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The American Review publication was the first printing of the story as a stand-alone tale under the title
For a detailed publication history of the story, see " About 'The Death of Wind-Foot .'"
His lips were parted, his teeth clenched, his arm raised, and his hand doubled—every nerve and sinew
When Whitman republished this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle he divided the story into two serial
When Whitman republished this story as a two-part serial in the Eagle , the second installment, published
The American Review publication was the first printing of the story as a stand-alone tale under the title
For a detailed publication history of the story, see "About 'The Death of Wind-Foot.
The term can also be used to mean a Great Spirit.; When Whitman republished this story in the Brooklyn
Daily Eagle he divided the story into two serial installments.
the August 29, 1845, issue of the paper, ended with this sentence.; When Whitman republished this story
This recently discovered version of the story is the earliest known printing.
The week after this version appeared in the Sun , "The Reformed" was published as part of Chapter XIV
Whitman kept this title later when he published the story again in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section
For a publication history of the story under its later title, see " About 'Little Jane .'"
story was reprinted as "Little Jane" in both the Eagle and Collect .
This recently discovered version of the story is the earliest known printing.
The story was then reprinted under a new title, "Little Jane," in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on December
Whitman kept this title later when he published the story again in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section
For a publication history of the story under its earliest known title, see "About 'The Reformed.'"
For a publication history of the story under its later title, see "About 'Little Jane.
The date and location of the first printing of "Lingave's Temptation" remains uncertain, but the story's
For a complete list of revisions to the language of the story made or authorized by Whitman for publication
For the publication history of the story, see " About 'Lingave's Temptation .'" BY WALTER WHITMAN .
"Lingave's Temptation" is unique among Whitman's short stories insofar as the title character is a young
half hour, or thereabout, he grew more calm, and bethought himself that he was acting a very silly part
The date and location of the first printing of "Lingave's Temptation" remains uncertain, but the story's
For a complete list of revisions to the language of the story made or authorized by Whitman for publication
For the publication history of the story, see "About 'Lingave's Temptation.
'"; "Lingave's Temptation" is unique among Whitman's short stories insofar as the title character is
"The Madman" and the short story " Reuben's Last Wish " were unknown to twentieth-century literary critics
These two chapters, the only parts of Whitman's "The Madman" that have been discovered, were published
The little tables of one of the large eating houses in the upper part of Fulton street, were crowded.
The carvers and cooks, at a little place partitioned off in a corner in the back part of the room, were
Some parts of the print are illegible in the microfilm, because of damage to the issue.
"The Madman" and the short story "Reuben's Last Wish" were unknown to twentieth-century literary critics
Dumb Kate.—an Early Death Dumb Kate.
He shortened the title to simply "Dumb Kate" when he republished it later as part of the "Pieces in Early
For the publication history of the story, see " About 'Dumb Kate.—An Early Death .'"
Kate had been dumb from her birth.
Kate was lost! Look not with a frown, rigid moralist!
Whitman published a revised version of this story with the same title in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on
He shortened the title to simply "Dumb Kate" when he republished it later as part of the "Pieces in Early
"Pieces in Early Youth" was also reprinted in Whitman's Complete Prose Works (1892): see "Dumb Kate."
For the publication history of the story, see "About 'Dumb Kate.—An Early Death.
A Tale of the Times and in his short stories, including "The Child's Champion," "The Reformed," "Wild
ProQuest's American Periodical Series database indicates a publication date of March 27, 1844 for Whitman's story
This story may be, in part, autobiographical.
For more information on the autobiographical aspects of the story and its publication, see " About 'My
ProQuest's American Periodical Series database indicates a publication date of March 27, 1844 for Whitman's story
27 and April 20, 1844—as the likely date of publication of "My Boys and Girls" in The Rover.; This story
For more information on the autobiographical aspects of the story and its publication, see "About 'My
Whitman republished this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18, 1846, while he was editing that
On the same page of that issue of the Eagle , right before the story, he included a poem by Henry Wadsworth
This is one of several short stories that includes angels and/or invisible spirits.
Whitman republished this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18, 1846, while he was editing that
On the same page of that issue of the Eagle, right before the story, he included a poem by Henry Wadsworth
'"; This is one of several short stories that includes angels and/or invisible spirits.
