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—the North American Review —it was ordered—I get $100 for it—I read the proof last night & sent it off

"The Poetry of the Future" appeared in The North American Review in February (195–210).

The poem had appeared in The American in June, 1880 (The Cambridge History of American Literature, ed

It appeared, however, in The American (see Whitman's letter to Harry Stafford on May 5, 1881).

— —In the Feb: February N A North American Review there is a piece of mine about Poetry (a good many

Charles Allen Thorndike Rice (1851–1889) purchased The North American Review in 1876.

Please see an article by me in the forthcoming number of the N A North American Review for February,

Now, this let ter I send you has only come out of the reading of your late article in the North American

Gannett say, a friend of his a lady who knew you, said you were "coarse."

If I were younger I would strive with all my to do something worthy of my worship of your genius, worthy

North American Review.

I think (though I am not sure) that an article on it will appear in The American soon, by a couple of

But I have never wondered that you were caviare to the general; because, although I see clearly that

THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, NEW YORK, N. Y.

With the cooperation of yourself and other American thinkers of the first note , the Review must become

Their words may not have been arraignable by law, (though in many cases they were so) but they were such

to repudiate unjust rents, and I would have thrown myself heart and soul into this movement if it were

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

And Dillon's words were repeated and elaborated on numerous occasions prior to September, 1880, by other

With this "Coercion Act," the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended and authorities were given the power to

January 1881 My good friend, It was a kind thought of yours sending me your article from the North American

A criticism of "The Poetry of the Future" appeared in The American (Whitman's Commonplace Book, Charles

With the cooperation of yourself and other American thinkers of the first note, the Review must become

In the first printing of the 1876 edition of Leaves of Grass some poems were pasted in: these intercalations

Stafford's nephew, were married on February 9 by the Reverend J. B.

North American Review, received this morning. I was delighted with it.

I agree entirely with all you say there about the American poets— γόνιμον δὲ ποιητὴν ἂν οὐχ εὕροις ἔτι

The law of contract does not touch that question at all, for the contracts were made upon the false assumption

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Probably "The Poetry of the Future," North American Review, 32 (1881), 195–210.

Even now do I go with and heartily believe in the North American Review article.

through with —read very slow, & mind the pauses—I want the extracts return'd returned to me as they were

During the Civil War he was a supporter of Abraham Lincoln, and, according to the Dictionary of American

Dakota" which has always been to me like a saunter through spicy, summer-warm woods, when the brooks were

I have read too your views in the North American Review on The Poetry of the Future.

correspondence with William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929), who at this time was on the staff of the Philadelphia American

, and who later published biographies of Longfellow and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography).

Relations between the poet and the young man were frequently strained; see Edwin Haviland Miller, "Introduction

Lawrence lived at 81 Park Avenue, New York City.

The sketch of Carlyle in the London paper was the best I have seen, your own words upon his death were

I first wrote them a notice of his Journal just published, which they were pleased to say was too good

Reprinted in the American (May 1881) and Leaves of Grass (1881–82).; Our transcription is based on a

gal and a mighty nice little thing she is too; just such a one as you would like, and I know if you were

Aunt Lizzie has been to see us twice since you were here, and is coming down to stay three or four days

He was the founder and editor of the American Review of Reviews from 1891 to 1937 and author of Abraham

Salt Lake City, U.T., 15 April, 1881.

Wit—humor—these, moreover, were lacking in Wordsworth, and without them no modern poet can hope to be

respect, the French Revolution would have struck deeper chords in him than it did; but the chords were

brighter now—I am feeling pretty well—went out around yesterday & last night—great bright stirring city

Welcome are American friends!

(at $1 a head) & they say there never was a more high toned crowd collected in the town—full half were

Y. papers —(will send you the Critic of the latter city next Monday or Tuesday with my piece in)— Havn't

Haven't felt very well lately—a real bad spell last night & this forenoon—don't feel right living in the city

Balch of The American (Philadelphia), for which he received $20 (Whitman's Commonplace Book).

Picture-Gallery" to Balch on October 8, 1880, for which he received $5, and which appeared in The American

would have suited you, & been a study—different from any I ever saw in my life before—fully one half were

Later the decree was altered, and O'Reilly was sent to Australia, where he escaped on an American whaler

from the beginning) but by superiority, additions, modernness, &c—The Thayer & Eldridge plates of 1860

copies—can be stopt stopped instantly by me & will be—(The matter is not of any moment however)—The plates were

On May 16, 1881, Beers wrote to thank Whitman for quoting his verses in The American on May 14: "To a

Similar reservations appear in his Four Americans (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919), 85–90.

