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eventually become All is Truth and Germs as section 3 of a Leaves of Grass group in the annex Songs Before Parting

In 1881 he dropped the first two verses and added Voices (as verse paragraph 2) to the previously unrelated

May 1846 [2] per.00603 Walt Whitman Visit to Plumbe's Gallery Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2 July 1846 [2] per

4 August 1846 [2] per.00608 Walt Whitman Literary Notices Brooklyn Daily Eagle 10 August 1846 [2] per

1846 [2] per.00614 Walt Whitman Notices of New Books Brooklyn Daily Eagle 16 November 1846 [2] per.00615

Eagle 18 October 1847 [2] per.00612 Walt Whitman Local Intelligence: &c.

8 November 1847 [2] per.00621 Walt Whitman Local Intelligence: &c.

Conkling's fees will be allowed as a part of the compromise, but that the District Attorney can receive

views laid down by Attorney General Hoar in his letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, dated February 2,

Co's. fees. question of special counsel, &c May 2, 1870.— I wish to say further that under the Act of

Elevator Fire Escape and the Grinell Automatic Sprinkler Fine Views of the Lakes and Mountains from all parts

my bed last Even g —Han called to me saying that she just got a letter from Walt and he had enclosed 2

Heyde to Walt Whitman, 2 January 1890

sure I don't know why I dwell on him: A lady had his volume here in the house yesterday, & I re-read part

Knortz sent 2 of the pamphlets to Germany. Bucke took 10.

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [2 January 1886]

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America, 2

I told him some stories of the factory life at Graham's.

Take your little story of the six o'clock whistle: that gets down to real life—the heart of life: there

Then you seem to have considerable faculty for telling a story: you should make something of it—give

As to this he said: "I take no part in it: it excites my contempt."

W. was silent as I read it.Copenhagen, 2 January, 1874.

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

poems entitled "Old Age Echoes" to a new printing of Leaves of Grass, and "Supplement Hours" was a part

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

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

Brodky Lawrence, Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, Vol. 2:

And even good singers, upon the stage beyond them, you may see presently, who will mar their parts with

In answer to the old man's rebukes and questions, we hear the story of love.

I always thought the plot of the "Favorite" a peculiarly well-proportioned and charming story.

Is it the story of his own sad wreck he utters? Listen.

Brodky Lawrence, Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, Vol. 2:

twelve of the poems had originally formed a sequence entitled "Live Oak with Moss," which tells the story

Only in "Live Oak" do we get a clear story of a love affair with a man, along with a story of a coming

Poem 2 gives the sequence part of its title: "I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing."

But he knows he can't—except of course in "parting," which by this point in Whitman's career has become

He's extremely ambivalent about the act of writing poetry: in poem 2 he needs a lover to "utter leaves

W. much enjoyed my story, exclaiming: "That's John Bull—that's the bull of him—supercilious, disdainful—thinks

"I should not wonder but the New York Herald or some other paper would have the whole book or a part

Start in youth, fill the table drawers with poems, stories, whatever: then, when fame is on, and the

They stole a part of that from me—not in this number but in the last—in the account of the assassination—not

W. then: "That is good—that is noble—that is the whole story—so simple they thought there was nothing

That is the whole story—the inevitability of the result, out of the simplest means."

No other parts of the novel have been uncovered.

Kaplan, following Brasher, suggests that this story undermines Whitman's recollections about abandoning

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

Whitman's use of the verb "demand" near or at the beginning of lines 2, 3, and 4 of the poem suggests

The poem is an integral part of Whitman's poetic program in "Calamus," what he describes in Democratic

as "the counterbalance and offset of our materialistic and vulgar American democracy" (Prose Works 2:

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964.____. Leaves of Grass. Ed.

To reach it: that brings in the story of the old woman," he said—adding explanatorily—"she insisted,

I suppose that should be the whole matter of life—the whole story: to find the mate, the environment—what

He shook his head—"No—I thought it integral—as really an important part of the affair."

I had forgotten to bring the circular along with me, but repeated this in part from memory, and W. laughed

carefully if I wished this, and said he would remember.Speaking of Symonds' "Dante" he said, "The best part

of the book is the part that is not about Dante—the closing pages, paragraphs," and he showed me in

It is an easy story to read." All this in thorough good nature.

New Publications New Publications In Part 1 of the third volume of the collections of the New York Historical

We find in them none of the vapid blood-and-thunder stories which occupy so large a space in some periodicals

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

Smith Pelletreau, A History of Long Island: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time , vol. 2

Hill Cemetery, as well as the stones in Southold, have since been extensively documented (see note 2)

preservation in our republic such tangible and avowed presence of "one of His Majesty's Council," the story

I suppose you know that Long Island is quite equal to any part of North America in the antiquity of its

The funeral baked meats / Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables" (Act 1, scene 2, lines 179-80

Smith Pelletreau, A History of Long Island: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, vol. 2

Hill Cemetery, as well as the stones in Southold, have since been extensively documented (see note 2)

The funeral baked meats / Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables" (Act 1, scene 2, lines 179-80

Sat so for the greater part of my half-hour's stay—closing the window finally himself.

