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publisher's name, and, if the reader goes to a bookstore for it, he may expect to be told at first, as we were

Walter Whitman, an American,—one of the roughs,—no sentimentalist,—no stander above men and women, or

the body of the work, wholly ignorant of the writer's name, profession, or age— "Walt Whitman, an American

These anxious longings of the soul as for an unknown good were to his mind the indication of slumbering

doubt [sic] because, "unlike one of the roughs," he failed to remark how "placid and self-contained" were

When we read that eulogy we were satisfied that this volume would prove to us a sealed book, and that

George Robins Gliddon (1809-1857) was an American Egyptologist who published several works on Egyptian

The Bowery Boys was a nativist, anti-Catholic, and anti-Irish gang based in New York City; they participated

of departed spirits, he weighs the hearts of the dead.; George Robins Gliddon (1809-1857) was an American

We have before us one of the most extraordinary specimens of Yankee intelligence and American eccentricity

says Mr Emerson in the printed letter sent to us,—"I rubbed my eyes a little, to see if this sunbeam were

On the other hand, according to an American review that flatters Mr Whitman, this kosmos is "a compound

All I mark as my own, you shall offset it with your own, Else it were time lost listening to me.

Walt Whitman, an American, one of the roughs, a kosmos, Disorderly fleshy and sensual . . . . eating

If nothing lay more developed the quahaug and its callous shell were enough.

the name of this erratic and newest wonder; but at page 29 we find that he is— Walt Whitman, an American

The words 'an American' are a surplusage, 'one of the roughs' too painfully apparent; but what is intended

The chance of this might be formidable were it not ridiculous.

The American critics are, in the main, pleased with this man because he is self-reliant, and because

All I mark as my own you shall offset it with your own, Else it were time lost listening to me.

The showman and entertainer Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) emphasized in his American Museum (purchased

Ernest Jones’s war strains; of a new poem by the American poet, Mr.

Buchanan Reade ∗ —a gracefully rhymed, imaginative story; or of another American production which, according

this book but that, to our unspeakable surprise, we find bound up with it extracts from various American

highly laudatory of this marvellous production: and we think it right to call the attention of our American

republican egotism: "What very properly fits a subject of the British crown, may fit very ill an American

Sure as the heavens envelop the earth, if the Americans want a race of bards worthy of 1855, and of the

only one man…he is the father of those who shall be fathers in their turns, In him the start of populous

Leaves of Grass," of the Brooklyn poet who describes himself in one of them as: "Walt Whitman, an American

spite of all the freedom which has budded and bloomed since that year 1616, when his sacred ashes were

and indorsed by the said Emerson, who swallows down Whitman's vulgarity and beastliness as if they were

before introducing us to his poetry, to enlighten our benighted minds as to the true function of the American

The Americans of all nations at any time upon the earth have probably the fullest poetical nature.

peace is the routine out of him speaks the spirit of peace, large, rich, thrifty, building vast and populous

statistics as far back as the records reach is in you this hour—and myths and tales the same; If you were

backtop, The faces of hunters and fishers, bulged at the brows …the shaved blanched faces of orthodox citi

The book, perhaps, might be called, American Life, from a Poetical Loafer's Point of View .

One more utterance from our old original individualistic American poet, now, as he tells us, in his seventy-second

year, and not expecting to write any more; this, indeed, written as it were in defiance of augury.

That the great magazines were right and Walt Whitmon sic wrong the contents of this thin, crazy-quilt

mention, but we must now turn to the volume of the year, which should be specially precious to the American

people,—that of the poet who has most firmly grasped the "American Idea" in its deepest and broadest

inspiration, the joys of the wine-cup, been the theme of Romance and Poem; it is time that the paint were

His love of New York City has more in common with Gavroche's love for Paris than with that of Victor

The fact that the "songs" in Drum-Taps were written under such circumstances ought to have rebutted in

of the news from Sumter upon New York is thus described:— "The Lady of this teeming and turbulent city

"Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities; Amid the grass in the fields each side of the

both a place and the name of the Democratic Party political machine that often controlled New York City

both a place and the name of the Democratic Party political machine that often controlled New York City

a military outpost near Charleston, South Carolina, was the location of the first battle of the American

before and after his appointment and dismissal from a clerkship at Washington, he sought in his native city

"The Lady of this teeming and turbulent city" calls forth her children as bees are called from the hive

"I see a sad procession, And I hear the sound of coming full-keyed bugles; All the channels of the city

John Esten Cooke (1830-1886) was an American novelist noted for his grandiloquent writings centered on

Possibly referring to Marion Lumpkin Cobb, wife of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862), an American

John Esten Cooke (1830-1886) was an American novelist noted for his grandiloquent writings centered on

