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The plates of the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, printed by Thayer & Eldridge, were sold to Richard
originally wrote Whitman on September 29, 1879, informing him that he possessed the plates to the 1860
Two handsome cats were purring contentedly about the ankles of the benign old man, and did not seem to
cablegram containing a reference to his needy condition and the circular alleged to be circulating England were
A cable dispatch printed yesterday in an evening paper announced that Walt Whitman, the American poet
"If we were not in the midst of the holiday trade," he said, "I would jump on the next train for Philadelphia
An autograph letter of Walt's was sold in this city last Spring for $80 to my knowledge."
reporter regarding the paragraph which appeared in this morning's papers, stating that subscriptions were
But the universal greed for gain; which Americans to-day seek, to the exclusion of everything Morally
was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who put out the 1860
"American Poets," in the October number of the British Quarterly Review.
Perhaps two of these were the (unnamed) books O'Connor sent to Whitman on December 21.
The poems were published first in Lippincott's Magazine, November, 1887. November Boughs
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
These two photos are the ones Whitman felt were salvageable from the Cox session: "they are not all of
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
These two photos are the ones Whitman felt were salvageable from the Cox session: "they are not all of
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
Kinder Karr, in "A Friendship and a Photograph: Sophia Williams, Talcott Williams, and Walt Whitman" (American
Both were frequent visitors to Whitman’s Mickle Street home in Camden in the 1880s.
They were friends of Thomas Eakins, who painted both their portraits.
Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette
Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures
Though I do not think (if the Queen herself were to come here) any people would go now.'
There were a number of youths, boys and girls who had read a good deal, but had had little chance of
'Depend upon it the Greek sculptors were right.
'Since you were last here, Herbert, I have read Bulwer's What will He Do with It .' Do you like it?
spent in roving, were the best, the most important of our life."
Stead (1849-1912); see American Literature, XXXIII (1961), 68-69, and also the letter from Whitman to
English edition of Specimen Days; May 6, an excerpt from a private correspondent about gifts of Americans
, and 11, comment, editorial and personal, on Swinburne's article; September 6, a defense of the American
In addition, letters from Walt Whitman were reproduced on January 25 and August 30 (see the letter from
.— We have been informed that when you were younger and less famous than now, you were in New Orleans
Dear Sir: I am endeavoring to procure a collection of autographs of distinguished Americans , and as
He is a charming fellow, very clever and full of American pluck.
so busy that one seldom gets a chance of seeing him in the seething side of affairs in this great city
It is always a temptation to chat with thee—I only wish I were near enough to do it really .
Ed was here an hour or so last evening, & we were glad to have him.
It was as well to let them go, seems that they were leading to certain friendly tributes, although they
consciously, & the movement then of the waves, & the hurrying, superb clouds above, formed a symphony, as it were
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
During the late 1850s and throughout the 1860s, Abby and Helen were friends with Whitman and his mother
Helen's reminiscences of Whitman were included in Richard Maurice Bucke's 1883 biography of Whitman.
Jules Laforgue (1860–1887) was a French free-verse poet born in Uruguay.
"Then there were none of the pecuniary results Brisbane speaks of?"
She is an American, & my best friend— Walt Whitman to Ernest Rhys, 2 February 1887
The present you received, was not from these gentlemen, but from the readers of the , who were your friends
Gerstenberg's names were given to us, and by me to you, in strict confidence.
gift again, please describe it as that of the paper and not of these individuals, whose initials only were
spoke at length concerning his poetry, and in the course of his address repeated extracts, among which were
This postal card is addressed: J H Johnston | Jeweler | 150 Bowery Cor: Broome | New York City.
of a prose piece on the back that discusses a published catalogue of four to five thousand known American
This letter is addressed: J L & L B Gilder | Critic office | 743 Broadway | New York City.
This postal card is addressed: J H Johnston | Jeweler | 150 Bowery Cor: Broome | New York City.
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
I mentioned the proposed pension for you, and he said that if you were in need of assistance he thought
was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who put out the 1860
was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who issued the 1860
Though Trowbridge became familiar with Whitman's poetry in 1855, he did not meet Whitman until 1860,
Though Trowbridge became familiar with Whitman's poetry in 1855, he did not meet Whitman until 1860,
If I were to unbosom to you in the matter I should say that I never cared so very much for E.'
avers that "Emerson inspired the first poems of Whitman," and that Whitman had confided to him in 1860
: "My ideas . . . were simmering and simmering, and Emerson brought them to a boil" (79–83).
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement
Your selections were most happy, and your rendering of them impressive.
On February 22, 1887, Whitman read some of his poems (he recorded that they were "Word by the Sea"—probably
1884, when George and Louisa moved to a farm outside of Camden and Whitman decided to stay in the city
Johnston | Jeweler | 150 Bowery cor Br[oome] | New York City.
Buchanan's A Look Round Literature (1887) contains a chapter on Walt Whitman entitled "The American Socrates
Whitman: The evening's readings, skeletonized in the enclosed slip, were given by an ardent lover of
I stared at him, bearing you in mind at the moment, as if he were a mind-reader— and asked him where
They were mostly testimonials from friends, and benefits given in the theatres of New York City"; Pond