For more on Whitman's story, which likely draws on his personal experience of this route, see " About
When I arrived at Battery-place—at the crossing which leads from that antique, two story, corner house
I know not a prettier custom than that said to be prevalent in some parts of the world, of covering the
For more on Whitman's story, which likely draws on his personal experience of this route, see "About
of a two story house in Broome street.
The office was in an upper part of the same street.
I never asked the child—but I knew the principal part of his story from his actions.
The latter part of the story was an addition of the busy tongue of common report.
I shall give his story in my own words.
Franklin Evans; In his revision to the story of Franklin Evans, Whitman omitted the temperance frame
He also revised the title to reflect the story's shift to a more general piece of sensational fiction
the rapid growth associated with urban areas include "The Tomb-Blossoms," "The Boy-Lover," and "Dumb Kate
for inflation, this would be today's equivalent of about $19,500.; This scam, juxtaposed with the story
Love of the Four Students ," opens with a lengthy meditation on "love" rather than presenting the story
When he published a later version of "The Boy-Lover" as a two-part serial in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The story of the widow was a touching yet simple one. She was by birth a Swiss.
mistress was in another part of the house, and did not wish to be with company.
And now come I to the conclusion of my story, and to the most singular part of it.
The Love of the Four Students," opens with a lengthy meditation on "love" rather than presenting the story
He kept these changes when he republished the story in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section of Specimen
For the publication history of the story, see "About 'The Love of the Four Students'" and "About 'The
A Tale of the Times and in his short stories, including "The Child's Champion," "Wild Frank's Return,
"; The first installment of this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of January 4, 1848, ended here, with
Some of Whitman's revisions to the language of the story for publication in the Eagle are listed in our
group did not laugh at this sally as at the former ones—for they were anxious to hear the end of the story
A few rods brought us to the side of a crag, all covered with bushes and hanging trees—he parted them
"And now you have all of my story—and I must go, for it is time Peter Brown received his answer."
The Hunchback told the story which the reader has already heard—as related to the school-children—and
Some of Whitman's revisions to the language of the story for publication in the Eagle are listed in our
Boddo parted the shrubs around its entrance, and showed his companion the method of the safest ingress—for
more pleasantly than in the intercourse and friendliness between her husband and herself on the one part
It is part of the duty of such as I." "And were you always content?"
I will, if you have patience to bear it, tell you my story.
"Good daughter, I am now coming to a part of my fortunes which I must fain hurry over with a rapid and
Toward the latter part of Father Luke's narration, he had been somewhat interrupted by sundry distant
"You may imagine," said he, "with what horror we first heard the story of your death, and in such a manner
peaceful settlement, I questioned the men over and over again with regard to the details of their story
But they told that story with evident truth—and I could not but believe them.
"Let Boddo go at once to the village," said the blacksmith, "and tell the truth of the story.
were needed in so obscure an apartment—the monk took Boddo by the hand, and stepping into the outer part
His hair, part of it, had fallen down over his forehead and his eyes.
He told his story. It was a plain tale—and bore not strongly either toward his guilt or innocence.
When they first arrived at the station, (we are giving the substance of the story of Arrow-Tip himself
Thus the chief concluded his story. He himself entertained no doubt that Brown was dead.
deliberations, and such methods of administering justice may perhaps appear to you as fictitious—and part
of a two-story house in Broome-street.
I never asked the child—but I knew the principal part of his story from his actions.
I sicken as I narrate this part of my story.
The latter part of the story was an addition of the busy tongue of common report.
Bourne was loth to part with me.
Washingtonians were known for their "experience meetings" in which former drunkards would tell the story
His short story "Wild Frank's Return," first published in November 1841, ends with the gruesome death
Mabbott, editor of The Half-Breed and Other Stories by Walt Whitman (1927), has suggested that Whitman
The tale was extracted from the novel and reprinted as a separate short story titled "The Unrelenting
Whitman later revised the story and published it as "The Death of Wind-Foot" in the American Review in
—There was too little cleanliness in both; so I made the same remark at parting, as before.
He was glad to see me, but as it was now the business part of the day, and I saw he had plenty to do,
to such a degree, as to counterbalance the physical discomfort which weighed painfully upon every part
The office was in an upper part of the same street.
rapid growth associated with urban areas include " The Tomb-Blossoms ," " The Boy-Lover ," and " Dumb Kate
"You may expect me," I answered, and we parted. And now I was in the city.
