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Then he said: "Clifford must n'tmustn't be scared by William: Clifford's a damsiter himself, though not

in William's way: no two men are alike: Clifford has his own powers, identities: look how he steers

Poetry in America: much ruffled, old, dirty, written on paper of various colors—some of it yellow, some white

Article in December issue of Magazine of Art on portraits of Dante Rossetti written by William his brother

W. said: "They are not extraneous: they all have a place: I think William was justified in all he did

"It is one of William's letters," he explained, "one of the best: full of fire—direct, explicit—with

William resembles a natural law: he is beyond appeal: he delivers himself without apologies: he kills

Grant White had a dastardly mass of lies and perversion in The Atlantic in April anent of Mrs.

White's hide off, and "hang the calf-skin on his recreant limbs."

"Williams sends us good news from Russia, that most inaccessible of all countries.

that is: William can do that sort of thing better than any man writing to-daytoday."

"Yes," said W., "I noticed what William has to say about him.

W. shook his head over William's anti-Garfield argument. "Suppress the piece? Why suppress it?

: who 'dwho'd have thought of diving for it but William?

"It 'sIt's from Rossetti," he said: "I 'veI've been reading it over: William Rossetti: full of wise beautiful

contains no malice, no poison, but is vehement, aggressive, even overwhelming, not impetuous, as William

"I have been wondering if there may not be a better paper than white for our books," adding: "Has the

havealready been experimenting for centuries—three or four of them—and that this is the result: for white

apper, indisputably for white."

William Lloyd Garrison has just written an open letter to Senator Hoar treating this very same subject

He answered: "To William: I wanted William to see it: he has followed things so closely.

Last week I saw William Rossetti, and he advised me to send the amount through the Post Office, which

I shall wait very eagerly for some word from you; with great love (in which William Rossetti asked to

Then he relapsed a minute—all was quiet over on the bed: "He said he dined with Rossetti—William Rossetti—while

Yours respectfully,William H.

W. wanted to know what was my "real opinion of the plate," saying then: "William O'Connor fancies it

I shall send it on to Doctor to remind him that it must go back to William."

"William Summers has gone home and written a piece.

a little suspicion of Conway's lack of historic veracity: he romances: he has romanced about me: William

"O'Connor's orator nature—his mobile, passionate, high-strung orator nature," and spoke again of William

W. at once assented: "There is nothing in their line anywhere near equal to them: William was vehement

He called it, "every way quite characteristic of William: sharp, keen, decisive—full of fine fence and

fellow, of some use, after all: that Cæsar was not thus and so, but thus and so: that there was no William

Tell—that the William Tell story was wholly a myth: that Columbus did not do this or that on the voyage

into your files: read it after you get home: we can talk some about it to-morrowtomorrow: it is in William's

W. said: "You 'reYou're right—it don't: sometimes I 'mI'm afraid nothing is going to help William."

W. asked: "You read William's letter—the letter I gave you to take along with you last night?"

When William gets going there 'sthere's nothing can stop him but an earthquake or a waterspout: he is

"Rees, Welsh were never the hummers William hoped they would be—wanted them to be—tried to make them:

and whenever an opening offered William would dash and hit about like a knight of the Cross."

"I have not received a single letter from anybody the whole day," W. said, "but I have written to William

He shook his head: "Poor William! poor O'Connor!

W. smiled: "I admit that 'sthat's ambiguous: but I could n'tcouldn't name William's real politics: he

"William was a strong, an ardent, anti-slavery man: he was a Republican—worked with the Fremont party

William is never a half-way man: he has the temperament of a soldier.

to be dodged or trifled with: but after every allowance is made this fact still remains true: the white

White, even at my expense. Reason, Shakespearean hostility to the subject. This is a pretty note!

O'Connor.W. was anxious about William.

Under what circumstances had he first met William?

Had William taken up L. of G. at the beginning?

I said: "Don't you think it significant that William recognized Leaves of Grass at the start?"

Yours respectfully,William H.

apper, indisputably for white."

He answered: "To William: I wanted William to see it: he has followed things so closely.

Yes: that 'sthat's William—the undaunted William: the fiery friend and lover."

Then exclaimed: "O William! William! If only our former days and nights could be renewed!

W. had laid aside a William Rossetti letter for me. He handed it to me the last thing.

friendly people: none of them, of course, more nobly generous, comradely, than Rossetti himself: William

it seems queer about the William Rossetti: of course I have never seen him: I only know him in this way

I went up to the White House with a friend of mine, an M.

wouldn't believe until you were convinced,' as you say: you held off: you half thought I was lying: William

W. spoke of O'Connor: "William is all gentleman: however strong, however impetuous, however overwhelming

There I left them at least the 25th.Very respectfully,William Cook Capt. 19th U.S.C.T.92 W. 10thNew York

always talk like this: that I love O'Connor for doing exactly the opposite thing: so I do: I like William

I said: "You speak of William and Dowden: I don't think that the difference between them is the difference

Bucke says William goes on and Dowden stands still.

