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Besides, the story is wholly unconfirmed—altogether lacks the ring of authenticity.

anyone who knew the father—saw him act—realized his power—Junius Brutus Booth,—Edwin, though he has parts

At Clifford's church on Sunday C. had read in part or all, "There Was A Child Went Forth."

the celebration W. had me read even more than deliberately, and with the minutest attention on his part

O'Connor was a student, a scholar, a passionate lover of art, and took no part in practical affairs.

my vineyards, but hope to find time to get off a week or so in JulyIf Walt could come here & occupy part

W. remarked, "It is the old, old story: woe be to the man who believes in any doxy that is not mine—does

Tuesday, July 2, 18898 P.M. W. sitting at the parlor window, reading papers.

And so of Sarrazin, "he gets there—tells his story: I don't know that we need trouble about his way of

Tuesday, July 2, 1889

s being "indebted" to the meeting "for at least a part of his present comfort"—the magnetism, etc.

He said again, "Frank appears to have come over in part to thank me for the book."

Madame Dudevant's story was an extra fine one—I read it—oh! what was its name?

As to O'Connor's great admiration for Byron—"It was natural with him—was a part of his nature.

Thence telling of stories for nearly half an hour, W. as gay as either of us.

"I can remember clearly one of Samuel Lover's stories—I have told it to you?

A story of some one's falling overboard somewhere and being fished out—handing the Irishman a small coin—a

Tom told a sea of Galilee story which quite convulsed us all, with W.'

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

Good sand, such as distinguishes our parts here—poor enough from the standpoint of tillage, but sanitarily

Here he laughed heartily—held it out from him some distance—"What a fat old duffer of a story-teller

He reports, simply: tells his story on others' lips—goes to work legitimately, so that the record means

He instanced again the story of "the Western boy—the poor, sick, wearied, worn out, Western boy," whom

Well, when I first heard this story, though I knew the young fellow well—he was so affectionate, so noble

Everything he had told me was confirmed—everything: I found he had told a straight story—not a break

There is a dreadful maybe about the story—a mystery, an air of dark probability—which I cannot shake

We discussed thereupon the part suggestiveness plays in art and literature anyway.

Tonight urgent: asked after proof anxiously—seemed disappointed when he found I had only brought him a part

appears to be in the intrinsic man a disposition to turn the back on phrases which signify absolute partings

I told the story of Ingersoll's visitor and his everlasting "yes, yes"—and after W. had ceased his laugh

Lee—my tongue, (I do not know but my pen, too) is slow to touch him, even to mention him: perhaps in part

—"these here in Herald no doubt a part of them"—and offered them to K.

I turned to him with this story and ended with saying, "That is how the Professor explains."

A fellow tells a story two or three times when he is drunk (though this won't explain Dick Hinton, who

So far from that story being true, I never took the books around—may have sent some of them away (some

He tells a good story apropos, of two visitors, the first complaining of heat and inducing W. to throw

Merrill had sent him a circular—a symposiate circular again—asking—by number 1 and 2, what most had contributed

full of the meat of truth—both stories!" I told W.

If no sailing vessel had picked them up, then was "the whole story in"?

"It originated in part in Pearsall's hunger for a fad, as he calls it: he delights in being at something—in

I said that for my part I looked upon Stedman's position as thoroughly firm and genuine.

wholly—a good enough fellow perhaps in this way, but after all of the class more concerned for the 2

And then he said: "It is a glorious story all through. The Captain—what is his name?

s manner, brief, sketchy, was intense: "And now the grandeur of the story.

The town was full of the story of it." Had he ever written anything about it?

—And he asked me: "Is the story at all known to you?" It was not.

"I suppose the papers will be full of it tomorrow—full of it—part truth, a good part fiction, only that

Two or three times in the course of the 2 hours that followed, Von B. got up, took hat and gloves and

which enclosed them all: 305 copies (three hundred and five) Phillips & Taylors Butterfly Photo sitting 2/

He was not particularly steady, though going part of the way alone.