Is that the purport of the story?" Then I gave him the details of C.'

a wonderful and curious spectacle anyhow—the United States having the vessels there at all: for my part

the International Congress of American Governments, once proposed by Blaine, now revived—there is a story

Kristian Elster, Strandgade 38, Trondhjem, Norway.2.

I had been out in Germantown the main part of the day, working with Clifford over Johnson's Parker manuscript

Luburg's 145 North 8th Street"The above just as he punctuated it—and down in the corner his address, part

written and part printed.

And to Tom's further urgings: "Well—you must remember the story of the French physician who took a quart

I suggested the appointment of certain hours—say, 2 to 4 or 5 in the afternoon—a reception season, so

"I allow all you will on that, but must still put the main part of such gossip down to the inventive

You both know many of the Lincoln stories: the thousands of them given currency, laughed over, brought

All day long these boys would loaf about, talk together, invent stories—invent filthy stories: their

Then he would take a seat, draw up his chair—'listen'—and tell you some story."

And added: "Then in a day or two the story would turn up in the papers foisted on Lincoln—fastened to

Oct 2 Dear boy and Comrade You say it is a pleasure to you to get my letters—well, boy, it is a real

I., and shall go there & spend a few days latter part of October. How about the cold?

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 2 October [1868]

This draft letter is endorsed, "5th letter | Oct 2. | To Pittsburgh | To Harry Hurt.""

Pittsburgh" was an alias for Lewis Wraymond, with whom Walt Whitman corresponded on October 2, 1868.

For Hurt, see Walt Whitman's October 2, 1868 letter to Henry Hurt.

On October 2, 1868, the New York Times reported that there had been five fires in stables during the

Sec. 2, of Article 10, of the State Constitution, reads as follows: Section 2.

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

His house is a four-story one, if you please, brown-stone front, and all that sort of thing. Mrs.

abundantly expresses the state of expectation on the one hand, and the necessary hesitation on the part

John's Park; Originally part of a 62-acre farm owned by a seventeenth-century Dutch immigrant, St.

The railroad then built a $2 million freight depot on the grounds to serve the West Side Line.

skin, with a pair of curling tongs for a thyrsus , and we have the pet of the Fifth Avenoodledom " (2:

The railroad then built a $2 million freight depot on the grounds to serve the West Side Line.

a skin, with a pair of curling tongs for a thyrsus, and we have the pet of the Fifth Avenoodledom" (2:

throughout—"cropping out" as Whitman himself said of it in his 1876 Preface to Two Rivulets (Prose Works 2:

immoral by the Society for the Suppression of Vice; because Whitman refused to remove the offensive parts

The story of that acceptance, beginning after his death in 1892, has been told only in part—and is still

At the center of the story is a shift from concern about his poems of "Sex and Amativeness" to concern

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963-1964.  Sex and Sexuality

"No—I guess not: am sure not: he is in great part Philistine, you know." As friendly as Dowden?

I am very impatient of stories which imply the concentration of all historical meanings in single eminent

"Especially the last part, Walt—the part the fellow says you revised and you say you didn't."

, a long story—important!"

—we parted. There was something deeply stirring in his manner.

Vol. 2. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964. 361–426.

Cleveland Rodgers and John Black. 2 vols. New York: Putnam's, 1920. Winwar, Frances.

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

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

(and a main part) in the construction of my poems . . . each point of E.'

TIMES OFFICE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT 2 O'CLOCK.

It is excellent—the first part and the closing part of it especially.

Thereafter he compiled extremely successful textbooks, and established the magazine, Story-Teller, in

W. spoke of O'Connor—of his novel and the short stories.

The short stories did have a wonderful—a marked quality: there was one—'The Ghost'—probably the best

This story—I think it was this—was printed in the first number of Putnam's Magazine—the revised Putnam's—if

What sort of a volume did he suppose these stories would make, collected together now?

From this went into general comment—gave hospital experiences—"hemorrhages of all parts of the system

saying of my dear daddy: the amount of it was—it is not how you look, but how you feel, that tells the story

And so the stories close, one after another!"

am ever to say has been said in the old channels—in 'Specimen Days'—in 'November Boughs'—and yet my story

) would be to have a Walt Whitman reception at some theatre in New York (afternoon or evening)—have 2,

was believed by many—but as near as I can make it out, it proves to be one of those unaccountable stories

these times—Saturday night we heard that Grant was routed completely &c &c—so that's the way the stories

forenoon & also evening—he was more composed than usual, could not articulate very well—he died about 2

Well, for my part, I think the practice a very commendable one; it creates a general good feeling between

But the Ex-Lieutenant, instead of making them over, on his arrival here, presented (that's the story,

It is as well, however, to wait for the other side of the story, before giving the harsh judgment which

, and soldier's nature, that there are some extenuating circumstances on Green's side, or that the story

I said: "Walt, there's a story goes with all that: do you want to hear it?"