Virginia.; Possibly referring to Marion Lumpkin Cobb, wife of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862), an American

, of Sunderland (to whom Ruskin's letters—entitled Time and Tide —"to a working man of Sunderland" were

Not the least doubtful is he on any prospects of the material success of the American Republic.

trade and commerce,—railway traffic,—manufacturing, mechanical, and mining industry,—agriculture,—population

It is as if we were somehow being endowed with a vast and more and more thoroughly-appointed body, and

the aptness of that phrase, "the Government of the People, by the People, for the People," which Americans

to solve is the inauguration, growth, acceptance, and unmistakeable supremacy among individuals, cities

Walt Whitman adds to the embarrass de richesses one of his curious catalogues of the American emotions

, inventions, and geographical subdivisions, which was recited at the opening of the American Institute

WE have before us one of the most extraordinary specimens of Yankee intelligence and American eccentricity

indelibly fix it and publish it, not for a model but an illustration, for the present and future of American

letters and American young men, for the south the same as the north, and for the Pacific and Mississippi

Of pure American breed, large and lusty—age thirty-six years, (1855,)—never once using medicine—never

, had fulfilled their tasks and gone to other spheres; and all that remained, with few exceptions, were

They stand, as it were, on clear mountains of intellectual elevation, and with keenest perception discern

He wears his strange garb, cut and made by himself, as gracefully as a South American cavalier his poncho

A portion of that thought, which broods over the American nation, is here seized and bodied forth by

does not prevail throughout the volume, for we learn on p. 29, that our poet is "Walt Whitman, an American

That he was an American, we knew before, for, aside from America, there is no quarter of the universe

he was one of the roughs was also tolerably plain; but that he was a kosmos, is a piece of news we were

Leaves of Grass (1856) From the American Phrenological Journal. AN ENGLISH AND AN AMERICAN POET.

Thus what very properly fits a subject of the British crown may fit very ill an American freeman.

Sure as the heavens envelop the earth, if the Americans want a race of bards worthy of 1855, and of the

Poetry, to Tennyson and his British and American eleves, is a gentleman of the first degree, boating,

Do you think city and country are to fall before the vehement egotism of your recitative of yourself?

the name of this erratic and newest wonder; but at page 29 we find that he is — Walt Whitman, an American

The words "an American" are a surplusage, "one of the roughs" too painfully apparent; but what is intended

unless it means a man who thinks that the fine essence of poetry consists in writing a book which an American

The chance of this might be formidable were it not ridiculous.

The American critics are, in the main, pleased with this man because he is self-reliant, and because

Emerson in the printed letter sent to us—"I rubbed my eyes a little, to see if this sunbeam were no illusion

No illusion truly is Walt Whitman, the new American prodigy, who, as he is himself candid enough to intimate

On the other hand, according to an American review that flatters Walt Whitman, this kosmos is "a compound

maddened by this course of reading, and fancying himself not only an Emerson but a Carlyle and an American

Does he mention the American country, he feels bound thereupon to draw up a list of barns, waggons, wilds

Here our latter-day poets are apt to whine over the times, as if heaven were perpetually betraying the

the most amazing, one of the most startling, one of the most perplexing creations of the modern American

We were attracted by the very singular title of the work, to seek the work itself, and what we thought

Criterion says: "It is impossible to imagine how any man's fancy could have conceived it, unless he were

The rain now poured down a cataract; the shops were all shut; few of the street lamps were lighted; and

Nearer by were cultivated fields.

After desolating the cities of the eastern world, the dreaded Cholera made its appearance on our American

It even seemed as if he were thus making interest in the Courts of Heaven.

Boarding houses flourished in New York City in the mid-nineteenth century.

This tale is the eighth of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

Nassau Street is located in the financial district in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.; Whitman

See John Duff, History of Public Health in New York City, 1625–1866, Volume 1 (New York: Russell Sage

Boarding houses flourished in New York City in the mid-nineteenth century.

hire accommodations at these houses," and noted that "if we were called upon to describe the universal

To-day he writes to the Tribune , stating that his views "are precisely the same that they were two years

, when, in connection with the controversy concerning the running of Sunday cars in Brooklyn, they were

If these views were not heretical in '57, they are not in '59."

"Reuben's Last Wish" and another fiction work, " The Madman ," were unknown to twentieth-century literary

Holloway announced both finds in the January 1956 issue of American Literature : see Emory Holloway,

"More Temperance Tales by Whitman," American Literature 27 (January 1956): 577–578.

The Washington temperance societies, part of the Washingtonian temperance movement, were popular in New

Several persons were standing around him.

.]; "Reuben's Last Wish" and another fiction work, "The Madman," were unknown to twentieth-century literary

Holloway announced both finds in the January 1956 issue of American Literature: see Emory Holloway, "

More Temperance Tales by Whitman," American Literature 27 (January 1956): 577–578.

