of Grass (1897) as part of "Old Age Echoes."

shouldn't wonder if I have unconsciously put a sort of autobiographical dash in it" (Correspondence 2:

.; The three poems printed under the title of "Leaves" were numbered "1," "2," and "3" but not otherwise

Always Round Me," Leaves of Grass (1867) and in "Whispers of Heavenly Death," Leaves of Grass (1871-72). 2)

.; This poem was published on the same day in the Brooklyn Standard and New York Evening Post, p. 2.

Reprinted in Forney’s Progress (Philadelphia) 2 (17 April 1880): 508; Leaves of Grass (1881–1882).

, December 28, 1859, 2; rpt. in The Walt Whitman Archive.; "All about a Mocking-Bird," 3.; Like many

You and Me and To-Day," New-York Saturday Press 14 January 1860, 2.

Poemet [Of him I love day and night]," New-York Saturday Press 28 January 1860, 2.

Poemet [That shadow, my likeness]," New-York Saturday Press 4 February 1860, 2.

Leaves," New-York Saturday Press 11 February 1860, 2. 1.

at the Bank I will send you a chicken when Ed comes in to Camden which will be some time the later part

The act would be purely voluntary on the part of Congress, and not in response to any petition from you

It is in the Old Colony, the part of the country where your first American ancestors lived.

Schofield, Seek for a Hero: The Story of John Boyle O'Reilly (New York: Kennedy, 1956).

Charles Fairchild, the president of a paper company, to whom Whitman sent the Centennial Edition on March 2,

Sarpent, Brookline, Mass. 2 M. G. Van Renssalaer, New York Charles Eliot Norton T. B.

John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) was a novelist, poet, author of juvenile stories, and anti-slavery

Schofield, Seek for a Hero: The Story of John Boyle O'Reilly (New York: Kennedy, 1956).

James Jeffrey Roche was an author and editor, whose works included Story of the Filibusters (1891) and

The Herald, Boston, Aug. 2, 188 7 My dear Friend: I enclose for the cottage $285 in two checks of $50

S.B. see notes sept 22 & 25 '88 Baxter Sylvester Baxter to Walt Whitman, 2 August 1887

. | 7.45 P | Aug 2 | 1887; Camden. N | Aug | 3 | 1887 | Rec'd.

I have lately been reading a beautiful and noble story by Edward Bellamy, "Looking Backward."

and of the Pacific, the Mississippi, the great lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, cities and towns in all parts—the

Born almost in its outskirts, he passed the greater part of his life in and about the vast city, which

Last comes Philadelphia,—for Camden, though in New Jersey, is essentially a part of that city.

The scenes of homely peasant life told him the full story of what went before, and necessitated, the

The piece was "Romeo and Juliet," and Rossi played his part with much ardor, as well as delicacy.

He takes the loftiest views of man, reverences all his parts, and will not have any thing omitted.

243) and even that Scott's novels are his "chief pleasure nowadays" (2:251).

like Shakspere, exhale that principle of caste which we have come on earth to destroy" (Prose Works 2:

Boston: Small, Maynard, 1906; Vol. 2. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1915. Whitman, Walt.

Cleveland Rodgers and John Black. 2 vols. New York: Putnam, 1920. ———. Prose Works 1892. Ed.

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964. Scott, Sir Walter (1771–1832)

His New Paper" in which Whitman claims Dickens is "staunch for the Democratic movement" (Gathering 2:

Vol. 2. New York: Appleton, 1908. Whitman, Walt. "Boz and Democracy."

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

The Thought and Character of William James. 2 vols. Boston: Little, Brown, 1935.Tanner, James T.F.

Calamus: Walt Whitman Quarterly International 2 (1970): 6–23. James, William (1842–1910)

, whose adherents and practitioners clearly preached the doctrine of acquired characteristics as a part

Vol. 2. New York: New York UP, 1964. Evolution

proper forces tends continually to increase the volume of every body possessing it, and to enlarge its parts

up to a limit which it brings about; (2) The production of a new organ in an animal body results from

" and asserting "I love the poem" ("Thoughts and Things" New-York Saturday Press, January 14, 1860, 2)

Boston March 2, 1860 Walt Whitman Dear Sir, Your favor is at hand. Our Mr.

discussing the whole thing thoroughly Yours Truly Thayer & Eldridge Thayer & Eldridge to Walt Whitman, 2

.; The three poems printed under the title of "Leaves" were numbered "1," "2," and "3" but not otherwise

Leaves of Grass (1881–82).; This poem was published on the same day in the New York Evening Post, p. 2.

The dingy little two-storied domicile is so disappointingly different from what we were expecting to

A moment later we are in his presence, in the spacious second-story room which is his sleeping apartment

his rolling and ample shirt-collar, worn without a tie, is open at the throat and exposes the upper part

Whitman is at once interested, and questions until he has drawn out the pathetic story of her struggles

I once wrote to you before, but I fear you may not have got the letter—it was about Xmas, 2 years ago

invite you to make us a visit some time during the summer & boy is at school he will be home the latter part

We Will have enof to do I think that this summer is agoing to settil this War I am Willing to do my part

Neat to Walt Whitman, 2 February 1864

I have been expecting a letter from you these 2 weeks, and so thought I had better write you again in

your works, and reading Pamphelets pamphlets by other warm admirers of your Book, and lastly there is 2

—a Card would do— I got the 2 Newspapers you sent me all safe Small Box of Books as follows, per Suttons

Andersen on two Candles, its it's translated by one of your readers here. the other is a Story from Iceland

being the first story in said paper, it is also written by a warm friend of yours, he was once Editor

Poe He and his Works have long been in part dear to me.

Speculations of our time did he not solve. and lies therein embeded embedded in these wild wild awful stories

Excuse that simple free scrawl.— Yours Thankfully Thomas Dixon Dixon—Jan '76 ans Feb. 2/76 Thomas Dixon

Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was a Danish author best known for his work on fairy tales and children's stories

He is best known for his short tales, including detective fiction and stories of the macabre.

For the story of Swinburne's veneration of Whitman and his later recantation, see two essays by Terry

" one with 2.

He chuckled and smiled ata humor good ous story.

s s CtJ PQo 3 *f ^ iS"* rt - C .2 ^ < ^ V-< -o^: o s ^e So** > W = ; 2 Is?

J.,March 2, 1886.

He spends a part of every year there.

Gunboat "Monocacy" Shanghai, China Septem r 2. 1874.

Thomas Gibbons to Walt Whitman, 2 September 1874

hand" (Edwin Haviland Miller, ed., The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961-77], 2:

the right lung had been pierced by the gathering and the air in breathing would gather between the parts