In the winters, as is customary in that part of the island, I attended school, and thus picked up a scanty
while longer with him; not to labor, but to attend school, and perfect myself in some more valuable parts
the rapid growth associated with urban areas include "The Tomb-Blossoms," "The Boy-Lover," and "Dumb Kate
In his revision to the story of Franklin Evans, Whitman omitted the temperance frame and much of the
He also revised the title to reflect the story's shift to a more general piece of sensational fiction
at fault to tell the exact whereabouts of this locality, I may as well say, that Long Island is a part
Some part of what I learned about these personages, in the course of our journey, I may as well state
of a two story house in Broome street.
Franklin Evans; In his revision to the story of Franklin Evans, Whitman omitted the temperance frame
He also revised the title to reflect the story's shift to a more general piece of sensational fiction
There is hardly much need that I should detain the reader with a minute account of this part of my career
For my own part, I could not conscientiously find fault with him , and therefore concealed his mistakes
During the same hour wherein these things were being transacted, in another and distant part of the town
A person looking on as they parted, would hardly have thought them to be aught else than two respectable
This tale is Whitman's earliest known short story and the first of nine stories by Whitman that were
When Whitman reprinted this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1847, while
Whitman included a poem just before the story titled "Christmas Hymn."
" Death in the School-Room. ( A Fact .) " For a complete list of revisions to the language of the story
back to the story.
This tale is Whitman's earliest known short story and the first of nine stories by Whitman that were
When Whitman reprinted this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1847, while
Whitman included a poem just before the story titled "Christmas Hymn."
For a complete list of revisions to the language of the story made or authorized by Whitman for publication
Whitman returned, at least in part, to the original ending by adding the final sentence back to the story
This scam, juxtaposed with the story of Dennis's poverty and theft on a much smaller scale, might be
style of living, and in my dress—The new boarding-house in which I took my quarters, was in the upper part
I thought of the stranger's parting injunction; but he was gone some time, and could not be informed
I laughed, and with garrulous tongue entertained those about me with silly stories, which the quantity
Franklin Evans; This scam, juxtaposed with the story of Dennis's poverty and theft on a much smaller
Upon my arrival at my destination, (at which it was probable I should have to stay the better part of
that Bourne's father had come over from France, during the troublesome times there, in the latter part
Like an actor who plays a part, I became warmed in the delineation, and the very passion I feigned, came
I have already dwelt long enough, and too long, on this part of my history.
Upon her story as she told it me, and her own acknowledgment, I have given many of the incidents in the
—Bourne was loth to part with me. Our short friendship had been in many ways pleasant to us both.
, propped against his pillow, enjoined me to listen a few minutes, and he would briefly relate the story
I shall give his story in my own words.
He loved, too, the old traditions and reminiscences of the earlier part of our American history, to which
I have brought the chain of events down almost to the very day when the reader will be perusing my story
In the first stages, she no doubt acted the part of a most unqualified coquet.
The latter part of the story was an addition of the busy tongue of common report.
I never asked the child—but I knew the principal part of his story from his actions.
the guilty creature lay there a corpse—her last prayer smothered in its utterance, and her immortal part
"But never mind," exclaimed the widow, in continuation, as she finished her story, "I suppose Andy Warner
They were the signals for a general desertion on the part of the attendants.
So great was the panic struck to the souls of the people by the stories they had heard of the pestilence
I shall not think it worth while for my story, to give a minute account of the lady's illness.
The doctor came, and with a wise look, told the listeners that his patient was at the most dangerous part
Whitman began the second installment of the story here when he republished it in the Eagle on June 2,
A STORY, AN ALARM, AND A DISAGREEABLE CONCLUSION .
It is part of the duty of such as I." "And were you always content?"
I will, if you have patience to bear it, tell you my story.
A HASTY JUDGMENT—A CRIMINAL'S STORY—AND THE PEOPLE'S DECISION .
