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Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 14 November 1888

  • Date: November 14, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Whitman's "November Boughs"

  • Date: 15 November 1888
  • Creator(s): Garland, Hamlin
Text:

be skipped," he must be studied by whomever would lay claim to the name of critic or student of American

Candidly and dispassionately reviewing all my intentions, I feel that they were creditable, and I accept

People in general are coming to think that his intentions were creditable, and no one who has really

being called a poet, but with those who raise the point (happily they are few now) that his intentions were

Whitman and gave him a long and important discussion, but referred to Whitman's attitude toward other American

Annotations Text:

Whitman and gave him a long and important discussion, but referred to Whitman's attitude toward other American

Hamlin Garland to Walt Whitman, 16 November 1888

  • Date: November 16, 1888
  • Creator(s): Hamlin Garland
Annotations Text:

William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was an American realist novelist and literary critic, serving the staff

of the New York Nation and Harper's Magazine during the mid 1860s.

1871 to 1880, he was one of the foremost critics in New York, and used his influence to support American

In an Ashtabula Sentinel review of the 1860 edition Leaves of Grass, Howells wrote, "If he is indeed

Later the decree was altered, and O'Reilly was sent to Australia, where he escaped on an American whaler

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 16 November 1888

  • Date: November 16, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

Ont., 16 Nov 188 8 Your card of 13th also newspaper and "Galaxy" article came to hand yesterday they were

Joseph B. Gilder to Walt Whitman, 17 November 1888

  • Date: November 17, 1888
  • Creator(s): Joseph B. Gilder
Text:

Would that you were in, or nearer, New York, that your many friends here might see more of you!

Annotations Text:

—the question, namely, whether any American poet, not now living, deserves a place among the thirteen

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 20 November 1888

  • Date: November 20, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American novelist and autobiographer, known especially for his works

about the hardships of farm life in the American Midwest.

Walt Whitman to Edward Dowden, 21 November 1888

  • Date: November 21, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

See Walter Grünzweig, Constructing the German Walt Whitman (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 22 November 1888

  • Date: November 22, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American novelist and autobiographer, known especially for his works

about the hardships of farm life in the American Midwest.

Review of November Boughs

  • Date: 24 November 1888
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

Yet, as these latter are nearly all very brief, many of them not exceeding a dozen lines each, there

If it were spread out as often is done, the poetry alone would fill a thin volume, while another could

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 24 November 1888

  • Date: November 24, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Unknown author
Annotations Text:

Deborah Stafford (1860–1945) was the sister of Harry Stafford. She married Joseph Browning.

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American novelist and autobiographer, known especially for his works

about the hardships of farm life in the American Midwest.

James Scovel to Walt Whitman, 26 November 1888

  • Date: November 26, 1888
  • Creator(s): James Scovel
Text:

Walt: these were pleasant Hours. James Scovel to Walt Whitman, 26 November 1888

Annotations Text:

during the Civil War, and now recognized as having a significant influence on modern realism in American

performed in 1886 in the Madison Square Theatre, followed by numerous revivals in New York and other cities

His shad and champagne dinners for Whitman were something of a tradition.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 27 November 1888

  • Date: November 27, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

plump sweet partridges —& half one for my breakfast—went well—I suppose you rec'd the Critic and American

Annotations Text:

The partridges were sent by William H. Blauvelt of Richfield Springs, New York.

Charles Wells Moulton to Walt Whitman, 28 November 1888

  • Date: November 28, 1888
  • Creator(s): Charles Wells Moulton
Annotations Text:

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

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 28 November 1888

  • Date: November 28, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

ONTARIO London, Ont., 28 Nov 188 8 Evening Thank you very much for "Critic" and "American" received today

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 28 November 1888

  • Date: November 28, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American novelist and autobiographer, known especially for his works

about the hardships of farm life in the American Midwest.

