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Whitman:I am very anxious not to leave this country without paying my respects to you, and bearing to

My judgment would, on the whole, the judgment I sent to The Herald, be considered unfavorable."

It more than meets my expectations: its serenity, its seriosity—which stops finely short of ministerial

You go as my representative." "All right. And what shall I say of the picture when I get there?"

I get so sleepy and stupid—come over to the bed, then go back again—and that is about all my day's story

I went straight in and put my hands on the book immediately.

"No, I will go over to my chair—write it immediately. That will get it off our minds."

"Give my love to Frank when you see him"—this the parting shot as I passed out the door.

You have more chapters than me to write still: my last chapter is done."

I expressed my own protest, but he insisted, "Have it your own way, anyhow!"

And to my reply, "We have heard nothing for six weeks," he exclaimed, "You must write her up—find out

Then my good-bye!

My appetite is nearly all gone. I seem to have no wish to eat."

article on "The Whitman-Shakespeare Question," notes on "Good-Bye" from Miss Porter, announcement of my

W. intensely interested in my detail of it all and expressing "entire concurrence with Brinton's attitude

J.Aug. 21st 1891.My dear SirOn Oct 12th (Discovery day falls this year on Sunday) our Pan Republic Congress

My inquiries developed that he was looking for a cork to stop a little bottle on the table.

cologne, but somehow the cork is gone—utterly gone—at least for the present, and I'll have to postpone my

"The scoundrelly cork is here somewhere—but not here to my asking.

I think I inherit from my father a disinclination to throw anything away—I keep every odd and end that

And to my further saying; "It is not everybody who can paint you—" W.

And I am sure neither Gilder nor William Carey, my friends there, would refuse to give some weight to

my words in that connection.

And to my phrase "brutally natural" he said—"I like it said that way: it takes us back to the elements

My note about Trumbull, with a reply from Trumbull, in Open Court. I left paper with W.

He facsimile'ed it for the Review without my knowledge—not asking if I approved, though it was done out

my voice is all nature, pure, true—and whose teacher told her at the very start—do you know, my girl,

B. was always my friend—that his allusions were always kind—that he quoted 'Leaves of Grass' without

Hotel Caranne153, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris 11 July, 1891 Reached Paris, exceedingly tired, but my

Send me papers and works: my permanent address is my uncle's, in the country, as follows: M.

The worst thing lately has been the clutch of my old monster—the grip.

And it fatally—almost fatally—affects my hearing.

If I talk myself, or listen to others talk, a while, I seem to lose my hearing utterly."

McKay wondered if W. expected him to publish "Good-Bye My Fancy."

The public has little to do with my acts, deeds, words.

I long ago saw that if I was to do anything at all I must disregard the howling throng—must go my own

W. at once responded, "I like that a good deal—it is exactly my idea—and now I can make myself clear.

follows: While I stand in reverence before the fact of Humanity, the People, I will confess, in writing my

I interposing—"No: you remember I testify in my article that you are sharply determined in all such minute

And that "Lincoln granted it, only said—'But my plan is, to meet each day as it appears—to have no rules

, except the rule to apply my best force to every new circumstance.'"

Then to Harned's for consultation about the meter—to my house for some further Whitman talk—finally to

For one thing I gave him out of it set of proofs of my Lippincott's piece.

: "With the poems I always have a certain sort of conscience that I must not give them out, even to my

I stood before him and read to him from Conservator, first page, my question anent Chadwick's note.

Go with my blessing."

Send her my love—hopes for her. Oh!

W. thereupon fervently, "Them's my sentiments, out and out!

of Emerson,' but just whether to like it or not, I don't make out," saying, "Sidney is on to one of my

I think my memory is getting worse and worse. After a bit it will be a blank!"

"She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a

position for the present, I will ask leave to begin these Notes with such hints of the character of my

father and mother and of my own childhood as may at least help "The Fair Pilot of Loch Uribol" one of

my favorite stories WW WALT WHITMAN CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY. 32 Transcribed from our digital image of the

To my knowledge it is understood by Col. Mulford, Major John E.

In my opinion the Secretary has taken and obstinately held a position of cold-blooded policy, (that is

Major General Butler, in my opinion, has also incorporated in the question of exchange a needless amount

In my opinion, the anguish and death of these ten to fifteen thousand American young men, with all the

I enjoyed your letter very much, did I tell you so in my note?

I am better of my cough, which has been very bad, and I shall do well I have no doubt, but I get very

were—he asked if you were coming back &c. & when I told him that I had heard & should write you, he said "My

I wish that you were back here in your old room for my sake, for I miss you & shall.

thousands in the struggle already— Lew, you speak in your letter how you would like to see me—well, my

land & all the items—you say I must excuse you for writing so much foolishness—nothing of the kind—My

have been sun-struck here the last two weeks—I keep shady through the middle of the day lately—Well, my

I have scribbled away any thing, for I wanted to write you to-day & now I must switch off—good by, my

trip with some friends, one of them being the daughter, whom I had known from childhood, of one of my

My wife is greatly interested in you & what concerns you, & bids me not fail to say that she "admires

that her sister, then perhaps barely 17 years of age, seemed more fascinated with your poems, when my

Last month I for the first time in my life faced a public audience (in Birmingham) to deliver a lecture—on

criticism . . . after full retrospect of his works and life, the aforesaid 'odd-kind chiel' remains to my

My first task is to write to you.

sent you myself one copy in loose sheets ( to two of those small parcels) and the editor has during my

My own opinion I wrote you in a letter the last summer. I hope, that you have received it.

