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As the narrator of the story walks past St.

," " Dumb Kate.

The custom of placing flowers on children's graves also appears in his short story " Dumb Kate.

At the end of "Dumb Kate," "an idle boy" leans over young Kate's grave and drops "the bruised fragments

See Whitman's " Dumb Kate.—An Early Death ."

"; For additional commentary on the plot of the story, see Patrick McGuire, "Little Sleighers, The (1844

Whitman addresses similar themes of the death of children or young people in stories like "The Reformed

," "Dumb Kate.

"; See Whitman's "Dumb Kate.—An Early Death.

About "Dumb Kate.—an Early Death" " Dumb Kate.

Kate, the story's protagonist, is a beautiful young woman, characterized as both harmless and helpless

Walter Whitman, "Dumb Kate.

For years afterward, Kate's story becomes the topic of conversation among local gossips when they pass

"Dumb Kate.—An Early Death" Walter Whitman Dumb Kate.

Patrick McGuire, "Dumb Kate (1844)," in Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J. R.

Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1998), 194.; Walter Whitman, "Dumb Kate.

Early Death," The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine 1 (May 1844): 230–231.; McGuire, "Dumb Kate

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

"Pieces in Early Youth" was also reprinted in Whitman's Complete Prose Works (1892): see "Dumb Kate.

Willis had commenced a new series of The New Mirror in October 1843, only two months before Whitman's story

The New Mirror," The New Mirror 2 (October 7, 1843): n.p.

fiction either implicitly—as in " Death in the School-Room "—or explicitly in such tales as " Dumb Kate

" The Child’s Champion " and " Dumb Kate ."

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

The New Mirror," The New Mirror 2 (October 7, 1843): n.p.; The major plot events of "The Love of the

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

For a publication history of the story under its later title of "The Boy-Lover," see "About 'The Boy-Lover

Dumb Kate.—an Early Death Dumb Kate.

He shortened the title to simply "Dumb Kate" when he republished it later as part of the "Pieces in Early

For the publication history of the story, see " About 'Dumb Kate.—An Early Death .'"

Kate had been dumb from her birth.

Kate was lost! Look not with a frown, rigid moralist!

Whitman published a revised version of this story with the same title in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on

He shortened the title to simply "Dumb Kate" when he republished it later as part of the "Pieces in Early

"Pieces in Early Youth" was also reprinted in Whitman's Complete Prose Works (1892): see "Dumb Kate."

For the publication history of the story, see "About 'Dumb Kate.—An Early Death.

A Tale of the Times and in his short stories, including "The Child's Champion," "The Reformed," "Wild

PatrickMcGuire"Dumb Kate" (1844)"Dumb Kate" (1844)This short story first appeared in Columbian Magazine

, May 1844, under the title "Dumb Kate.

"Dumb Kate" is a slight tale.

Sick at heart, Kate languishes and dies.

"Dumb Kate" (1844)

"My Boys and Girls" may have been written in the mid-1830s, and it may be, in part, autobiographical.

This custom is also evident at the end of Whitman's " Dumb Kate.

—An Early Death " (May 1844), when "an idle boy" leans over young Kate's grave and drops "the bruised

See Whitman's " Dumb Kate.—An Early Death ."

Collect (1882), in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

ProQuest's American Periodical Series database indicates a publication date of March 27, 1844 for Whitman's story

Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1998), 442.; See Whitman's "Dumb Kate.—An Early Death.

Whitman addresses similar themes of the death of children or young people in several additional short stories

About "The Madman" On May 2, 1888, in conversation with Horace Traubel in Camden, Walt Whitman distanced

See Traubel's entry in With Walt Whitman in Camden dated Wednesday, May 2, 1888 .

fiction, he wrote some short stories with temperance themes after the publication of Franklin Evans

, including " The Love of the Four Students " (January 1843; later " The Boy-Lover ") and " Dumb Kate

Whitman finished the story or simply abandoned it.

See Traubel's entry in With Walt Whitman in Camden dated Wednesday, May 2, 1888.; Thomas Brasher speculates

Erkkila and Jay Grossman (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), 34.; For a complete synopsis of the story

About "The Reformed" " The Reformed ," the story that Whitman would later title " Little Jane ," was

This means that the original printing of the story actually occurred the week before it appeared as an

The title of the story draws attention to the conversion to sobriety Mr.