The Washington temperance societies, part of the Washingtonian temperance movement, were popular in New

explained, listening to narratives like the remarks and advice on temperance described here, which were

letter to you at the time I was Poisoned has has not affected me any that time I looked the whole City

Shortly after I came to the city again to be Mounted on a Horse & we layed in the Defences of Washington

the time the Rebels came to attack the City.

Yesterday I was over to the City & saw the Boys in Ward. A. .

Washington that is one reason why I had rather be sent to the Regiment I would not stay around this City

service for a considerable a mount of Pork & Soft Bread Walt yours I received after I returned from the City

married to Ann Eliza Knickerbocker Farwell (1844–1932), and, at the time of this letter, the Farwells were

will excuse me in not writing you before Though I tried to find out by the Boys in Armory where you were

Night we went to the wharf to get each a horse But I had to returne to camp with out one because there were

hospitable, (thou only art hospitable as God is hospitable.) 4 When late I sang sad was my voice, Sad were

hospitable, (thou only art hospitable as God is hospitable.) 4 When late I sang sad was my voice, Sad were

Next a hot and dusty little campaign, which resulted in capturing the City of Jackson, Miss.

It was fought with General Lee; the results of the battle were inconclusive.

Several of their officers and men killed were well-known Brooklynites.

The severed men fought bravely, but were pressed further away.

It was getting dark in the evening, and eventually they were taken prisoners.

.; Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American leader

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City.;

It was fought with General Lee; the results of the battle were inconclusive.; The Battle of Spotsylvania

between Union Generals Grant and Meade and Confederate General Lee; the results of this battle also were

Lee.; The first two major battles of the Siege of Petersburg (Virginia, June 9 and June 15–18, 1864) were

of These States in the 1856 edition, and as Europe, The 72nd and 73rd Years of These States in the 1860

Morris is re-elected mayor of the city. Robert H.

Morris (1808–1855), 64th mayor of New York City, was first elected mayor in 1841, and in 1842 was running

city's politics.

Is it not a pleasant spectacle for an American to look upon?

Has it come to be, that Irishman is a better title to office, here, than American ?

Morris (1808–1855), 64th mayor of New York City, was first elected mayor in 1841, and in 1842 was running

Morris was also reelected mayor in 1843, and subsequently served as Postmaster of the city and then as

Wards became less important in mayoral politics after the consolidation of New York City in 1898 into

city's politics.

(New York: Oxford University Press, 1999).; The New York City Council, often referred to during this

territorial condition, there to remain, according to the provision of the English bill, until her population

let those that were prisoners take the keys! (Say! why might they not just as well be transposed?)

Let the Asiatic, the African, the European, the Ameri- can American , and the Australian, go armed against

Let there be wealthy and immense cities—but still through any of them, not a single poet, savior, knower

Let those that were prisoners take the keys! (Say! why might they not just as well be transposed?)

Let the Asiatic, the African, the European, the Ameri- can American , and the Australian, go armed against

Let there be wealthy and immense cities—but through any of them, not a single poet, savior, knower, lover

place when you come back you will remember that we had a new Rail Road under way running to Atlantic City

I saw old Col Colonel Johnson and Doctor Ridge last night they were blowing for Gen General Hancock Doctor

Ridge says he has been to New York and that New York city will give Hancock one hundred thousand majority

one about your arival arrival in London and a very good account of you us US fellows your friends were

See The New-York Historical Society Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564–1860 (New Haven: Yale University

Intimate Script and the New American Bible: "Calamus" and the Making of the 1860 Chapter 5.

Walt Whitman is thus of the first generation of Americans who were born in the newly formed United States

In Whitman's school, all the students were in the same room, except African Americans, who had to attend

The published versions of his New Orleans poem called "Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City" seem to

But the exotic nature of the Southern city was not without its horrors: slaves were auctioned within

Even those who were willing to tolerate slavery's existence often opposed its spread into new territories

By 1860 the Republicans had majorities in both houses of Congress and had elected a president.

in the history of American presidential elections.

Even though none of the Democrats nominated for president after 1860 was a Southerner until well into

Encyclopedia of American Political History. New York: Scribner's, 1984.Holt, Michael F.

how it should be administered, and who were qualified and who not.

, and why they were so willing to give the price required for it.

they could go, and when they were wanted again they would be sent for.

This news was not long in reaching the American Legislative Assembly who were then in session in Westchester

This valuable property, of right belongs to the city of Brooklyn.

But when we prepared to tag the text of the first edition, we were confronted with the jarring typographical

And since in the 1860 edition Whitman includes a cluster of twenty-four numbered poems called "Leaves

interpretive narratives about them, using bits of the data to construct a meaning that is always exceeded