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Papers report he was removed because of discourtesy to Americans in refusing to fly the American flag

on the 4th of July—on the boat anyway (foolish though that were).

The gap was found and the abstracted sheets were put back in their place. "Home again!"

I picked up an old piece of manuscript written on the reverse of a blue billhead of the City of Williamsburgh

The books were piled in the next room on the shelf. I offered to get a copy.

your interest in sports—ball, chiefest of all—base-ball particularly: base-ball is our game: the American

and hear the bells; Get up and see the flying flags, and see the splendid sun, For you it is the cities

safe, the fearful trip is done, The wonderous ship, the ship divine, its mighty object won, And our cities

And cities shout and thunder—but my heart.

we talked of Sarrazin pleasantly for some time, W. urging me to write.Later, Harned's children, who were

Sunday Railroad Travel—Proportion of Churches to Population Sunday Railroad Travel—Proportion of Churches

to Population.

That the non-church-going class, even of the City of Churches, is a majority of the population, is a

The population numbers about 200,000. In other words, there is one church per 1428 people.

The inference is, that only about one third of the population are habitual church-goers.

objection urged by the Star is equally untenable—that New York rowdies would be attracted here if the cars were

rowdies with the means of coming here; but running the cars can tend only to convenience our own population

carrying out the view which his Honor the Mayor, in common with nineteen-twentieths of the public of our city

, entertain as to the necessity and expediency of directing the City Railroad Company to place on their

a sufficient number of cars to accommodate all wishing on that day to travel from one part of the city

.— A prize fight occurred yesterday afternoon, in a field back of Hudson City, some two or three miles

There is always plenty of talent "lying around loose," in a great city like New York, and this is always

He asked: "Who were they"? and then: "They were curious, were they?—curious to know how I am?"

be responsible for me, well and good: but as for them—they would have no Walt Whitman: their skirts were

There were three letters—one a draft from W. to Ellis and two from Ellis in return.

got the books I send you one of the special copies printed on fine paper, of which only twenty-five were

and whence he was wont to pass a cheery word with neighbors, or with the children in the street, who were

second visit which he made in the United States, his call upon the President, as the head of the American

Glance," and for stamping and sprinkling all with portraits and facial photos, such as they actually were

Gave me following letter to read, as showing the spirit of the North American Review people:October 3

, 1890The North American Review3 East Fourteenth Street, New York Dear Sir:Can you write a brief article

for the North American Review on Recent Aspects of American Literature as you have observed them?

said: "That was not all I sent Bucke: I wrote him a postal—also forwarded some papers: the North American

The North American man has evidently written without reading the book: he is markedly sophomoristic:

KurtzWalt Whitman(1860) a pause, as if to qualify his speech: "At least, we hope so."

I alluded to John Burroughs' statement while here that Gilder and Stedman were "coming over," W. responding

His suggestions were very few—mostly in connection with W.'s medical condition.

When I returned W. exclaimed, "So you knew where they were? You seem to be all eyes!"

: "The most striking figure was Jacob Stæmpfli, the Swiss arbitrator, our strenuous friend, more American

Washington was then the grandest of all the cities for such strolls.

In order to maintain the centrality, identity, authority, of the city, a whole chain of forts, barracks

It was therefore owing to these facts that our walks were made easy. Oh!

And there were the detours, too—wanderings off into the country out of the beaten path: I remember one

W. turned to me: "You were the first discoverer of that world!

s we all went upstairs—about 1:50—and were there the greater part of an hour.

gray-haired darkeys on market days—talk with him, question him, get at his queer notions—and they were

To W. the darkeys were "a superstitious, ignorant, thievish race," yet "full of good nature, good heart

"The best real Southern samples" were "rare birds here but a plenty at Washington" and these were best

old music lasts—perhaps because, for one thing, the only one or two Wagner performances I have seen were

should be left there brushed back—but not in a top knot or Italian curls—which are not now and never were

There were times when I named no amount myself, when they did not pay so well.

Welsh was dead: her effects were to be removed, Carlyle superintending—irascible, nasty: had an immediate

The three drafts of old letters W. gave me the day before yesterday were brief.

He explained, "Tom, the wife, their minister, were in to see me about noon—asked me to come up.

I noticed that both his hat and his overcoat were black.

There was a banquet arranged for: the guests came—were gathered about: a waiter brought in a big bowl

W. picked up The North American Review volume on Lincoln and opened it at his own piece.

"I think I must at one time have collected fully fifty pictures of Lincoln: there were lots of them;

they were countless: most of them very cheap and hideous—as ugly as the devil.

I don't think Sam was ever here: I may have met him over there in the city—in Germantown—though even

And there were a few deep heads at that time shaking, shaking.

They were stormy times: he helped the storm. Noble Lincoln! Not a cloud left on him now!"

I quoted Brooks to the effect that Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus were noble exemplary men, crowned with

Instanced Texas: Henry George's declaration that it could almost or quite feed the population of the

The directions were extremely simple.

Said nothing about the American piece. I forgot to ask. W. was rather cranky to-nighttonight.

Lincoln asked who you were, or something like that.

Lincoln did n'tdidn't say anything but took a good long look till you were quite gone by.

His neighbor, Button, is notified by city authorities that the number of his house has been changed to

Would that you were in, or nearer, New York, that your many friends here might see more of you!

