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Sorry to hear you were troubled with sunstroke. I hope you are going on pretty well again now.
We were very pleased that the money came in handy—I haven't been in London lately or seen Mrs.
Both were introduced to Whitman's writings by Edward Carpenter and they quickly became admirers of Whitman
THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETER. Editorial Department.
There is a drawn-in line beginning at the top of the page above the words "THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW"
These stockings were for Whitman's mentally and physically incapacitated brother Edward, who had lived
This letter is addressed: Lorenz Reich | 63 East 11th street | New York City.
little memoranda addressed to us she noted your name down as the one friend in America to whom we were
Whitman was in Atlantic City on November 28 and at Glendale on the following day (Whitman's Commonplace
I set up every stick of it mesilf indade , & corrected my proofs ( wh. which I'll have you know) were
Later the decree was altered, and O'Reilly was sent to Australia, where he escaped on an American whaler
little memoranda addressed to us she noted your name down as the one friend in America to whom we were
W S K Your "the Poet as a Craftsman" seems the best statement possible of the modern scientific American
Ernest Rhys, 59 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, Eng Dr Karl Knortz, 540 East 155th St, New York City G.
Richard Watson Gilder, Century office, Union Square, New York City Wm D O'Connor, Life Saving Service
New York Edmund C Stedman, author, New York City Dr.
Associations," and can arrange for you to give ten readings of your poems, in ten of our largest cities
WEBB, President of the Free College of the City of New York, and from MR. ANDREW CARNEGIE, REV. WM.
for a week—As I close, my bird is singing like a house afire, & the sun is shining out—I wish you were
Sloane Kennedy had to say about Whitman in his pamphlet, but thought that the statements about style were
According to the Twenty-First Annual Report of the City of Burlington, Vermont (1885), "The heaviest
With the exception of two blocks the flagging is five feet wide" (Twenty-First Annual Report of the City
holds at the high, with bosom broad outswelling; All throbs, dilates—the farms, woods, the streets of cities
Johnston, is undated; the second, to Harold Johnston, is dated March 26, suggesting that the cards were
I was right glad to get your letter & to know your eyes were so much better.
How much I wish you were here to eat a New Years dinner with us.
William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript
; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography
his time, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) was both a highly popular and highly respected American
When Whitman met Longfellow in June 1876, he was unimpressed: "His manners were stately, conventional—all
For Whitman's writings on Carlyle, see "Death of Thomas Carlyle" and "Carlyle from American Points of
read criticisms reviews of your works & as I half expected none of them had the least idea who you were
Camden City Office Horse RR Walt Whitman to Camden Horse Railroad Company, [?] December 1885
as Poet and Person.1886prose13 leaveshandwritten; Fair copy prepared for publication in the North American
The first page of this manuscript bears a note written by James Redpath, the editor of the North American
because the leaves have been mounted and bound in a volume that also includes a frontispiece from the 1860
Whitman went to hear Taylor speak on several occassions during his stay in Boston in 1860.
the printer Whitman used proof sheets, newspaper clippings, etc., between manuscript pages, which were
the middle of the page appear three underlined words, "These pages past," but whether or not they were
All of the verses except For us two, reader dear were fused together and published as one poem entitled
There later were troubles with Duckett, but Whitman recalled in 1889 that "he was often with me: we went
to Gloucester together: one trip was to New York: . . . then to Sea Isle City once: I stayed there at
the hotel two or three days—so on: we were quite thick then: thick: when I had money it was as freely
There later were troubles with Duckett, but Whitman recalled in 1889 that "he was often with me: we went
to Gloucester together: one trip was to New York: . . . then to Sea Isle City once: I stayed there at
the hotel two or three days—so on: we were quite thick then: thick: when I had money it was as freely
" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860
He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to
He was the author of many books and articles on German-American affairs and was superintendent of German
See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.
my old nag & rig in the afternoon —So you see I have not utterly stopt stopped moving —but I feel exceeding
William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript
; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography
He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to
See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.
