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urged the warm bath, medicine, moderate diet (almost starvation diet is safest for him) he has answered my
They have all an intense (sometimes most painfull) interest to me—but whether cheering or the reverse my
I shall not be surprised to see my highest claims for you (for making which I have been counted a lunatic
My copy of Sarrazin has come to hand by the afternoon's mail—it is as you said, a lovely little book.
My daughter Clare is still in bed but will be up in a day or two I trust.
Last Thursday evening I went to Sarnia—next morning my brother Julius, my nephew Fred.
It is postmarked: London | PM | MY 28 | 89 | Canada; C.
You will feel bad about it I know and it is very natural you should still it is my decided conviction
My great regret is that with his magnificent abilities he should have done so comparatively little to
It is postmarked: London | PM | MY 13 | 89 | Canada; Camden, N.J. | May | 15 | 30 PM | 1889 | Rec'd.
It is postmarked: OT WEST UR WY ST ATN | PM | MY 15 | 89 | London; Ca | May | 1 | 6 AM | 1889 | Rec.
My annual report is on again, shall make it short this year (between you & me—I am not saying any thing
about this but thinking of it a good deal—I rather hope this may be my last—if we are not entirely deceived
Bucke is referring to Whitman's poem "My 71st Year," which would be published in Century Illustrated
Whitman's poem "My 71st Year" was published in Century Illustrated Magazine in November 1889.
We are all well, I am hearty, very glad to get home again after my run in the East—though I enjoyed my
of fresh air, have since had a cup of tea and a piece of dry toast and am now (630 P.M.) sitting at my
desk in my office at the Asylum.
Sometimes as I read it I feel as if my whole previous life were rolling en masse through me and as if
Tomorrow I give my 7 th lecture to the students—one more will end the course for this year.
We are all well I send you my best love R M Bucke Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 8 December 1889
ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE LONDON, ONTARIO London, Ont. 8 Nov 188 9 It is after tea (7 P.M.), I am over in my
soon as I get a few hundred that I can spare (and I look for that time to come very soon now) it is my
almost nothing from the outside world these times, and am too much occupied to do anything outside my
I am writing at the desk in my office. It is so dark that I almost need the gas to see to write.
Whitman found the visitor interesting but too effusive: "My main objection to him, if objection at all
and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former sea captain
Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his
Bucke is referring to Whitman's poem "My 71st Year," which was first published in the November 1889 issue
They make an immensely valuable addition to my "W.W.
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
trust you are (even if "very very slowly") gaining and am glad to have you say that you believe in my
It is falling soft and steady as I write here at my desk in my office and from time to time look up and
It, to my mind, comes far short of what such a man ought to have written on such a subject.
It was reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (see Prose Works 1892, Volume 2: Collect and Other Prose, ed.
I thought that by this time I should have been able to say something definite about my jaunt east, but
No word yet from Wm Gurd in re meter—I shall not be able to fix the time of my going East untill until
On October 20, 1888, O'Connor had written Bucke that "a month ago my right eye closed, and the lid had
Earlier that year, January 23, 1888, O'Connor had described one of his attacks for Bucke:"My state of
I sat down to dinner, suddenly felt a curious still feeling, pushed back my chair, and became perfectly
The room was lighted, and four doctors were around me, and my wife and a couple of neighbors.
It was a tough of apoplexy, incident to my malady the doctor said, and a small blood vessel in my head
Gurd but I expect each mail to get a letter which will fix the time of my departure for the East (always
wish I could run down to Washington to see him while I am East but I fear that will be impossible, my
I don't see anything to whine about in getting old—think (on the whole) it is rather a good joke—my strongest
Robert Browning (1812–1889), known for his dramatic monologues, including "Porphyria's Lover" and "My
Also shall perhaps find time to elaborate my theory as to the guilt of Pamphilia of which I am firmly
Browning himself, according to my hypothesis, may or may not think her guilty.
Superintendent's Office Asylum for the Insane Ontario London, Ont., 16 March 18 90 Here I am over at my
office in the main asylum sitting at my desk with a fine wood and coal fire at my left hand—every thing
quiet here, plenty of work, but as long as we can do it we must not grumble at that—still, if I had my
Whitman occasionally referred to Stafford as "My (adopted) son" (as in a December 13, 1876, letter to
Am in my office, it is now noon.
have attended chapel, written a few letters (to Kennedy and others) & pause to think, to take stock of my
Ont., 19 June 18 90 I am now fairly settled down here for the summer, have pretty well caught up with my
Have just received a letter from my brother Eustace of Ottawa containing this comical passage "I was
The preface was included in Good-Bye My Fancy (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891), 51–53.
My brother Eustace (who you will remember)—we call him Duke—arrived here at noon today from Ottawa We
Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short
Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892
For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman
The preface was included in Good-Bye My Fancy (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891), 51–53.
Whitman, late in life, said to Horace Traubel: "[I] take my Ruskin with some qualifications."
I am pretty well through with my days work (it is 4 P.M.) and after making this short report to you shall
better here—La Grippe is "letting up" on us and things are beginning to resume their old course I send my
I hope you may stay clear of it with all my heart.
My folks at the house are all well.
I shall be pretty busy now for a while after my absence gathering up the ends of the strings and getting
them in order in my hands again—fortunately for me I have good, honest, faithful, capable assistants
"Ingersoll's Speech" of June 2, 1890, was written by Whitman himself and was reprinted in Good-Bye My
Nothing settled yet about my visit East but hope to leave (as mentioned before) about 12 th May.
I am, my dear friend, Affectionately yours RM Bucke Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 24 August
piece—I shall write more at length another day, am rather crowded this morning I think I shall remodel my
I send my love to you RM Bucke See notes Aug. 27, 1888.
I am struggling with my report and getting on slowly—it will be much longer than usual—a lot about alcohol
Gurd (and my boys) home this evening—guess we shall be able to move ahead with meter now.
is and has been warm even here but not disagreeably so—you will recollect that I have proofs to 117 —my
Yes, as you imagine I am indeed up to my eyes in work but one thing I am glad of—I have got over the
My brother Eustace (Duke) was back again for the day and left for home (Ottawa) at 5.30 last evening.
I am trying to get on with my annual report but it moves slowly—however I have time and I shall no doubt
All well and quiet, am going to town in a few minutes in my cutter first time of using it this season