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published Fanny Fern's novels Ruth Hall (1855) and Rose Clark (1856), as well as her collection of stories
for children The Play-Day Book: New Stories for Little Folks (1857), among other titles.
for which Twenty-five Thousand is a very small estimate, Fifty Thousand being probably nearer right. 2.
His house is a four-story one, if you please, brown-stone front, and all that sort of thing. Mrs.
abundantly expresses the state of expectation on the one hand, and the necessary hesitation on the part
John's Park; Originally part of a 62-acre farm owned by a seventeenth-century Dutch immigrant, St.
The railroad then built a $2 million freight depot on the grounds to serve the West Side Line.
skin, with a pair of curling tongs for a thyrsus , and we have the pet of the Fifth Avenoodledom " (2:
The railroad then built a $2 million freight depot on the grounds to serve the West Side Line.
a skin, with a pair of curling tongs for a thyrsus, and we have the pet of the Fifth Avenoodledom" (2:
He was discovered in 1860 under the name Garcia on board another slaver, the Kate , and was identified
He was discovered in 1860 under the name Garcia on board another slaver, the Kate, and was identified
world, like a forked radish, with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knife" (Act III, Scene 2)
world, like a forked radish, with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knife" (Act III, Scene 2)
called by many a perfect beauty; questionless, of decided talent; one about whom many interesting stories
New York at the time; see, for example, "New-Jersey; Patent Safe Swindle" ( New York Times , April 2,
in New York at the time; see, for example, "New-Jersey; Patent Safe Swindle" (New York Times, April 2,
He is best known for his short tales, including detective fiction and stories of the macabre.
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
The diameter of the head between the ears appears enlarged, and with it the back part of the jaws, giving
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
Bothwell: A Poem in six parts By W. Edmonstoune Aytoun, D. C.
"Great is life…and real and mystical…wherever and whoever, Great is death…sure as life holds all parts
together, death holds all parts together; Sure as the stars return again after they merge in the light
Then returning to the fore-part of the book, we found proof slips of certain review articles about the
However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified
Maurice Bucke printed a transcription of this manuscript, he added the following words to the end of leaf 2,
Maurice Bucke printed a transcription of this manuscript, he added the following words to the end of leaf 2,
Autobiographical Data From the middle to the latter part of Oct. 1844 I was in New Mirror — We lived
About the latter part of February '46, commenced editing the Brooklyn Eagle —continued till last of January
titled "Song of Myself": "I hear the sound of the human voice . . . . a sound I love," (1855, p. 31). 2
stages, first one, and then th another, I come not here to flatter Why confine the matter to that part
In Jamaica first time in the latter part of the summer of 1839.
the Composition of Leaves of Grass: The 'Talbot Wilson' Notebook," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 20:2
from Emory Holloway, Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1921), 2:
do not pretend to compose an a grand opera, with choice good instrumentation, and harmonious good parts
so something to give fits to the dilletanti, for its elegance and measure.— The To sing well your part
At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.
Another series of draft lines on the back of this leaf were published as part of "Poem of Many in One
At one point, this manuscipt likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.
groin l tendon, a bundle of fibres by which a muscle is joined to a bone f fibre, a thread, a fine part
At one point, this manuscript likely formed part of Whitman's cultural geography scrapbook.
.— I swear I will am can not to evade any part of myself, Not America, nor any attribute of America,
That poem includes the following lines: "And here again, this picture tells a story of the Olympic games
On the verso of leaf 15 and part of leaf 16 appears a draft of what would become section 11 of Calamus
.00182xxx.00061[Now the hour has come upon me]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 18.5 x 16 cm, leaf 2
to correct a pencil number 7 to a 1, and on the third side the blue pencil corrected a pencil 8 to a 2.