Chas Charles Aldrich, of Webster City, Iowa: he told us of his interview with you shortly before he crossed
subscription list is being formed in England with a view to presenting a free-will offering to the American
with their lists of carpenters' tools and "barbaric yawps," their delight in the smoke and roar of cities
silence of mountains, and seas of prairies,—seemed to me to breathe something distinctive, national, American—with
recently in which she says: "By the way, there is in the latest edition of Leaves of Grass a poem—'The City
In the recesses on either side of the chimney were portraits of the poet's father and mother.
some of them were on the floor.
Of books there were many, and, like the pictures, they were scattered everywhere around the room; on
They were young ladies just ready to bloom into early womanhood—pupils from Bryn Mawr College.
Pretty soon the writer made an incidental remark about the growth of the new Philadelphia City Hall,
For Whitman's writings on Carlyle, see "Death of Thomas Carlyle" and "Carlyle from American Points of
Her works include The Mill on the Floss (1860), Middlemarch (1871–1872), and Daniel Deronda (1876).
subscription list is being formed in England with a view to presenting a free-will offering to the American
He springs out of that vast American continent full-charged with all that is special and national in
Johnson to have several men tell me when I last went to town that they were more or less sure they had
I am going to address the American People (not the damned & twice damned literary & clerical rascals)
He was the author of many books and articles on German-American affairs and was superintendent of German
See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.
Fanny Raymond Ritter (c.1835–1891) was an American musician, writer, historian, and the wife of the German-American
The Ritters were friends of William Sloane Kennedy and William D.
During the late 1850s and throughout the 1860s, Abby and Helen were friends with Whitman and his mother
On May 22 Rhys informed the poet that about 8,000 copies of the edition were sold, and that the publisher
If my accumulation of shoes—my cast-off shoes—like wine and Old Daubs were increased in value by cobwebs
C.W.E. and I were intensely amused at your "amiable clerk with a pen behind his ear," as applied to Stedman's
This gives points to Herod, and is worse than the slaughter of the innocents, because they were Jew babies
Eldridge (1837–1903) was, with William Wilde Thayer, the Boston publisher of Whitman's 1860 edition of
Gay Wilson Allen, Ed Folsom (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1990), 268–281.
William Sloane Kennedy (1850–1929) was on the staff of the Philadelphia American and the Boston Transcript
; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography
Perhaps a reference to Henry Jacob Bigelow (1818–1890), an American surgeon, professor at Harvard and
Bessie (d. 1919) and Isabella (1855–1924) Ford were sisters who lived together in Leeds.
They were friends and disciples (as well as cousins) of Carpenter, and active social reformers, working
He has not omitted, as some editors might have done, In a City Dead House and The Flight of the Eagles
SALEM, a manufacturing city of 6000 population, is an Excellent Show Town, surrounded by a good country
David McKay (1860–1918) took over Philadelphia-based publisher Rees Welsh's bookselling and publishing
For more information about McKay, see Joel Myerson, "McKay, David (1860–1918)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia
" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860
He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to
See The American-German Review 13 (December 1946), 27–30.
Perhaps Lilian Whiting (1859–1942), an American writer and journalist.
Americans are apt to forget their great men, unless their work in this world, is kept before their minds
When I next visit the city, I shall certainly arrange to have a talk with you, on certain points upon
His shad and champagne dinners for Whitman were something of a tradition.
Bessie (d. 1919) and Isabella (1855–1924) Ford were sisters who lived together in Leeds, were friends
Among the donors were Henry James, Robert Louis Stevenson, John Addington Symonds, George Saintsbury,
On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground
Your postal cards were better than all the letters in the world.
The profits on 'Leaves of Grass' were only $20 for the same time.
When I read my poem on Lincoln in Philadelphia the other day, the profits were $700.
Poetry is a font of type, to be set up again consistently with American democratic institutions."
"How were these changes made?" "Structures grew and were made by use and lost by disuse.
Such study shows clearly how structures developed or were lost.
At a sale of Autographs, & Books a few days ago the following prices were obtained, "Autograph letter
, Whitman, Walt, Poet," $80.00 Leaves of Grass 1 st Edition 18.00 Which prices were the highest paid
England J Addington Symonds, Davos Platz, Graubünden Switzerland E C Stedman 45 E 30th St New York City
This letter is addressed: Dr Carl Knortz | 540 East 155th Street | New York City.