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plays—that the play's not the thing—not the thing alone: that something more was intended than the story

Then: "I'm afraid what you say of Harry is part true: he does not resist enough: he permits himself to

"As William's letters all have more or less to contribute to the story of the ups and downs of the Leaves

It reminds me of a story Henry Peterson told me.

"Certainly: that's a part of his game." "What game?" Harned said: "I guess you know."

Saturday, February 2, 18898 P.M W. sitting ruminatively in his chair by the window. Cordial.

Millthorpe near Chesterfield,March 2, 1884.Dear Walt:Just a line to give you my changed address.

; fruit, flowers and vegetables; have about two and a half acres grass and about the same quantity part

wheat for ourselves and part oats for the horse.

Saturday, February 2, 1889

They are not a story of the fight—they are the fight itself.

last night: when he left I gave him the Pall Mall Gazette criticism and the Lippincott containing the story

W. said: "They all go with the story: they all help to unravel the mystery: for it is a mystery, eh?

"That is our story: the threads are mixed." Critic quotes W. at about a column's length.

typically hitting off American life—"probably with some justification"—yet—"I am not a reader of stories—would

Oldach told me "the story of" his "life" today in brief.

followed by conception; maintaining that the fact of conception was conclusive evidence of consent on the part

"Yes, certainly: it goes with the story." I folded it and put it away in my pocket.

I just half remember some Spanish story—was it in Don Quixote?—that involved the same problem."

Anyway, what ever his intention may have been, I take the story for what it seems to mean.

have met them—Johnson is one of them: sometimes I think them the justification of America—of that part

14 Jan 1892My dear HoraceI did not write yesterday—very much occupied all forepart of day and took 1/2

I have (since last writing) 2 letters 10th, 2—11th and 1—12th (forenoon). Also "Post" and "Record."

I can see why Ingersoll thought you gave Lowell too much credit, but as I said yesterday, that is part

W. thereupon, "You are right: that is a profound thought—and it belongs with us—is part of us."

The saddest part about it is, that they still have a following, a constituency.

He says "The Stage has become part of" his "regular Sunday reading."

Part of the work was to investigate and report on banks, bankers—big concerns.

Saturday, January 2, 1892About ten minutes in W.'s bedroom.

Saturday, January 2, 1892

shaken & aired—& should not ask his consent.Your essay is the best piece of work of yours I have seen; parts

He had read papers and the mail—yes, even looked over a part of the accumulated mail, which he had Warrie

Room dark—did not therefore read Burroughs' letter—but repeated a great part of it, and all its substance

And we know that is part of the game, against which we must play but which stands for a vital something—a

There are several shiftings-about at sea—but the story as a whole is a land story.

And we know, too, that it is no easy thing to make up a consecutive story even if the details are perfect

The written record but a drop in the bucket—I may say, a drop in the sea—to the whole story."

Drank milk punch—2 ozs. milk, whiskey zi., rum zi.1 Still; had his position changed.2 Still quiet.

McA's notes and please have L. send me the notes of the early part of the attack.

.: "That is Walt Whitmany, to be sure—quite our kind—yet, true to the old instincts, he has had a part

The nurse came to carriage—then had Garrison come to second-story window.

I think that the whole story—the whole."

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

of designs for things that were never executed: lectures, songs, poems, aphorisms, plays—why, even stories

: I was going to write stories, too, God help me!

Walker was O'Connor's assistant—wrote up parts of many of the reports.

—a large three-story and basement. They had a floor or part, and gave W. the hall room. Mrs.

I joked about the mantle photos, parted company to various spots about the floor.

Remember the story of the doctor and the fellow with the corns.

He kept hat off for a great part of the road back. Which way would he go?

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."

wounded three weeks ago today at Culpeper—hit by fragment of a shell in the leg below the knee—a large part

and is one of the least visited—there is not much hospital visiting here now—it has become an old story—the

gas-burners about half turned down—It is Sunday evening—to-daytoday I have been in the hospital, one part

I read parts of it to W., who contended, "It is easy to be seen that he squirms under it—yet will not

I hardly know what it leads me to; in part this—that he is not to catch 'Leaves of Grass.'

For instance, while it is subject perhaps to criticism, take that part in which he says, there can be

no more Decoration Day orations because men, to speak well, must have acted a part in the thing they

that Lowell's did not stir me: "It is a thing built, not a current flowing: his is a structure, grown story

by story: yours a limpid river."