Other poetry pairings and some of Whitman's revisions to the language of the story for publication in
'"; Whitman took out the chapter titles when he republished this story in the Eagle.; In the Eagle, Whitman
here when he republished it in the Eagle on June 2, 1846.
sachem is a chief or leader of a Native American tribe.; Whitman began the third installment of the story
"; Whitman began the seventh installment of the story here when he republished it in the Eagle on June
This tale is the eighth of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The
When he republished this story in installments in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 7–9, 1846, while
A tale of a Murderer escaped.) " He kept that title but dropped the subtitle when he published the story
Whitman did not include the number before the first section of this story when he published it in the
Toward the latter part of the same afternoon, Mr.
This tale is the eighth of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The
When he republished this story in installments in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 7–9, 1846, while
He kept that title but dropped the subtitle when he published the story again in the "Pieces in Early
For the publication history of the story under its earliest known title and under its later title, see
'"; Whitman did not include the number before the first section of this story when he published it in
This story is an extensively and significantly revised version of Whitman's " The Child's Champion ,"
Whitman kept the new title, "The Child and the Profligate," but made additional revisions to the story
The story was also published under the same title in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section of Specimen
Several of the revisions to the Columbian Magazine (1844) version of the story made or authorized by
the Four Students ," and " Dumb Kate; An Early Death ."
This story is an extensively and significantly revised version of Whitman's "The Child's Champion," which
Whitman kept the new title, "The Child and the Profligate," but made additional revisions to the story
The story was also published under the same title in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section of Specimen
Several of the revisions to the Columbian Magazine (1844) version of the story made or authorized by
Four Students," and "Dumb Kate; An Early Death."
Whitman reprinted three of the five parts of "Some-Fact Romances" as stand-alone tales with new titles
Some of the revisions to the language of the stories for publication in the Eagle are listed in our footnotes
Whitman reprinted this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on December 16, 1846, while he was editor of
He told his story, and the other listened, but made no answer.
It was all a disgusting story of villany and conceit.
Some of the revisions to the language of the stories for publication in the Eagle are listed in our footnotes
For a complete list of revisions to the language of the stories made or authorized by Whitman for publication
He wrote Parallel Lives and Moralia.; Whitman reprinted this story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on December
They bathed in the surf—danced—told stories—ate and drank—amused themselves with music, plays, games,
The novel told the story of the real eighteenth-century criminal Jack Sheppard, and was published in
Whitman significantly revised the opening to this story before reprinting it as " The Boy-Lover " in
He also made changes to the story for later publications in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Specimen Days
For a publication history of the story under its later title, see " About 'The Boy-Lover .'"
The story of the widow was a simple yet touching one.
I come now to the conclusion of my story, and to the most curious part of it.
Whitman significantly revised the opening to this story before reprinting it as "The Boy-Lover" in the
opens with a narrator's recollection intended to provide a lesson for youth rather than presenting the story
He also made changes to the story for later publications in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Specimen Days
For a publication history of the story under its earliest known title, see "About 'The Love of the Four
For a publication history of the story under its later title, see "About 'The Boy-Lover.
This short story is unique among Whitman's fiction in that it is based almost entirely on actual historical
For more information on Whitman's use of these events in his story, see " About 'Richard Parker's Widow
See also Thomas Ollive Mabbott, ed., The Half-Breed and Other Stories (New York: Columbia University
In the early part of M AY , 1797, the British seamen in the vessels about the N ORE , (a point of land
The force of the mutineers, which, toward the latter part of M AY , consisted of twenty-four sail, soon
This short story is unique among Whitman's fiction in that it is based almost entirely on actual historical
For more information on Whitman's use of these events in his story, see "About 'Richard Parker's Widow
had married Richard in 1791.; This is likely a reference to the source Whitman used in writing this story
See also Thomas Ollive Mabbott, ed., The Half-Breed and Other Stories (New York: Columbia University
the Fiction (New York: New York University Press, 1963), notes that Whitman follows Pelham in the story
This tale may be, in part, autobiographical.
For more on the autobiographical aspects of this story, see " About 'The Shadow and the Light of a Young
Unlike Lugare, the cruel schoolmaster depicted in his story " Death in the School-Room.
See "The Conflagration," The Herald , December 18, 1835, [2].
Had he not ransacked every part of the city for employment as a clerk?
For more on the autobiographical aspects of this story, see "About 'The Shadow and the Light of a Young
Unlike Lugare, the cruel schoolmaster depicted in his story "Death in the School-Room. A Fact."