The Troy Daily Budget (Troy, NY) reprinted the story on November 26, 1842, and by November 29, the story

Whitman's decision to publish the story in the Eagle as " Little Jane " marked the first time the story

For a detailed summary of the plot of the story, see Patrick McGuire, "Little Jane (1842)," in Walt Whitman

Review 30 (2013): 223–226.; See Walter Whitman, "The Reformed," Daily Troy Budget, November 26, 1842, [2]

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

Profligate" " The Child and the Profligate " is a significantly revised version of Whitman’s temperance story

The story was first published in this revised form with the new title "The Child and the Profligate"

In 1844, The Columbian Magazine published four of Whitman's short stories.

" The Love of the Four Students ," " Reuben's Last Wish " and " Dumb Kate.

In The Eagle , the story was published as a three-part work of serial fiction, which ran on the first

.; For more on the story's plot, see Patrick McGuire, "Child and the Profligate, The (1841)," in Walt

Press, 1991), 27–30.; For a detailed analysis of Whitman's revisions and the connnections between this story

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

GayBartonChopin, Kate (1850–1904)Chopin, Kate (1850–1904) The fiction of Kate O'Flaherty Chopin depicts

Kate Chopin: Modern Critical Views. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1987. 1–6.

Chopin, Kate.

"Kate Chopin and Walt Whitman." Walt Whitman Review 16 (1970): 120–121. Loving, Jerome.

Chopin, Kate (1850–1904)

" The Boy-Lover " is a revised and re-titled version of " The Love of the Four Students ," a short story

Whitman made substantial editorial changes to the earlier story, and it was first published with the

"The Love of the Four Students: A Chronicle of New York," The New Mirror 2 (December 9, 1843): 155.

Once Whitman had revised the tale and it had appeared in the American Review , a version of the story

in London that included short stories and serialized novels, on June 12, 1847.

.; "The Love of the Four Students: A Chronicle of New York," The New Mirror 2 (December 9, 1843): 155

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

About "The Fireman's Dream: With the Story of His Strange Companion.

A Tale of Fantasie." " The Fireman's Dream: With the Story of His Strange Companion.

Herbert Bergman discovered this previously unknown story.

It is there that the story leaves off.

No other reprints of the story have been discovered.

Douglas Noverr, and Edward Recchia, eds., The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman: The Journalism, vols. 1–2

Rowell & Co., 1869), 74.; See Herbert Bergman, "A Hitherto Unknown Whitman Story and a Possible Early

Poem," Walt Whitman Review 28.1 (March 1982): 6.; Bergman, "A Hitherto Unknown Whitman Story and a Possible

Early Poem," 6.; See Whitman's "The Fireman's Dream: With the Story of His Strange Companion.

First printed as " The Reformed " in 1842, " Little Jane " was the title Whitman gave to his short story

Whitman printed the story with few additional changes (from the novel version) as "Little Jane" for the

Several revisions to the language of the earliest known printing of the Sun version of the story (1842

For a reprint of the version of the story that was published in Franklin Evans and a complete list of

For a reprint of the version of the story that was published earlier as part of Franklin Evans and a

'"; Several revisions to the language of the earliest known printing of the Sun version of the story

For a reprint of the version of the story that was published in Franklin Evans and a complete list of

For a detailed summary of the plot of the story, see Patrick McGuire, "Little Jane (1842)," in Walt Whitman

About "The Death of Wind-Foot" The story that Whitman would later title " The Death of Wind-Foot " was

On February 1–2, 1843, less than three months after the story's publication as part of Franklin Evans

The American Review version of the story was reprinted without change as a two-part serial in The Brooklyn

An Indian Story" and simply "Death of Wind Foot."

Whitman, "Popular Stories. The Death of Wind-Foot.

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Whitman, "Popular Stories. The Death of Wind-Foot.

An Indian Story," The Dollar Newspaper, July 16, 1845, [1]; W. Whitman, "Ladies Department.

AN INDIAN STORY," Massachusetts Ploughman and New England Journal of Agriculture, August 9, 1845, [4]

Mendocino Co., California Aug. 2. 1877 Walt Whitman My beloved.

Kate A. Evans. from the Californian Kate Evans (? rather gushing) Kate A.

Evans to Walt Whitman, 2 August 1877

No additional information is available about Kate A. Evans.

At the opening of the story, Whitman explains that the series represents a set of true anecdotes, and

Like Kate, the title character of Whitman's short story " Dumb Kate.— An Early Death ," this young girl

young man, and it is that intervention that ensures the young girl does not share the same fate as Kate

In the fourth story, a runaway thief takes the time to visit a pawnbroker to retrieve an item that had

In the fifth and final tale, a narrator relates a story in which his mother and grandmother, awaiting

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

It is a brief story about Dai, an invisible spirit and guardian angel who has been sent to watch over

The moral of the story appears at the end, where Whitman writes, "Thus the tale is told in Heaven, how

In addition to "Eris; A Spirit Record," two other short stories by Whitman involve angels who similarly

In 1844, The Columbian Magazine published four of Whitman's short stories.