With poor Clausen I sent you my picture. If you have not got, then ask it from his widow.

Clausen, who Rudolf Schmidt called "my old friend and countryman," corresponded with Schmidt after he

Copenhagen, August 18, 1875 My dear Walt Whitman.

Society, I pressed him for two years ago (when he had previously sent me some very fine articles for my

But all the striking expressions, all the elaborate work of the thought, is fading away beneath my feather

I am never saying exactly what I would say, and you know, my dear friend, that this is a great pain to

Good By My Fancy . 2d Annex to Leaves of Grass By Walt Whitman. (Philadelphia: David McKay.).

Review of Good-Bye My Fancy

Louis Packet Company, is submitted to me for my opinion on the questions of law arising in the premises

of them, and that I would with pleasure consider the questions of law in the case, should he desire my

My purpose at present is, to request that you will send me, if you still have connection with this matter

S. shall be taken in the matter, without communicating with me, and receiving my instructions.

together with a Report thereon by the Examiner of Claims in your Dept., and requesting an expression of my

This reference presents, as I conceive, purely a question of fact for my determination, and such a question

Your return to Illinois for the purpose of settling your private business would meet my entire approval

continuously in them, ready to attend to whatever official duties may present themselves, and that in my

May 21, 1869, from the then Secretary of War to me transmitting those papers, in which he requests my

prohibited by the Act of February 21, 1867, I have to say that, in accordance with your oral request made to my

Although you were informed in my letter of the 23rd of November last that I did not intend to authorize

you to subject the Government to expense in the inquiry directed in my letter of August 30th last, I

It is a very good picture—one of the best in its way—that is my verdict.

It is a long story of woe—a catalogue of impecuniosities—this record of my printed labor!"

Late (my mother says after she had gone to bed) Warren rang bell.

Wallace Warren was very frank to tell my mother his conviction that W.

Far back, related on my mother's side, Old Salt Kossabone, I'll tell you how he died; (Had been a sailor

—these his the last words—when Jenny came, he sat there dead; Dutch Kossabone, Old Salt, related on my

Still Night of Sleep—my bridal Night!

Earth of the limpid gray of clouds purer and clearer for my sake!

This will excuse my dilatoriness as a correspondent) Rhys & I go up to lunch with Sanborn Friday—Rhys

Nothing delights me more & my limitations are so many.

Traubel in my letter to him for the photograph of William, & also for the pictures of the "laughing Philosopher

Traubel got my letter. How goes it with you? Send a line. With love always— Nelly O'Connor.

Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Thursday, September 12, 1889 and Saturday, September 14, 1889: "My

3 april 1871 sunday Sunday My dear walt Walt i write a few lines this beautifull beautiful morning to

month or so) you will come home before long wont won't you walter Walter dear i wish you would send my

hear—But, Mother, you must not worry about it—it will be arranged some way— There is nothing new in my

I write this at my desk—spring is quite advanced here—it is a damp, misty, cloudy forenoon—but pleasant—I

money for it, (& great good it does me, coming now)—Herbert Gilchrist is here—he is drawing & painting my

perhaps the best thing yet—Love to your father, yourself & Alys, the baby dear, & all—as I end, after my

to write to me,—he is a young man I always loved. ½ past 2 —I have just had a nice oyster stew for my

I will try to stop in Philadelphia & find that little dictionary I promised you— So long, my loving son

I beg your acceptance of the enclosed & though but trifling, it will nevertheless show what my feelings

—I was in the struggle to prevent Kansas being made a Slave State & my name must have been known to you

Camden Sunday afternoon May 19 My dear friend I came up last night from a three days visit to White Horse

will last me a long while—got home about one o'clock, (it has now just struck four)—consequence of my

I think in A few days I Can put on my boots & not hurt me much of anny  there is lots of fruits here

of them ten cents noats if you pleas it is verry loansome here to me I hope that I shall soon gow to my

duty is verry hard now on our regiment especily for it is pretty small well now I will have to close my

letter by saying good by my dear friend walt Bethuel Smith to Walt Whitman, 28 February 1864

Washington May 18 1864 Dearest Mother, I will only write you a hasty note this time, as I am pretty tired, & my

Did you send my last letter to Han?

My acquaintance with 'Leaves of Grass' dates from my early university days some ten years ago, when having

It brings peace to my soul to know that I can read and understand Leaves of Grass.

"My Spirit to Yours" Dear Brother, Marilla B Minchen. Carroll. Iowa. MB Minchen Marilla B.

may say that at this meeting I had the pleasure of hearing several warm admirers of yourself discuss my

Perhaps in its printed form my article may stimulate others to enquire.

Joaquin Miller '75 see notes June 20 1888 Highland Falls Orange Co County New York State Sept. 5, 75 My

Do keep up my dear fellow there is lots in the tomorrows for you and I want you to live to see the Great

Perryville—Md Feb. 12/90 My dear Mr Whitman You will, no doubt be surprised, when you see the signature

I have often been tempted to write you—to thank you for your kindness in writing to my boy —far away

Camden Sunday afternoon Jan: 30— My dear friend, I rec'd received your good letter some days since, &

write you—it is now ½ past 2, after dinner, & I have been writing & fixing up a composition alone in my

Connecticut I am well and so is my Family.

My health is better than it has been in some time I have a little place here and are triing trying hard

came to me saying, "You think so much as Uncle Walt does, you ought to know him" and she placed in my

I read them, and I have reread many times since, the vital words that record the history of my own soul