"You were right, he said: "it was Dana: Dana was city editor of the New York Tribune at the time: the

There was the Cambridge dinner: there were many of the swell fellows present: the man I speak of was

"We were much apart—separated completely: I went down to Washington, to the War: Emerson was in the North

What other American poet has earned, or will ever earn, the proud distinction of having an article upon

, that the whole world trembled lest "the house should go up," which fact indicated how closely we were

"Not one of our friends but were willing to wait," said Baker. "That's one of our happiest points."

is so and so: the man who says, let us cut that down five per cent—he is a free-trader, he is un-American

recently in which she says: "By the way, there is in the latest edition of Leaves of Grass a poem—The City

"It was in Boston, while I was going over the proofs of the 1860-61 edition of the Leaves."

Were to have a walk in the afternoon. Went to Dooner's for dinner—Wallace, Gilbert and H.L.T.

weeks spent in New York (Wallace speaking back to his trip)—"in May and June"—and knew the lay of the city

We were greatly moved by this outburst.

I told him that in Reisser's Rathskellar were hundreds such mugs spread up the wall.

We were out for a long walk, W. saying, "I enviges you!"

There were always two sets of theatre-goers—one that came late, one that came early: by the insertion

of the farce, both ends were pleased."

W. spoke of "the nebulous South American republics which one day will melt in our North American sun.

But were not the old orthodoxies necessary? Would they still exist if they were not necessary?

Take that Methodist church we were talking about awhile ago—do you call that necessary?

how I wish it were eligible for you to step in for an hour on O'Connor himself on your walks this afternoon

At five, on returning, Bush and Bucke were still clustered together over meter affairs.

Hats, coats were put everywhere—on the Hicks, on a table in hall upstairs, on Warren's bed—unconventionally

Had not looked finally over contents pages but was willing to let me have them as they were—merely debating

We were very intimate at one time—back around the sixties: he edited the Saturday Press, in New York:

I said to W.: "Corning was saying to someone the other day that he thought you were rather conservative

Our American people after all have enough sense to revise themselves when there is need for it."

Yet the skillful fellows were there—often pointed their cameras at him.

"I remember one day so plainly—it was a reception day—there were crowds of strangers present, waiting

A great many years ago, at Pfaff's, I got into a regular row by defending the Queen—and there were Englishmen

We were there with him for 15 minutes.Showed him the George Eliot [a bas-relief clay medallion]—which

He had been reading financial reports carefully today— arrest of Bardsley (city treasurer), flight of

I remarked to him: "I hear you were at the Unitarian church last night." He laughed quietly.

The Harpers once accepted a poem, which induced me to send them others, but five or six were rejected

I think I have mainly succeeded in holding myself in check, if check were needed."

Tom said: "They were all drunk!" and W.: "Yes—that's so: but it was so funny!

Bush sat down and we were there about ten minutes.

Still he insisted that things were "in a suspicious stage" and he could not trust them.

"Yes indeed—lots of 'em—lots of 'em: in fact, some of my best friends in the hospitals were probably

Harned asked: "Are you then prepared to say the plays were written by Bacon?"

"Not at all—I should not be prepared to go as far as that: I only say they were not written by William

We were there a full half hour together.

And Danny said: "I heard you were out—I am glad to see it.

If I were a young man, still with hot blood, I know I should fight him—know we'd have many a tussle,

"It were a great victory if there never come another trip on it—though we hope for more and more.

"This seems natural—seems just like old times—is just as if we were made for each other—this chair and

He had written in the Ingersoll piece that "50 or 60" were present.

I told him there were but 32 plus the waiters. "Well, set it right," he said. "You know, of course.

I had the feeling that 50 or 60 were there."

Further, "I wondered how it came that 12 copies were brought here through the Post Office—even delivered

This is the lecture he will give in this City on Sunday night Mch 22d at the Broadway Theatre cor. of

Harned were here—came in for a short visit—after church, I suppose!"

Of the German and American fleets at Samoa—three vessels each—four were absolutely wrecked and destroyed

Alluded to the International Congress of American Governments, once proposed by Blaine, now revived—there

I am very glad to be furnished with new materials concerning the American humor.

Has this translation of your book into Danish not been spoken of in the American papers?

at all changed—I do not think his feelings now towards O'Connor are different at all from what they were

"—indicating his body's width with his hands.W. asked me many questions concerning Washington, the city

"Then there were none of the pecuniary results Brisbane speaks of?"

We were known to one another perhaps twelve hours. Yet I cannot forget him.

In a couple of weeks more, Congress will meet, and then the city will be quite lively.I am out a good

We discussed cast and they were shortly at work upstairs upon it.

I stayed till 11:45 and they were still at work. Walt's face serene and sweet and composed.

The trachial sals were evident Friday and not so strongly by any means as in December.

I had taken a long walk trough the city, out Broad Street, into the Park, with Kemper and May.

There were tears in his eyes.

I mentioned the proposed pension for you, and he said that if you were in need of assistance he thought

from him some time ago telling me he expected to go, but have not since heard from him.C.W.E. and I were

This gives points to Herod, and is worse than the slaughter of the innocents, because they were Jew babies

I was at fault, because I knew you were coming.

Miss Maud asked, "Were you thinking of your Rosy?"

I never can say how anxious I was about you when you were here.

was so lucky that you left just when you did, for the three or four days succeeding your departure were

But, on the whole, every feeling submerges in gratefulness and thankfulness that you were away from this

["It was not so written, William: but other things, perhaps better things, were written!"]

that at the time looked possible or were hoped for."]At all events I hope you will get well very soon