Collect (1882), in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

It was the second of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the

Tomb-Blossoms " (January 1842), " The Last of the Sacred Army " (March 1842), " The Child-Ghost; A Story

Whitman was in his early twenties when his stories began appearing in The Democratic Review ; he was

See Whitman's note at the bottom of the first page of the story, " Wild Frank's Return ."

This time, the story is simply printed with the heading "A tradition of Long Island." See W.

In addition to "Wild Frank's Return," Whitman also wrote several short stories with temperance themes

, including "The Reformed," "The Child's Champion," "The Love of the Four Students," and "Dumb Kate.

"; See Whitman's note at the bottom of the first page of the story, "Wild Frank's Return.

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

PatrickMcGuire"Boy Lover, The" (1845)"Boy Lover, The" (1845)This short story was first published in American

"The Boy Lover" is a first-person account of a love story.

Whitman's fiction; it is implicit in "Death in the School-Room (a Fact)" (1841) and explicit in "Dumb Kate

Bervance: Or Father and Son (2-part serial) Daily Troy Budget Troy, NY December 8 & 10, 1841 [2] Walter

of the Last Loyalist (2-part serial) Daily Troy Budget Troy, NY May 10–11, 1842 [2] per.00324 Walter

Whitman The Death of Wind Foot (2-part serial) Daily Saratoga Republican Saratoga Springs, NY August

Whitman The Death of Wind Foot (2-part serial) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Kings County Democrat Brooklyn

, NY August 29–30, 1845 [2]; [1–2] W.

Whitma[n:] Can [you] come, with Bartlett, Kate, and [a c]harming lady and myself, [to see] Mr.

Quincy Shaw's pic[tures], on Friday at 2 p.m.[?] I shall call for you [wi]th carriage.

transcription in Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden (New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1915), 2:

But because Whitman had divided the story into conveniently numbered parts, it was also reprinted as

The revised version of the story was published in three parts, in the September 7–9, 1846, issues of

Arthur Fitz Richards even adapted the story for television as part of a series by Fred Ziv called "Favorite

TV Story," also in 1954.

online after selecting the tale as a "Story of the Week" in 2014.

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

that she need not do another thing in the way of work, except for her amusement besides I would pay part

—Cases of Brooklyn Men" (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 19, 1863: 2).

One of the children, Kate Lane, is the daughter of Moses E. Lane.

Moses Lane sent Whitman $15.20, including five cents from Willie Durkee and fifteen cents from Miss Kate

As a result, "Death in the School-Room" is often read as an anti-corporal punishment story.

This story may be based, in part, on Whitman's own experience as a schoolteacher on Long Island.

R., "To the Editor of the Boston Morning Post," Boston Morning Post , August 4, 1841, [2].

Here, the story was published under the title "Death in the School-Room. ( A Fact .)."

Whitman's multiple revisions to the story's ending are recorded in our footnotes.

.; R., "To the Editor of the Boston Morning Post," Boston Morning Post, August 4, 1841, [2].; "Pay of

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

This tale is the fourth of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

For the publication history of the story, see " About 'The Tomb-Blossoms .'" BY WALTER WHITMAN .

," " The Madman ," " Dumb Kate ," and " The Love of the Four Students ."

This was the story of the aged creature before me; aged with the weight of seventy winters.

I rose, and carefully replaced the parted flowers, and bent my steps homeward.

This tale is the fourth of nine short stories by Whitman that were published for the first time in The

For the publication history of the story, see "About 'The Tomb-Blossoms.

sometimes possible for travelers to obtain lodging at such establishments, as is the case in this story

A Tale of the Times and in his other short stories, including "The Child's Champion," "The Reformed,"

"The Madman," "Dumb Kate," and "The Love of the Four Students

His Grief " (November 20, 1841) and " The Punishment of Pride " (December 18, 1841) and the short story

For more on the story's plot, see Patrick McGuire, " Child and the Profligate, The (1841) ," in Walt

The Washington temperance societies, part of the Washingtonian temperance movement, were popular in New

Wish ," " The Love of the Four Students ," and " Dumb Kate.