India' (1870); 'After All, not to Create Only' (1871)"—and goes on to name others that have become part

For his own part he was "no prophet," yet could conceive "almost anything possible to man." 7.00 P.M.

It is in such a suggestion as that we find the old Greek log story—and good, fitting, applicable, it

I repeated the story I had heard of Emerson's criticism of Alcott, that he could not write but could

When I went over this story for Walt he exclaimed: "Poor Frank!—Poor Frank!

And I took it—kept on taking it—for 2 or 3 days—and the more I took it the more I wheeled.

Alfred's wife wrote for him, but that is past now: she is sick, ailing, must be old, spends a good part

Yes—he has been here to see me—I have met him: he was what you would have called a brainy man—a man of parts

I know there are interviewer exceptions—that often there's a framework legitimate enough for the story—making

I was reminded of a story—a saying—I think drawn out during our Revolutionary War—that a few more victories

But I incline to believe the first story nearer the truth."

W. said very positively: "That sounds very doubtful—I know nothing about it—especially the part of it

That alone would stamp the story, is not me. You see, Horace, that is the way history is written.

I should say, this story is not only essentially wrong, but wrong in detail.

pretty familiar with it—at least as it was—for the matter of 200 miles or so, which is about the whole story

Morris had brought me in the first part of Sarrazin's piece, fully translated.

The story is told of him—it is not very nice—and I don't know if authentic—that someone protested—'but

Friday, August 2, 18897.30 P. M. Went to W.'

Bucke 2 copies of morocco book last bound. I asked jokingly, "Did you send him the bill?"

Friday, August 2, 1889

read him a note received from Buxton Forman, to which he said, after listening intently and having parts

I think there is a marvelous lightness of touch in parts of it that, in the French, must be delicious

Editorial DepartmentThe Century MagazineUnion Square—New YorkAug. 2—1889.My dear Mr.

The novel seems more than ordinarily given up to discussion—parts of it to us—and warmly, too—I don't

I suppose I was 2 hours or so—probably a little more than that—in the voyage.

Was "very happy" that I had found space in which to add letters (or parts of letters) from Brinton and

He must have half accepted, half suspected, the story—fingered a check but would not accede.

Left proof of last 2 pages of book with him—those containing telegrams and "postscript" letters of Forman

Harrison Morris is nearly done with translation of the second part of the Sarrazin article.

On his own part said, "Buckwalter has been in again—but he did not sit down—was only here very briefly

I gave him copy of Christian Register containing reprint of part of preface of Renan's "History of the

But this book seems to have a peculiar fascination perhaps in part the fascination for the Russian character

But the "pessimism" was "possibly a result of conditions—at least so in part.

As he tells the story there it is quite different form the Ledger's and takes quite another tone—loses

"They are here at last" he said—"see"—pointing under a chair, where they lay together—3 of them—2 quite

Then with a laugh—"But I suppose all this is a necessary part of the critter—of this critter, anyhow!

I don't know if you are interested in such things, but to me they tell a great story—oh!

a great story. And Father Damien, too—the devoted man!

But nevertheless the story—its pertinent points, hints, suggestions—is clear to me as it stands.

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

Took him the second part of the Sarrazin translation from Morris.

He said: "I had an idea it was in four parts, not three"—as it was in fact—a preface, then three parts

I can well see how necessary it is they all should be—but I-, who know the long story of Leaves of Grass—the

He paused—then: "It was six months or so after I came to these parts—I was in a poor way—a sad plight—had

I was going to say, not only like a house afire, as the story goes, but like half a dozen houses afire

The story is that the publisher of the Youth's Companion asked Tennyson if he would write them a poem—and

Then again: "It reminds me of my favorite story—the story of the Dutchman—a miller—who would say, 'Vell

s power to tell this dialect story good in spirit but poor in twang.

The sound it—and they are indexical—they tell the story.

It is the later story of John's life—what some would call his evolution, I suppose, but I don't know.

.: "Yes: and I think the best part of the Press is its extra sheet.