Logan Pearsall Smith to Walt Whitman, 30 November 1888

  • Date: November 30, 1888
  • Creator(s): Logan Pearsall Smith
Text:

We were all there, including the baby, who had been especially taught to say "Uncle" for the occasion

Wilhelmina's Lehrjahre"—an imitation of Wilhelm Meister —& depicted the various experiences of a young American

At this the American girl gives out, says that she is willing to dress cheaply, but not unbecomingly,

Justin Huntly McCarthy to Walt Whitman, 3 December 1888

  • Date: December 3, 1888
  • Creator(s): Justin Huntley McCarthy | Justin Huntly McCarthy
Text:

They were among the last things we ever read together but a few weeks ago in England when my life seemed

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 3 December 1888

  • Date: December 3, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Walt Whitman to Frederick Oldach, 4 December 1888

  • Date: December 4, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

—I send 100 autograph sheets—(50 were sent before.) I send 100 labels—(50 were sent before.)

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 5 December 1888

  • Date: December 5, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 6 December 1888

  • Date: December 6, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

On July 12, 1874, he wrote for the first time to Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground

Walt Whitman to Edward Carpenter, 6–7 December 1888

  • Date: December 6–7, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Susan (1833–1910) and George Stafford (1827–1892) were the parents of Whitman's young friend, Harry Stafford

Both were introduced to Whitman's writings by Edward Carpenter and they quickly became admirers of Whitman

William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 9 December 1888

  • Date: December 9, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | William D. O'Connor
Text:

He and Rachel were the only vast actors I ever saw.

Annotations Text:

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 9 December 1888

  • Date: December 9, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 9 December 1888

  • Date: December 9, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Ernest Rhys to Walt Whitman, 12 December 1888

  • Date: December 12, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Ernest Rhys
Text:

. & who were able to join with good effect in the discussion afterwards.

They had not seen it however, & were glad to come out to Lambeth Bridge where we stood till the fire

My American trip seems to have given me a new energy of assimilation too.

Never before were all the sights & sounds of London so full of suggestion; I think you must have unwittingly

Annotations Text:

Henry James (1843–1916) was an American-born writer and the author of such notable works as Daisy Miller

Joseph Pennell (1857–1926) was an American author and etcher.

He and his wife Elizabeth Robins were friends of Whitman in Camden.

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, [13 December 1888]

  • Date: [December 13, 1888]
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

I tell you I wish the world were full of such men.

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 13 December 1888

  • Date: December 13, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | William Sloane Kennedy
Text:

Jas: Russell Lowell, 1860. Sept 26."

Annotations Text:

Rapple, "James Russell Lowell", American Travel Writers, 1850–1915 [Detroit: Gale, 1998], 247–254).

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 13 December 1888

  • Date: December 13, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Russell Lowell, 1860. Sept 26."

Annotations Text:

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

; he also published biographies of Longfellow, Holmes, and Whittier (Dictionary of American Biography

Rapple, "James Russell Lowell", American Travel Writers, 1850–1915 [Detroit: Gale, 1998], 247–254).

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 16 December 1888

  • Date: December 16, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

does not tend to cheer one, raining all day and looks as though it might rain for a week—the roads were

hard and were getting nice and smooth now they will be in a devil of a mess again.

Annotations Text:

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Katherine Johnston to Walt Whitman, 17 December 1888

  • Date: December 17, 1888
  • Creator(s): Katherine Johnston
Annotations Text:

Little Lord Fauntleroy was a children's novel by English-American novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 18 December 1888

  • Date: December 18, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

no doubt it is a total invention (not to use the word fraud wh' is perfectly proper)—my relations were

Annotations Text:

Russell Lowell, 1860. Sept 26."

where he published Whitman's "Bardic Symbols" [later "As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life"] in April of 1860

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American novelist and autobiographer, known especially for his works

about the hardships of farm life in the American Midwest.

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 18 December 1888

  • Date: December 18, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Walsh, an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

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

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 19 December 1888

  • Date: December 19, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Text:

It is funny he did not claim to translate from the English but from the " American ."