Most of the reprintings appear to have taken place in 1844, the year the story was first published in

.; For more on the story's plot, see Patrick McGuire, "Child and the Profligate, The (1841)," in Walt

Escaped " is a revised version of " Revenge and Requital; A Tale of a Murderer Escaped ," a short story

One of the most significant changes to this story was, of course, the change in story's title.

Collect (1882), in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

This time, he dropped the subtitle and simply called the story "One Wicked Impulse!"

Arthur Fitz Richards adapted the story as part of a series by Fred Ziv called "Favorite TV Story," also

.; For a detailed publication history of the story under its original title of of "Revenge and Requital

Seven months after the publication of the story in the Democratic Review , Whitman altered parts of this

"Decoration Day," The Auburn Democrat , May 27, 1869, [2].

1892, 2.

A Hitherto Unpublished Story by Walter Whitman.

Collect (1882), in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

.; "Decoration Day," The Auburn Democrat, May 27, 1869, [2].; Walter Whitman, "The Last of the Sacred

1892, 22; Walt Whitman, "A Dream of Patriotism," The Weekly Sentinel and Wisconsin Farm Journal, June 2,

1892, 2.; For a more detailed description of this subset of illustrated reprints, see Blalock, "Bibliography

MattCohenShort Fiction [1841–1848]Short Fiction [1841–1848]Whitman's roughly two dozen short stories

Many of the stories were republished, with slight alterations, during the years Whitman spent working

The sensationalism of "Death in the School Room (a Fact)" and the pathos of "Dumb Kate.

Some of the stories, such as "The Little Sleighers.

Some of the stories contain autobiographical elements.

About "Reuben's Last Wish." " Reuben's Last Wish " is one of several stories Whitman published with a

The narrator of "Reuben's Last Wish" explains that he has based the story of Reuben and his father, Franklin

remainder of the pages include temperance articles about events that happened after May 2.

"The Washingtonian," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle , May 24, 1842, [2].

Collect (1882), a volume in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

.; "The Washingtonian," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 24, 1842, [2].; See Emory Holloway, "More Temperance

This dark story is also reminiscent of the psychological tales of Edgar Allan Poe.

However, the story was reprinted in Massachusetts and New York in December 1841.

In the Daily Troy Budget (Troy, NY), the story was reprinted as a two-part serial.

The first part of the story appeared in the December 8, 1841 issue, while the concluding part was published

Collect (1882), in which he reprinted a selection of his short stories.

.; See Walter Whitman, "Bervance: or Father and Son," Daily Troy Budget, December 8, 1841, [2]; Walter

Whitman, "Bervance: or Father and Son," Daily Troy Budget, December 10, 1841, [2].

See "Of a Summer Evening," Notes and Fragments , Part 3, #136, 122–123; "This Singular Young Man," Part

Most of the stories Whitman contributed are sentimental tales or didactic stories that contain moral

Story Writer," 87–89.

He would eventually publish eight of his stories (about a third of the total number) as part of that

"The Child-Ghost" and "Lingave's Temptation," the other two stories that formed part of "Pieces in Early

reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Whitman made several minor changes to the story before publishing it in installments in the Eagle .

For another story in which the villany of a mixed-race character becomes a major component of the plot

Some of the revisions made to the language of the story for publication in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle are

reprinted "Wild Frank's Return" (May 8, 1846), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

For another story in which the villany of a mixed-race character becomes a major component of the plot

Whitman's story did appear in the Evening Star ; however, even though the Evening Star printed "Shirval

" in February, the paper cited The Aristidean as the original source of Whitman's story.

that the Aristidean March issue had already appeared by the time the Evening Star printed Whitman's story

The word "Selected" appears after the story, but it is unclear if this means the story was "selected"

from among Whitman's works or if this version of the story (without the original opening paragraphs)

(June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "A Legend of Life and Love" (June 11, 1846), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories, including "Shirval: A Tale of Jerusalem," were reprinted in the Eagle before

Foot" was also reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

It was the seventh of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the

Tomb-Blossoms " (January 1842), " The Last of the Sacred Army " (March 1842), " The Child-Ghost; A Story

Whitman was in his early twenties when his short stories began appearing in The Democratic Review ; he

In the story, two brothers, Nathan, the elder, and Mark, the younger, are raised by their grandfather

It remains the second most often reprinted tale among Whitman's short stories.

For more on the moral of the story, see Patrick McGuire, "Legend of Life and Love, A (1842)," in Walt

Half-Breed; A Tale of the Western Frontier" (June 1–6 and 8–9, 1846; formerly "Arrow-Tip"), "Dumb Kate—An

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Wind Foot" was reprinted as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story

Camden March 2 — noon Dear friend The old story—nothing very new or different with me—Still jog along

here as before—have been half sick a great part of this winter—yet every thing goes on comfortably with

some months ago—nothing particular—Ed I still wish to sell my mare W W Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 2

It is postmarked: Camden | Mar | 2 | 8 PM | 188 | N.J.