William goes on, sure enough: but if Dowden stands still how is it he ever came to recognize you?"

I for my part am rather more disposed to William's than to John's estimate, characterization, of Hugo

that is so: I believe this girl went to Mary Morris—William Morris's daughter—who has a genius, they

"Morse, Kennedy, John, William—all silent!"

It did once stand in front of the President's house—the White House: now I hear it has been removed.

"I took Alexander Gardner's sheet—the title page: it had quite a good deal of white paper: wrote a long

William was very furious about it: it was bandied about Washington—got into the papers: William asked

That was William: I suppose he was right: I needed only to make a simple public statement: I would be

I submit here the document prepared for William by W. and passed into my hands since by Nellie O'Connor

Dear William O'Connor:As you were interested in Mr.

Walsh—(brother of William, of Lippincott's). Doctors examined W.'

Indeed, The Tribune's is the animating spirit of all that class in New York: Stoddard, William Winter—these

Also Talcott Williams. Much talk of W. Gilchrist took part in the discussion.

Talcott Williams over. Did not see W. Gilchrist came later: was in bedroom a few minutes.

But then, where is there anybody like William?

William made short work of the hair splitters.

Chadwick got on the wrong field when he called William a liar and crossed blades with him: William gave

Yes: that 'sthat's William—the undaunted William: the fiery friend and lover."

A little the odor of wood: the light flickering upon the wall, the bed white and clean.

happen to be thought worth while to have the history of Leaves of Grass written the correspondence of William

the other side of the Atlantic: we were all intensely excited when these propositions were made: William

William Tebb (Surrey, England). They were greatly disappointed W. not being able to see them.

eight"—pausing, repeating some names: "One for Addington Symonds: one for Buxton Forman: one for William

Yes—surely: for the purposes of that edition that was the best thing to do: yet we lost heaps in losing William

There was another regret from which I have always suffered: I always wished William to figure in some

He held a smallish white unstamped envelope up before me. "This: look at it."

It looks to me as if William was in for some extreme decision before long—I don't think he can last this

Then: "I am depending upon you to in the main keep our folks informed how I am—John, William, Kennedy

"Well—I won't say that—though William's letters are always important: but there 'sthere's something in

O'C.W. said: "That 'sThat's one of William's most interesting epistles: oh! those days!

I said: "William From a Photograph by Rockwood & Co.

William talks about Grant turning back. When did he ever turn back?

Then exclaimed: "O William! William! If only our former days and nights could be renewed!

As to cover he said again: "Of all things, I should least think of vellum—white vellum especially."

When I was through he said: "William says there: 'It will go hard if I cannot make such a cloud belch

He made it belch many thunders: William had unlimited capacity for raising hell: I don't mean that he

John Hay was a great admirer of William—way back there: he said about the same thing Stedman did—said

I think Stedman was a bit afraid of William—was timid—just a bit, befor his vehemence: just as Gilder

always has been: William gets on Watson's nerves—William is so virile, Watson so feminine (I don't mean

someone writing there (I think it was The Times: it certainly was an English paper): he spoke of William

W. exclaimed: "Good: You ought to say that to William: that 'sthat's one of his pet ideas (and mine too

how that sounds like William O'Connor!

If only William O'Connor could hear you talk so!"

Williams, Philadelphia. M. B. W.'s letter with portrait, &c. on the table.

This is the best translation: there is no other approaching it: it is by George William Curtis' wife's

criticisms of value, should such appear.I have not yet seen the February Fortnightly, nor the book William

This was his "great concern for William."

But I know what William means: he used to say to me sometimes—'Walt, when it comes to some things you've

But I confess William would go way ahead of me in that direction—was gifted beyond us all: was sensitive

I remember an Othello criticism: undoubtedly written by William Winter: Winter is the dramatic editor

After the white woman the negro. "But not universally the negro.

William was always a world of help in these treaties with editors: he was an intercessory force: knew

Some invited, most did n'tdidn't: but whether the one thing or the other, William mediated with his customary

I did not ask him.Frances Emily White speaks at the Club next Tuesday on the Evolution of Ethics.

"You know Talcott Williams' position on The Press?

Williams,Attorney General.IXDepartment of Justice,Washington, June 30, 1874.

Williams,Attorney General.I asked W.: "Are they all the documents in the matter?"

Speaking of the Philadelphia symposium on W. he said: "Did n'tDidn't I think at the time that Frank Williams

Dear Walt:Enclosed I send you a copy of a letter received by William.

You had better accept their invitation.How did you like William's article? And how is your health?

A good looking man, long white beard, aquiline features, keen eyes—spare, sinewy frame, full of restrained

Rolleston was a knight-errant: the real Irish stuff: like William: radiant, forible, illuminative: I

Frances Emily White to open with The Evolution of Ethics. W. exclaimed: "Oh! that is a subject!