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Bok writes this story to the Boston Journal about W.

And my friend, in telling me the story, said he saw his mistake at once, but Whitman never noticed it

again, "This man Bok is an irresponsible paragrapher, anyway, never excited my respect—is in for a story

Then: "I can easily see that what you say is true: for my part these things have little value: but I

as if the From a Photograph WALT WHITMAN (1873)Reproduction of a photograph of Whitman, 1873 first part

, the part I read, was introduced in order that the second might be written.

Bob does not intellectually account for them: he has them in his heart: they are one part of his noble

I can't sit down offhand and dictate the story to you but I can talk with you and give you the documentary

They tell a story of Michael Angelo—that he had an enemy—that he was painting some sort of an apostolic

And then I kissed his hand and he said again, "Tomorrow, then—tomorrow—" All this talk on his part was

No hiccough.2 Had position changed.

Hiccough for a few minutes after.2:20 Sleeping quietly.3 Sleeping.

s tomb as a part of him, consistent with his past. "Walt has a distinct place in literature.

That must have been a wonderful 1/2 hour with W., I[ngersoll] and F[arrell]—the report of it will make

"That part of it does not overwhelm me—I am not overwhelmed by it."

But after a pause, while indulging a half-audible laugh, W. said further: "But while that is a good story

they would probably meet it with another, perhaps a better, story: the story told by one of the Greek

writers: the story of a master beating a slave: the slave protesting: 'I was ordained to do this thing

"Yes, I have read the story: Bradley was monstrous—monstrous: but would you not think him abnormal: I

W. said half to himself, half to me, ,"I know nothing about the story: do you? No?

Wednesday, January 2, 1889.7.45 P. M.

Wednesday, January 2, 1889.

little too fond maybe of his beer, now and then, and of the women: maybe, maybe: but for the most part

Then he said: "I tell that story because it fits so well here: I suppose I was meant, too!"

W. addressed himself directly to Harned, to whom the story was new.

So that, in paying Eakins his part, too, he may in the end own the picture outright." I told W.

I had never hit upon such a story. "No, you have not: you could not—how could you?

This should "be emphasized above all else" in the story.

Longfellow, tells a story of the way he treated the charges of plagiarism against the Indian poem Hiawatha

When I had finished W. said: "It makes a very good story," and he said: "but—." I laughed.

"Then you don't believe the story?"

They stole a part of that from me—not in this number but in the last—in the account of the assassination—not

W. then: "That is good—that is noble—that is the whole story—so simple they thought there was nothing

That is the whole story—the inevitability of the result, out of the simplest means."

of Grass printed on thin paper to me as above.This is on the supposition that your big vol. costs £2

Then to me, "Say to Dave, the book should be sold for $2. 50, he to have his discount."

W.,Aug. 2, 1887.Dear Sir.Presumptuous as it may be, I cannot refrain from sending these few lines to

Adding: "As Miss Nipper says in Dickens' story—in Dombey and Son (you remember it, don't you?)

further: "But we must show great consideration for Kennedy: we know that at bottom—in osseous, integral parts—the

Perhaps I would stand in the same relation to this case," he said, "if I heard, read, the Doctor's story

It seems a part of the explication of 'Leaves of Grass.'

lot of them: some day, if you put them all together, in order, date for date, you'll have a complete story

yes, the old is best, is always best to the old: but no—no—I think there is more than that to the story—I

Forrest was a man of parts, too: there was a time when he was in much demand—was a sort of social elegante

The book, for a collection of stories, is pretty large, too large I think for economical publication,

& there is always considerable doubt attending the issue of a volume of short stories.

It is true that the story is more effective if read at one sitting.

to publish the story whole in a single number.Let me then make this proposal, that I print the tale

Of course you will understand that the Atlantic will pay for the story independently of anything you

York, to this effect: Memorandum of Agreement made this ____ day of ____ between ____ of the first part

Webster & Co. of the second part, WitnessethThe ___ of the first part hereby give permission to Webster

& Co. of the second part to make selections from the poems of Mr.

from the publication of the book made as above designated.In consideration the parties of the second part

Louis is about 38 1-2 deg. and San Francisco 37 1-2 north latitude.

many a day." on Kansas, the author presents a the present At one point, this manuscript likely formed part

I have from you 2 copies of "Con." I hope you mean to (perhaps have sent) send me a few more.

transcendentalist of our group here—the best of us all in that: second, because it throws some light on the story

heard about Herbert's picture there" pointing to the table where a photograph of it stood "is a little story

It is a capital story. I was almost saying the story was better than the picture."