"Well—that's certainly a good story."

That was the story, Walt. Does it sounds right to you?" Laughed heartily.

"But the fish part is very fishy: I am not inclined to accept it."

They parted at Hartford—Starr and Thoreau did not exchange names.

This catalog was created, in part, from digital images of the original manuscripts obtained by The Walt

In 1884, Walt Whitman purchased a modest two-story frame house on Mickle Street in Camden, New Jersey

Who will venture to say that these practical times will not furnish stories as marvellous as can be found

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

The stories in the present number are particularly good, as usual, and the Editorial Department is well

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

One of the principal characters in the story is Washington, then a young officer in the Provincial Militia

However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified

A note on leaf 27 recto includes the date April 19, 1847, and the year 1847 is listed again as part of

Myself: Walt Whitman and the Making of Leaves of Grass (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010), 2–

and the Composition of Leaves of Grass: The Talbot Wilson Notebook, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 20:2

I have been out about the garden and grounds nearly all day a good part of the day your old friend Norman

Mackenzie was with me (he is spending the Sunday here—is on his way home from Toronto—been there for his "2

d intermediate" law examination—which he passed—he has now studied law 3 years and has 2 more to study

backing sheet with two smaller manuscript scraps pasted on, which together, at one time, likely formed part

The pasted-on manuscript scraps were originally part of the notebook "women," which probably dates from

Prose notes written on the back of the bottom paste-on relate to what became section 2 of "I Sing the

The scraps originally formed part of a larger notebook.

Prose notes written on the back of the bottom paste-on relate to what became section 2 of "I Sing the

Was up a great part of the afternoon. Wrote somewhat. Read some. "Drowsed a good deal," as he said.

Smith has his parts, no doubt, but he ought to play his piece in some village backyard: he don't seem

Referred to the newspaper stories current about his condition: "I am dying, dead— almost buried."

It don't seem to me my part to take sides as between them: the thing finally found its own legitimate

I can only suppose you have seen some bungled and mutilated telegram embodying part of the statement

NEW YORK, March 21 st 189 2 Mr Walt Whitman Dear Sir: Can you let me have "November Boughs" and "Good

If you have them and will part with them to an admirer, I will send the money to you by cheque, money

The original Military Garden was that part of the edifice nearest to Joralemon street, and was standing

The large edifice, the eastern part of Military Garden, was put up about 1826 or '7, by Mr.

These gardens were a conspicuous feature in Brooklyn during the earlier part of the present century.

These stretched away down to the river, from the upper part of Fulton street.

Here in the early part of the century, the dominic often preached in the Dutch tongue.

Whitman assumed "Democracy to be at present in its embryo condition" (2:392), and he always professed

that "the fruition of democracy....resides altogether in the future" (2:390).Whitman also disagreed

The greatest duty of the American poet, Whitman believed, was to write the "epic of democracy" (2:458

(Prose Works 2:393).

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

—Pork, cucumbers, and buckwheat bread, we must part, perhaps forever!

Brenton later reprinted Whitman's short story, "The Tomb-Blossoms," in an edited collection titled Voices

—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

The old woman's tale of there being but eight wonders in the world has long been an idle story; a brick

It would be impossible to transcribe from any part of the book without offending common sense, and it

Some time ago, so the story goes, he made the unpoetic acquaintance of a New York omnibus driver.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha (1855) told the story of the legendary chief credited as

.; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha (1855) told the story of the legendary chief credited

truth to which you are possibly eligible" lies "in yourself and your inherent relations" (Prose Works 2:

of Myself": "Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems" (section 2)

point in the Hicks essay that there are no longer "any such living fountains of belief" (Prose Works 2:

Vol. 2. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1961.Whitman, Walt. The Correspondence. Ed.

Floyd Stovall. 2 vols. New York: New York UP, 1963–1964. "Quakers and Quakerism"

Sunday, December 2, 1888.7.15 P. M. W. lying on bed.

said: "At that time, while I lived in Washington, even while I lived in New York, I read a good many stories

"After you once get inoculated, initiated, Bulwer is very likely to satisfy you: he could tell a story—had

the story-telling skill: was not of the first class, yet without a doubt was gifted—perhaps will be

Sunday, December 2, 1888.

I have ordered copies of my Lincoln & Columbus (2 each) to be forwarded by freight to your address.

My lecture is with my sketches, about 2 hours long—1/2 hour to each part, & about 1/2 hour to the sketches

Dividing it into 3 parts with a little music between each part, it does not seem long—so they tell me

My sculptor's art begins at 8. and gets done at 10. or 10 1/2—just as the people feel.

tune for writing or exertion.I have been out a little in the immediate neighbourhood during the last 2