Calamus, but the five lines beginning "Scented herbage of my breast" became the opening verses of section 2
-1859poetryprosehandwritten5 leaves20 x 16 cm; The verses on the recto became lines 6-40 of section 2
Section 2 of the Calamus group was permanently retitled Scented Herbage of my Breast in 1867.
third sides of two folded half-sheets (20 x 16 cm) of the same white wove paper used for 1:3:1 and 1:3:2,
The lines on page 1 became verses 1-8 of section 4 of Calamus. in 1860; page 2 ("Solitary, smelling the
50-51uva.00321xxx.00066[Long I thought that knowledge]1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaves 1 and 2
Whitman also penciled in the numbers 7, 8, and 8 1/2 in the lower-left corner of each page.
51uva.00314xxx.00066[Hours continuing long]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 9.5 x 9 cm; leaf 2
Whitman removed the lower section of page 2 from the top of current leaf 1:3:33 ("I dreamed in a dream
51uva.00340xxx.00066[You bards of ages hence]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 8 x 9 cm; leaf 2
Whitman numbered the first 9 1/2 and the second 10, in pencil, in the lower-left corner of each leaf.
.00066xxx.00081To a new personal admirer1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 13 x 11.5 cm; leaf 2
featuring a new first line, became section 12 of Calamus in 1860; in 1867 Whitman dropped the last 2
1/2 lines and permanently retitled it Are you the New Person Drawn Toward Me?
The first page contains verses corresponding to lines 2-3 of the 1860 version, and the lines on the second
On the second page Whitman added, in a combination of normal and blue pencil, the number 43 (1/2).
the poem became section 16 of Calamus in 1860; the lines on the first draft page correspond to verses 2-
Whitman numbered the pages 2 and 3 in pencil.
Calamus, transforming the title into a new first line and expanding the original first line into verses 2-
The excised top portion of the leaf became the bottom section of page 2 of 1:3:11, the poem (eighth in
Whitman also numbered each leaf in the lower-left corner in pencil: the leaves follow the order 1-9, 9 1/2
The expression "the Eightieth year of / These States" at the top of leaf 2 indicates that Whitman was
50-51uva.00188xxx.00297A Sunset Carol1857-1859poetryhandwritten6 leavesleaf 1 25.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves 2-
In 1867, he gave it the permanent title Song at Sunset and moved it to the supplement Songs Before Parting
; in 1871 it was finally transferred to the cluster Songs of Parting within the main body of Leaves of
.00309xxx.00413Thought [Of these years I sing]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 21.5 x 13 cm, leaf 2
Whitman combined it with the second Thought to form the poem Thoughts in the supplement Songs Before Parting
In 1871 Thoughts appeared in the cluster Songs of Parting within the main body of Leaves of Grass, and
songs by these]1857-1859poetryhandwritten2 leavesleaf 1 9 x 12.5 cm pasted to 17.5 x 13.5 cm, leaf 2
Whitman combined it with the second Thought to form the poem Thoughts in the supplement Songs Before Parting
In 1871 Thoughts appeared in the cluster Songs of Parting within the main body of Leaves of Grass, and
In 1867 Whitman deleted five verses, transferred the poem to the supplement Songs Before Parting, and
50-51uva.00195xxx.00240American Laws1857-1859poetryhandwritten3 leavesleaf 1 19.5 x 12.5 cm, leaves 2-
Side 1 corresponds to verses 1-9 of section 14 of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass; side 2
draft became section 16 of Chants Democratic in 1860, with Leaf 1 corresponding to verses 1-6 and Leaf 2
of Chants Democratic in the 1860 Leaves of Grass, with leaf 1 corresponding to verses 1-6 and leaf 2
poem became section 20 of Chants Democratic in 1860, with leaf 1 corresponding to verses 1-6 and leaf 2
through 3 and 5; leaf 2 ("You felons on trial in courts,") to 4 and most of 6; and leaf 3 ("And I say
These 2 leaves contain verses first published in section 16 of the 1860 Leaves of Grass cluster.
50-51uva.00206xxx.00276As of the The Truth1857-1859poetryhandwritten4 leavesleaf 2 19.5 x 13 cm, all
In 1867 Whitman moved it to a different Leaves of Grass group in the Songs Before Parting annex.
eventually become All is Truth and Germs as section 3 of a Leaves of Grass group in the annex Songs Before Parting
In 1881 he dropped the first two verses and added Voices (as verse paragraph 2) to the previously unrelated