"Frank Stockton's story here in The Century. It is very interesting.

s at 8:20 and spent 20 minutes there, the most part in his bedroom.

Well, that settles another chapter of the story."

But we who rejoiced to have found you, accepting the whole for the part, The virtues implying the failings

Long ago I first came across them—cherished them: they have been part of my household for many years—a

Harned dropped in and the three of us went off immediately to his house, Bucke meanwhile telling us the story

Walt don't seem at all averse to telling it, but I don't think he wants to tell part—he feels that a

part would put him in a wrong light—while he is not able to tell the whole story, which is a long one

Wednesday, December 2, 18915:30 P.M. Warrie admitted me—I thought seemed a little disturbed.

It had been laid open at Stockton's story.

It is a nasty story anyway." Wednesday, December 2, 1891

Harned in part of the time—ten minutes or so. W. quite willing to talk.

Had been up a good part of the day: had read some—going over several accumulated Transcripts: Frank Leslie's

Then he reflected: "But it 'sit's all right—to be taken: was maybe part of one of his sermons—do you

We talked of Wiliam's hypochondria the other day: well—this is the other side of the story: he goes way

W. thought it should go over to page 140, so prepared an additional "note" to go in with the Hicks—part

of it written many years ago, part of it today.

He must have half accepted, half suspected, the story—fingered a check but would not accede.

It is singular how nature, wounded in one part, disturbed, will throw the weight of her concern on another

Alluding to his family—"We all kept slaves then on Long Island—up to the early part of this century—in

I have no doubt something of that sort is involved with the story.

W. said: "I have seen and read it—part of it, anyway.

I had reminded him of a story.

I can well see how necessary it is they all should be—but I-, who know the long story of Leaves of Grass—the

You must go there, mix with everything—the land, the lunatics, the goodness—they are all necessary parts

I never have any pain from such stories, though they have been circulated by hundreds.

For instance, the Appleton Journal stories—one of them—and by a writer who must have known better had

he inquired—the story that Walt Whitman always went swaggeringly about, with his tarpaulin hat and red

And you remember that other story—of the old man who claimed that I wrote to Longfellow asking permission

The further details of the story being, that Longfellow wrote back, asking to see the book or specimen

Then with a laugh—"But I suppose all this is a necessary part of the critter—of this critter, anyhow!

I don't know if you are interested in such things, but to me they tell a great story—oh!

a great story. And Father Damien, too—the devoted man!

But that is as much as the rock does to fulfill its part—growing best in keeping to its place!"

It is striking, the amount of good story, put together in such a sheet."

One day, evening, Lowell and Story—W. W. Story, the sculptor—came in to see Slamm.

And good easy hair and beard (the hair parted in the middle, right down to the forehead—then as now).

As to Story, "I do not remember him at all to describe him—remember only that he was there.

You mustn't think I object to odd views when they come natural to a man—are part of a man.

reminiscences of all eminent Americans who came into personal relations with him—each man to tell his story

He laughed gently: "Yes, yes I do—but not in whole and part.

I left.Belmont, Mass., Dec. 2, 1885.

who would go into the pulpit and insist upon the true Christ—the Christ as he was in the original story

The story, what we know of it, is so faded, so pale, as well as so manufactured (almost theatrical),

Had read the long Abe Lincoln story quoted by the Press from N. Y. Tribune.

A story of a widow for whom he got a pension. W. said: "Look it over, Tom: we want your opinion."

"I read that second part of William's piece with the same care as the first.

was a time, Horace, when that fellow was among the good of the heap—for some years he played good parts—played

The parting at Providence was hard.

Two or three times in the course of the 2 hours that followed, Von B. got up, took hat and gloves and

Said he had been out for about 2 hours in the chair. "It has been a delicious day.

It has its part to play in the drama.

minor uses, that it is subordinate—that after all humor, however largely construed, is a very small part

And then: "To know me to the full, they must not know only the poems, but the story there in prose, too

tell Mr Myrick if we add further to the 66 pp: I sh'd add 12 pp: (or more) as an Appendix—the main part