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hour's drive:—quite a long letter from Wallace a couple of days ago (but I think I referred to it in my

Ingersoll (sent it to Horace, perhaps he will show it you) re my Montreal address.

Whitman found the visitor interesting but too effusive: "My main objection to him, if objection at all

There is nothing new as to my plans since I wrote you last some two or three days ago, have not heard

I am not too well pleased at this postponement of my trip East as I am anxious to see you and was counting

We loyal Kanucks are keeping the Queen's birthday—my fam all out fishing —3 parties of them—all off—from

my brother 60 yrs old to my youngest 9.

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

My people refused to put up the money without adequate protection."

better here—La Grippe is "letting up" on us and things are beginning to resume their old course I send my

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

For my own part I have just had a glorious dinner of roast turkey and plum pudding and feel well!

My great anxiety now is to put meter matters in such shape that I may get to Phila and see yourself and

Traubel and see with my own eyes how things are with you.

I send my love to you RM Bucke See notes Aug. 27, 1888.

ONTARIO London, Ont., 24 Sept 188 8 We are having a devil of a time so don't be uneasy if my letters

Meanwhile I ought to be writing my annual report—the meter too is likely to call on me for some attention

sixty-five poems that had originally appeared in November Boughs (1888); while the second, "Good-Bye my

cannot see this falling off that they speak of in your poetry—some of your late prose has not been to my

We are all well, I am hearty, very glad to get home again after my run in the East—though I enjoyed my

I know you hate the idea of the use of a catheter but, my dear Walt, you will have to come to it and

and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former sea captain

Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his

urged the warm bath, medicine, moderate diet (almost starvation diet is safest for him) he has answered my

I am, my dear friend, Affectionately yours RM Bucke Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 24 August

My heart has not been up to par this winter (since the upset last fall, the dislocation in Dec. & the

letter to Whitman's disciple and biographer Horace Traubel: "I had a fall last evening and dislocated my

Nothing settled yet about my visit East but hope to leave (as mentioned before) about 12 th May.

I wish you would speak to M c Kay about the circulars he was to print for me in re my vol. "W. W."

We are all well here, I am up to my eyes in work, have to write my annual report in the next two weeks

No word yet from Wm Gurd in re meter—I shall not be able to fix the time of my going East untill until

On October 20, 1888, O'Connor had written Bucke that "a month ago my right eye closed, and the lid had

Earlier that year, January 23, 1888, O'Connor had described one of his attacks for Bucke:"My state of

I sat down to dinner, suddenly felt a curious still feeling, pushed back my chair, and became perfectly

The room was lighted, and four doctors were around me, and my wife and a couple of neighbors.

It was a tough of apoplexy, incident to my malady the doctor said, and a small blood vessel in my head

I do not like to write this way but I think you ought to know my candid opinion.

The 1864 picture you gave me the other day is setting up on the bookshelf at my right hand looking at

Asylum for the Insane, London, March 23 d 18 80 My dear Walt The two copies of "Leaves of Grass" came

vols volumes —Do not mail the books to Anderson as I told you on 18 but mail them to —Please answer my

Temperature (in my office) 70° sky deep blue, not a cloud, a gentle breeze waving the trees and shrubs

I am enjoying my visit here and am feeling first class—but I shall not be glad to get back to America

I wish you would carry out my scheme (thought of no doubt a hundred times by youself) to write a series

From the two far corners of my office (where I am sitting) the 1st & 2d heads look down upon me grandly

this morning from a young presbytarian clergiman clergyman —a good friend of yours ) but we want (to my

I think you are right to stand aside (personally) from this I. demonstration but for my part (as a friend

For my part nothing could give me greater satisfaction than a rousing demonstration on the part of I.

18 91 Beemer is away on holidays, Barber sick in bed—Ross and I have to get along best we can—I gave my

You may judge that I have no idle time on my hands. I have your cards of 18 th & 20 —thanks!

quite early in the year and I do not know but this is soon enough—all well and all goes well I send you my

My visit East is likely to be delayed some weeks.

It is postmarked: LONDON | AM | MY 23 | 81 | CANADA.

been at a meter meeting—all the principal stock holders present—got home about 6 P.M. and found it on my

I cannot undertand you leaving it out—to my mind it is an admirable piece—most valuable.

Whitman is referring to a group of thirty-one poems that he would publish as "Good-Bye my Fancy . . .

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

Whitman chose not to include it in Good-Bye My Fancy (1891).

I send you today a piece I wrote for an uncle more than thirty years ago about my old wanderings in the

I promised Horace to send him a copy of my Saguenay poem but please tell him I cannot find one and fear

My Annual Report is out—I have written for some copies and shall send you one as soon as I get them I

My greatest comfort is that from Horace's accounts you seem and look well and that being the case however

Pallid Wreath" was published in the Critic on January 10, 1891; the poem was also reprinted in Good-Bye My

So you see 'tout va bien" with my collection which bids fair to be one day the envy of millionaires.

Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

and his brother Harry were the sons of Henry Whireman Fritzinger (about 1828–1881), a former sea captain

Davis, Whitman's housekeeper, who had also taken care of the sea captain and who inherited part of his

almost nothing from the outside world these times, and am too much occupied to do anything outside my

Gurd (and my boys) home this evening—guess we shall be able to move ahead with meter now.

I thought that by this time I should have been able to say something definite about my jaunt east, but

I am in the middle of my lectures to students, have just come from the lecture room where I spoke two

s article) but my copy has not the picture (very bad one by the way) [/] I am a little sorry therefore

They have all an intense (sometimes most painfull) interest to me—but whether cheering or the reverse my

It, to my mind, comes far short of what such a man ought to have written on such a subject.

It was reprinted in Good-Bye My Fancy (see Prose Works 1892, Volume 2: Collect and Other Prose, ed.

A review of Whitman's Good-Bye My Fancy was published in The Literary World on September 12, 1891.

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy" in Leaves of Grass (1891–1892

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

My annual report is on again, shall make it short this year (between you & me—I am not saying any thing

about this but thinking of it a good deal—I rather hope this may be my last—if we are not entirely deceived

I am struggling with my report and getting on slowly—it will be much longer than usual—a lot about alcohol

But I have not half examined it yet and must put off for another letter my dicta upon it.

It is postmarked: LONDON | | MY 20 | 91 | CANADA; CAMDEN, N.J. | MAY | 22 | 12 PM | 1891 | REC'D.

Whitman's book Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) was his last miscellany, and it included both poetry and short

Thirty-one poems from the book were later printed as "Good-Bye my Fancy 2d Annex" to Leaves of Grass

For more information see, Donald Barlow Stauffer, "'Good-Bye my Fancy' (Second Annex) (1891)," Walt Whitman

Find my folk all well and the asylum in good shape—a lot of work had accumulated which it will take a

immensely valuable and that we shall eventually carry our plans through—the only subject of regret on my