Annotations Text:

Bucke is referring to the translations of Francis Viélé-Griffin, an American expatriate (Gay Wilson Allen

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 20 December 1888

  • Date: December 20, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

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

where he published Whitman's "Bardic Symbols" [later "As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life"] in April of 1860

Walsh (1854–1919), an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 20 December 1888

  • Date: December 20, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

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

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 21 December 1888

  • Date: December 21, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American writer best known for his fiction about the Midwest.

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

Walt Whitman Unbosoms Himself About Poetry

  • Date: 23 December 1888
  • Creator(s): Anonymous
Text:

consider "Leaves of Grass" and its theory experimental—as, in the deepest sense, I consider our American

Candidly and dispassionately reviewing all my intentions, I feel that they were creditable—and I accept

But, regarding "Leaves of Grass," let the author speak further:— I should say it were useless to attempt

millions of equals, with their lives, their passions, their futures—these incalculable, modern, American

poetry with cosmic and dynamic features of magnitude and limitlessness suitable to the human soul were

John Burroughs to Walt Whitman, 23 December 1888

  • Date: December 23, 1888
  • Creator(s): John Burroughs
Annotations Text:

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 23 December 1888

  • Date: December 23, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

Walsh, an American author and editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

Walt Whitman to Ernest Rhys, 24 December 1888

  • Date: December 24, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

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

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 24 December 1888

  • Date: December 24, 1888
  • Creator(s): Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

They were put aside either for consultation about specific details or, as Traubel mentions, for presentation

off their friendship in late 1872 over Reconstruction policies with regard to emancipated African Americans

Walt Whitman to Katherine Johnston, 25 December 1888

  • Date: December 25, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

This postal card is addressed: Miss Kittie Johnston | 305 E 17th Street | New York City.

"Kitty" and her brother Harold were photographed with the poet in 1879 (See Edwin Haviland Miller, ed

William Sloane Kennedy to Walt Whitman, 25 December 1888

  • Date: December 25, 1888
  • Creator(s): William Sloane Kennedy
Annotations Text:

David McKay (1860–1918) took over Philadelphia-based publisher Rees Welsh's bookselling and publishing

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American novelist and autobiographer, known especially for his works

about the hardships of farm life in the American Midwest.

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Sylvester Baxter to Walt Whitman, 25 December 1888

  • Date: December 25, 1888
  • Creator(s): Sylvester Baxter
Annotations Text:

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

Edward Bellamy (1850–1898) was an American author, best known for his utopian science fiction novel,

Franklin B. Sanborn to Walt Whitman, 25 December 1888

  • Date: December 25, 1888
  • Creator(s): Franklin Benjamin Sanborn | Franklin B. Sanborn
Text:

see notes Dec 27 1888 American Social Science Association.

Annotations Text:

The names of the officers of the American Social Science Association are printed on the verso of this

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American poet and essayist who began the Transcendentalist movement

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American author, poet, and abolitionist best known for writing

Richard Maurice Bucke to Walt Whitman, 25 December 1888

  • Date: December 25, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman | Richard Maurice Bucke
Annotations Text:

Bucke and his brother-in-law William John Gurd were designing a gas and fluid meter to be patented in

Traubel (1858–1919) was an American essayist, poet, and magazine publisher.

Traubel left behind enough manuscripts for six more volumes of the series, the final two of which were

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 27 December 1888

  • Date: December 27, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

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

Walt Whitman to William Sloane Kennedy, 29 December 1888

  • Date: December 29, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Annotations Text:

In 1860, when he was tried in Boston because of his refusal to testify before a committee of the U.S.

Hamlin Garland (1860–1940) was an American novelist and autobiographer, known especially for his works

about the hardships of farm life in the American Midwest.

Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 29 December 1888

  • Date: December 29, 1888
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

upon—Then I sh'd be tickled enough if I c'd think I had indeed skimm'd some of the real cream of the American

Annotations Text:

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

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