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Sir William Don, later on, was a character, too.

It has color, radiance; color is such an element in me—red, white.

at the Art Club (8.24), Harned stood there, the first to greet us, calling out word: then Frank Williams—Morris—and

quickly Talcott Williams from indoors.

Morris and Frank Williams had placed some lilacs there on the table.

Frank Williams came in to tell me today of a letter he had seen, written by an intimate friend of Tennyson

He thought copies should go to Clifford, Brinton, Frank Williams and Morris—and I engaged to take them

Subsequently he followed with words of sweet cheer: "You will see Frank Williams tonight?

Left with him a copy of the American containing Frank Williams' comment on the Contemporary Club meeting

account I gave him of a debate over oysters at Boothby's, the night before between Morris, Frank Williams

It is along such a line William O'Connor would have argued.

takes a course in the local papers, getting two—the Post and the Courier.Brought him from Frank Williams

Learned of Frank Williams' mention of the latter in America this week but have not seen it yet.

Frank Williams had sent him a copy. Said he had enjoyed it.

Even William O'Connor, who, of all men, you would think protected, exempt, bore traces of it, from head

I should thank Frank Williams for his American note—"Tell him it is just what I could have hoped for—to

Williams in to see me about newspaper friends of W. W.

One of the "points of value" in Williams' paragraph was "the quite evident kindliness—the willingness

, strawberries—"perhaps blackberries best of all"—the raspberries better when "mixed with currants—white

him towards literariness grow stronger with age—yet I remember that even so keen and cute a man as William

William was one of the first to change—to recognize the gold in John: I only mention it now, confidentially

—yet not loth to consider it possible himself, I am sure.I received today this note from Talcott Williams

see Walt Whitman before I can get over will you see what you can do about thisYours trulyTalcott Williams

The modern soldier—the soldier of our armies—the soldiers of Sherman, our William Sherman—contrast, take-off

"That is true to the bone—that would have tickled William O'Connor."

William Reeder.

William was his rudder.

The great William!"

I can see William all through it.

Here was a sheet, too (William L.

You have touched upon the subject nearest & dearest to my heart.This idea of having William's descriptions

will sell too, tremendously, if the right house does the publishing & manages it properly.I told William

put you in possession of the things you will need to know, & a few choice people who worked with William

the best New Year's present that I could have had, as this business of getting these matters of William's

the descriptions, surpass any thing that he ever did, & as someone said, no one but Victor Hugo, or William

Seventy-one counts in its list Signor Crispi, John Ruskin, Walt Whitman, Sir Lyon Playfair, and General William

Wondered if Talcott Williams had written it. "I am sure Talcott will stand by his guns."

should be able to give the best that his lustrous genius afforded to a grand eulogy of the colossal William

Harper's Weekly—will leave it overnight—and he said, "I will give you something in exchange—Black and White

laughed and "didn't wonder" he would add no outright criticism, and I was glad he did not.Frank Williams

Frank Williams over to see me about J.C.T., Jr. footnote.

procrastination.I will enclose a copy of something he has just written for the Life Saving Report, of the year William

It confirms my own and Williams' idea of the footnote. Mrs.

Shakespeare controversy, "I am not satisfied that we know all that is to be known, or ever will know—though William

I long ago confessed that what had much weight with me was the fact that such a man as William—so cute

William was his rudder.

Williams'. Do you think it is?" Further, "How funny he did not receive Bob's pamphlet!

from a moment's observation, but of a close friend, a long intimate, to whom Leaves of Grass, as William

Here was a sheet, too (William L.

proposed to write Woodbury more specifically—W. not protesting.Showed W. a letter I had from Talcott Williams

Morning papers full of marriage of Princess Louise—Victoria, Emperor William present.

Traubel, May 28, 1891.Samuel Murray, Thomas Eakins, William O'Donovan, and Harry the Dog [with O'Donovan's

Had patched to the Reeder picture this, written on a slip of white paper: "Beth: Walt Whitman's and parents

was never consulted, and of which he had no more knowledge than any other routine clerk about the White

now repeat that, in obedience to a telegraphic request from President Lincoln, I visited him at the White

William's books mainly there, and odds and ends—manuscripts and letters generally in trunks upstairs.

O'Connor full of reminiscence, much of it now pathetic—with William and the children dead and so much

O'Connor says William took in "Leaves of Grass" from first look, though not with the whole mass of the

Her own first copy came by an odd way—from William Henry Channing, Boston, when she lived there, before

As I understood it, he went to Boston to urge on Houghton the publication of William's book.

Indeed, yes—I often stopped in on William there: they were great days."

After all, William was the top bough—the nearest heaven!

I asked William, 'Is that authentic?'

William was an ardent lover of Ingersoll's, always—thought everything of him."

And, "How William would storm and cry out if I made a change in 'Leaves of Grass'—a comma, even.

Even the day of the discharge "he came around—cool, undisturbed—William too stunned himself to vent the

W. declared, "William was what I said in my little piece, a shield for the oppressed—a knight of chivalric

William was different—his poise admirable. Such knowingness, such fidelity!

Noble William—child of best generations—picked from all—the flower of the modern!"

Yet to William it was a human question, too: it enlisted him first of all as a man, in the interests

See, Anne—see the boats—the white sails. And you think, Horace, we can't get along the shore here?

"Any manuscript of William's has an interest for me." He did not seem exhausted on return.

Current Literature also says this: "William E.

Commented on Black and White, which I picked up from the floor.

some.In the meantime since you sent it, I have consulted two friends who were in the office with William

They also think that he is as William used to say super-cautious.

O'Connor sends me a picture of William.

magazine, "I have been reading this—it came from Wallace—the National Review, containing an article by William

s designs: 1000 white envelopes, 200 with this inscription: WALT WHITMAN CAMDEN New Jersey U S AMERICA

friend:I have come to know you through your writings and through the warm praises of our dead friend, William

Clay: White Hall, Ky.Jan. 6. 1891Dear Sir,I have just received your "Leaves of Grass etc." 1890—for which

Had I not better see Talcott Williams?

I had brought him the Atlantic [containing William O'Connor's story, "The Brazen Android"].

The great William!"

You think it was written by William Walsh?

I can see William all through it.

of the centuries from 12th to 16th—and what are called the Elizabethan group, literature—were at William's

Had found Talcott Williams' letter asking about the actress visitor—clearing to me the matter of her

Please send answer in this envelope.As ever Devotedly yoursTalcott Williams W. declared that he was "

s gratitude for the Illustrated American notice, and to Talcott Williams, asking after the Ingersoll

The whole scheme is very attractive to me—and William would have an absolute monopoly of the field—a

Neither of us have word from Talcott Williams yet.

The only criticism I would pass on it, if I sat here with William over the manuscript, would be this:

And I do not know but this was William's weak point, anyhow, if he had any—that this was the weak spot

I was in to see Talcott Williams. He will send us the colloquy.

Talcott Williams likewise told me he cared nothing for anything Ingersoll said—did not care to preserve

Williams had intended printing and circulating among W.'s friends.

Williams' "popularity" among "the boys" in town, and seemed surprised when I said he said he seemed disliked

Williams, W. said, "I hardly remember what it all amounts to.