See "The Conflagration," The Herald, December 18, 1835, [2].; In the nineteenth century, most clerks
A recently discovered early version of the story under the title of " The Reformed " in the November
The week after that version appeared in the Sun , "The Reformed" was published as part of Chapter XIV
The story was then reprinted as it appears here, under the new title of "Little Jane," in the Brooklyn
Whitman kept this title later when he published the story again in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section
For a publication history of the story under its later title, see " About 'Little Jane .'"
A recently discovered early version of the story under the title of "The Reformed" in the November 17
The story was then reprinted as it appears here, under the new title of "Little Jane," in the Brooklyn
Whitman kept this title later when he published the story again in the "Pieces in Early Youth" section
For a publication history of the story under its earliest known title, see "About 'The Reformed.'"
For a publication history of the story under its later title, see "About 'Little Jane.
When he republished the story in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle on January 22, 1846, while he was editing that
paper, Whitman included a poem just before the story titled "Thoughts of Heaven."
This sentence was cut from the story in the Eagle .
intended revisions for Specimen Days & Collect (1882), although he ultimately decided not to include this story
The lips that had been still, parted a passage for the misty breath,—and the leaden fingers glowed with
When he republished the story in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle on January 22, 1846, while he was editing that
paper, Whitman included a poem just before the story titled "Thoughts of Heaven."
'"; This sentence was cut from the story in the Eagle.
intended revisions for Specimen Days & Collect (1882), although he ultimately decided not to include this story
The poem was later published in as part of the "Autumn Rivulets" cluster (1881, p. 310).
Whitman's reference to the sinking of the San Francisco indicates that this notebook, "or at least part
Autobiographical Data From the middle to the latter part of Oct. 1844 I was in New Mirror — We lived
About the latter part of February '46, commenced editing the Brooklyn Eagle —continued till last of January
titled "Song of Myself": "I hear the sound of the human voice . . . . a sound I love," (1855, p. 31). 2
stages, first one, and then th another, I come not here to flatter Why confine the matter to that part
In Jamaica first time in the latter part of the summer of 1839.
the Composition of Leaves of Grass: The 'Talbot Wilson' Notebook," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 20:2
from Emory Holloway, Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1921), 2:
Sunday May 10th—'63 Sunday May 10th spen d t a good part of the day the day in Armory Sq.
—the vocal performer to make far more of his song, or solo part, by by-play, attitudes, expressions,
It may also relate to the following segment in the preface: "when those in all parts of these states
let them accompany (at times exclusively,) the songs of the baritone or tenor— Let a considerable part
and libretto as now are generally of no account.— In the American Opera the story and libretto must
I am an old artillerist I tell of some On South Fifth st (Monroe place) 2 doors above the river from
.; At some point Whitman clipped out portions of two pages in this notebook (leaves 2 and 3 as represented
"I believe in the flesh and the appetites, Seeing hearing and feeling are miracles, and each part and
Doubtless in the scheme this man has built for himself the writing of poems is but a proportionate part
The perfect poet cannot afford any special beauty of parts, or to limit himself by any laws less than
listener or beholder, to re-appear through him or her; and it offers the best way of making them a part
They, for their part, can not extract poetry from a red nose; but they are in raptures with Milton.
I take part . . . .
. . . . any thing is but a part.
does not counteract another part . . . .
all became part of him.
Sure as life holds all parts together, death holds all parts together; Sure as the stars return again
Sesostris who who was 6 ft 10 inches high, and nobly s haped and nimble and conquered all Asia and part
along with another scrap, the reverse of which features prose notes that relate to what became section 2
manuscript scrap and the other scrap pasted to the larger backing sheet alongside it originally formed part
along with another scrap, the reverse of which features prose notes that relate to what became section 2
with us, until the wood was transferred— Spectacle of the men lying around in groups in the forward part
the females—Painful effect of the excessive flatness of the country.— 10 This manuscript chronicles part
manuscript scrap and the other scrap pasted to the larger backing sheet alongside it originally formed part
.; This manuscript includes prose notes that relate to what became section 2 of "I Sing the Body Electric
do not pretend to compose an a grand opera, with choice good instrumentation, and harmonious good parts
so something to give fits to the dilletanti, for its elegance and measure.— The To sing well your part
At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.
Another series of draft lines on the back of this leaf were published as part of "Poem of Many in One
At one point, this manuscipt likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.