Theodore and William Heiniken (or Hieniken) were apparently brothers or perhaps son and father; see the

O'Grady in Ireland, I in Saxonland—if we three were together we would tread the clouds!

The historical writings of Standish O'Grady (1846–1928) were an inspiration to the great Irish Literary

My mother is away staying with Beatrice in Edinburgh city, recruiting her health, which has most sadly

theatric manner a kind, good heart, oh, so kind, I feel as if I would do anything for her, her manners were

Were her last words to Grace.

I hear that the young American artists are doing capitally filling their pockets.

friend, "Bumble-bees & Bird Music" safe to hand this morning—does me good—makes me feel exactly as if I were

Sea rolling up on broad smooth sands there, but with treacherous reefs just beyond on which there were

And the castle on its wooded height in the very midst—& the great cavern below that runs through the city

Drink is the giant evil of the city as of the north generally—Such a sensible rugged healthy looking

If Per were here he would return your friendly message. Bees best love.

Richard Maurice Bucke in Jersey City, N.J., on July 23 (Whitman's Commonplace Book).

You were a little boy then, but he represented himself as Christ, and a follower of his called himself

So they were quiet, and I continued.

Lewis and his son Percy were both artists.

Things look to me every way as if the people were awaking. I see your friend R. M.

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

It begins, "Whitman, it may be explained, is an American writer who some years back attracted attention

by a volume of so-called poems which were chiefly remarkable for their absurd extravagance and shameless

wrote in his Commonplace Book: "quite unwell these days—prostrated with the heat & bad, bad air of the city

Richard Maurice Bucke in Jersey City (Whitman's Commonplace Book).

American Literature and Life Mr. JOHN ALBEE. Two Lectures on Faded Metaphors Rev. DR. BARTOL.

5 East 65th Street New York City Evn'g Evening Aug August 3d 3rd Your postal of 29th rec'd received —

Richard Maurice Bucke and Thomas Nicholson in Jersey City on July 23, and went to Woodside, Long Island

On August 1 he went to New York City, where he stayed with Edgar M.

New York City. Aug.

They were especially interested in the old Whitman burial hill and cemetery, containing the poet's ancestors

The house, barn, and other buildings were all gone and the ground ploughed over.

After the poem was rejected by The North American Review, Whitman sent it on May 28 to Jeannette Gilder

Whitman described Mott Haven in the New York Tribune on August 15 in "City Notes in August."

Mott avenue & 149th Street Station L New York City Aug: August 8 '81 1881 My dear Baxter Yours rec'd

Mott avenue & 149th street Station L New York City —I am stopping here till until ab't about Aug: August

This letter is addressed: J L Gilder | Editor Critic | 757 Broadway | New York City.

CITY.

Ever prolific, Whitman wrote a piece about Mott Haven, entitled "City Notes in August," which he published

I was at Rockaway ( L I Long Island ) & at Long Branch (N J)—The last two weeks I have been in N Y City—So

forenoon I have been some time on the Common (an old Park of 60 or 70 acres right in the midst of the city

Price of March 29, 1860).

Near by were a pile of corrected proof-sheets bearing the heading "Leaves of Grass."

His ruddy features were almost concealed by his white hair and beard.

making the book is to give A Recognition of All Elements compacted in one— e pluribus unum , as it were

I have also accepted as a theme the modern business life, the streets of cities, trade, expresses, the

"Of the American poets," he said, "I would place Emerson first, then Bryant, Longfellow and Whittier.

letter from Whitman to Harry Stafford of January 2, 1881); praised Emerson as the most important American

Near by were a pile of corrected proof-sheets bearing the heading "Leaves of Grass."

His ruddy features were almost concealed by his white hair and beard.

making the book is to give A Recognition of All Elements compacted in one— e pluribus unum , as it were

I have also accepted as a theme the modern business life, the streets of cities, trade, expresses, the

"Of the American poets," he said, "I would place Emerson first, then Bryant, Longfellow and Whittier.

Lewis T. and Percy Ives were father and son, both artists.