"It is the same story with those fellows: pork and beans is my dish, therefore you must like it—but no

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.

mass—always in such strange agitation—I dare not consent to see anybody except the few who are in effect a part

So they set to and transported me without the least effort on my part—chair and all.

And then he told a story laughingly: "Well—it was allowable, wasn't it?

I remember dimly a story of Alcibiades.

It was in such a way he retorted: and I adopt the story, as fitting my coat!"

Davis sat in the parlor part of the time with us. Saturday, June 1, 1889

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

Saturday, June 2, 1888.Took W. the first six pages of O'erOver Travel'dTraveled Roads in page form.

"I would like to rehearse the whole story—it has elements all its own. It is a long story, too.

Saturday, June 2, 1888.

The latter part of June Gilder and I went to Concord and spent a couple of days there.

s part in it was warm and large, but taken without any understanding of the peculiar base of the theory

Indeed, I am more and more persuaded that the ill, too, has its part to subserve—its important part—that

cowardly—the elements evilly at work, with terrible effect: and stormy disasters anywhere—are they not all part

I had manuscript and proofs and a copy of The American containing the first part of Frank Williams' paper

I said I would take it, paying part cash. The owners then offered it for seventeen fifty spot cash.

written by Watson Gilder for one English and one American periodical disapproving of the current stories

I don't believe the conventional literary class take any part in the Colonel's gatherings but all the

All day long the one story—turned from left to right, a little to eat twice, the visits of the doctors

am refreshed again by this wholesome contact with true loving confiding human life.And, to wind my story

I mentioned a part of this to W. "Dave says he has sold 600 to 700 copies since last September."

"It is an old story—a pull on the old string."

.: "May not a great part of it be mental." B. then: "It probably is."

I read a story years ago—a French story, by a great humorist—who pictured the return of Christ, his going

all other matters: people get accustomed to a certain order of traditions, forms: they think these a part

To lose his tone is almost to lose the whole stir of the story. "The good old lady!

Saturday, March 2, 1889Hunting up Bucke at Dooner's, according to appointment, we took together the 8.31

Two stories. Brick. The door was opened by Nellie. We were ushered into the little parlor. Talk.

see him: he is the youth in our story—its poetry, its prophecy, made visible."

And he said again: "Do not mistake me: John is most parts the same John: but lately something has been

Saturday, March 2, 1889

that there was no reason why the letter should not appear twice, or even three times, in different parts

As we talked Ed came in from the post office bringing a letter from Bucke, which W. read forthwith, part

of it aloud, part of it to himself.

Harned walked part way with me. Rain hard—everything had different color and intent for me.

There is a story Mrs. Shelley tells—or a character-study, rather—that makes me think of myself.

I told W. another Shelley story (new to him) in which Byron figured.

"You mean Hartmann's damn lying stories?" I explained. He said: "Oh!"

I told W. a story.

W. exclaimed: "That's a fine story: I'm glad you told it to me: it's the other side of the shield: yes

W. referred as often before to the story of the miller: "I don't care by what road you brought the wheat

He had read a story in this morning's paper—English news—: "A preacher there—in one of the royal chapels—a

He was a man probably knowing somewhat of the part preachers played in the reign of Louis XIV—fellows

W. had been "interested"—yet put in finally: "I suppose the whole story is doubtful—it has a fishy smell

W. referred to the subject—Carlyle's exposition of it—illustrated by a story out of his own experience—then

He said: "Part of my difficulty was verbal: I can't quite make out Nelly's scribble: now that I hear

I'm glad you told me the story: it's so unexampled—so like nothing but itself." Then he paused.

old Brougham that though born sickly, or made so, he accomplished much because he dared to allot a part

told me: it is plain however, that Herbert has come into money—perhaps he has sold his picture, in part

You remember the story I tell—the mistress and her hired man, to whom she offered a drink.

plain board table, with plenty and good to eat, in a house that was perfectly plain, telling their stories—stories

of things done and missed being done, stories of heroism and cowardice, stories of meanness and generosity—stories

W. said, "That is part of the disease of our time. If we are helpless, let us anyway protest."

It is located in Harleigh Cemetery, about a mile from Camden, and in the prettiest part of the grounds

This is O'Connor's letter:Washington, D.C., October 2, 1884.

although one does not mind such things at first, yet gradually, and especially when they are only part

It is the old story of the basilisk—if you see himfirst, he dies.

his nature and proportions.I regret I am not free of office life, for I am sure I could make Bacon's part

The thieves' song in the Polynesian story is wonderfully fine.)W. saw I was through and remarked: "William