Camden Sunday afternoon Jan January 2 Dear friend Susan & Dear friends all We are having an awful spell

—Susan I sent you a little book & one to Kate—did they come?

Love to you & George— W W Walt Whitman to Susan Stafford, 2 January 1881

The mountain‑ash, a large shrub, 16 or 2 0 ft high—northern part of the state of New York —has white

blossoms.— amusements around the fire in the lumbermans hut—the great bright light—the songs and stories

—The animals likely Story of to be seen are the wolf, the black bear, and possibly a catamount story

'Shakspeare and his friends, part 2': Burgess, Stringer, & co., 222 Broadway, N. Y.

We expressed our favorable opinion of this work, on the appearance of the first part.

The second part but clenches our good will.

The authoress gives us a clear history, and a most graceful story withal.

This edition, (in parts at 37 1/2 cents each,) of a work which seems destined to hold a long time yet

Death of the Red Deer, which accompanied a story of the same title by Frank Forester, represented a group

in the Temple, based on a passage from the Gospel of Luke incorrectly cited as 11.46; it should be 2:

About "The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist " The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist

"The Child-Ghost; a Story of the Last Loyalist" is frequently read as a historical ghost story.

See "Democratic Review," Daily Troy Budget , May 6, 1842, [2].

[2].

"The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist" Walter Whitman The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist

.; See "Democratic Review," Daily Troy Budget, May 6, 1842, [2].; Walter Whitman, "The Child Ghost; A

Story of the Last Loyalist," Daily Troy Budget, May 10–11, 1842, [2].

For full citations and further information about reprints of "The Child-Ghost; A Story of the Last Loyalist

Periodicals," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 30 (2013): 214–215.; Walter Whitman, "The Child-Ghost; A Story

of contents for some issues, including that of June 1842.; See Walter Whitman, "The Child-Ghost: A Story

JESSIE'S FLIRTATIONS; By the author of "Kate in Search of a Husband." Harper & Brothers.

this would richly entitle us to a pair of boxed ears; and come to think of it, all who have read "Kate's

To be serious the story seems to be a very attractive one, and we have no doubt will abundantly repay

"TRAVELLING LETTERS, Written on the Road," (Part I,) by Charles Dickens, is also published by Wiley &

October 2, 1884. Dear Walt: I got yours of the 29th ultimo, with the slip from The Critic .

although one does not mind such things at first, yet gradually, and especially when they are only part

It is the old story of the basilisk—if you see him first, he dies.

The thieves song in the Polynesian story is wonderfully fine. William D.

O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 2 October 1884

He was well known for his Japanese folk tales and ghost stories.

jr born June 25, 1776 Died at Dix Hills, Sept. 8, 1845 Sarah Whitman, born Jan. 1, 1778. died Feb. 2,

Army of 1776 under chief command of Washington, See 1st edition Reminiscences of Long Island, vol. 2,

Moved from Liberty st. to Front st, (eastern part, and lived there in spring and early summer of 1833

Sold the two 3 story houses in Cumberland st. March 1853.

Moved into the little 2 story house Cumberland st April 21st, '53 (lived there just one year exactly.

One of the names referenced on the verso, Covert, appears as a character in both Whitman's short story

" next to which Whitman writes "the villain," appears as a villainous character in Whitman's short story

"The Brazen Andriod" is the curious title of a story by the late William D.

The first part appears in the April .

O'Connor's previous stories, "The Carpenter," and "The Ghost," made some stir in the literary world at

the time they were published: and this posthumous work stands out amid the mass of every-day short stories

It is 2 P M as I close & all goes fairly Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Richard Maurice Bucke, 30–31 March

O'Connor's story "The Brazen Android" appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in two installments: Part 1, vol

. 67, no. 402, April 1891, pp. 433–454; Part 2, vol. 67, no. 403, May 1891, pp. 577–599.

The story also appeared in the collection Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen Android, The Carpenter (

(It was a very kind sympathetic note from Kate Hillard.)

with Kenelm Chilinglly —read it all—like it well—Bulwer is such a snob as almost redeems snobdom—the story

N.W Dear Walt:— I send you the second part of the "Brazen Android." Thanks for your letter.

O'Connor's story appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in two installments: Part 1, vol. 67, no. 402, April

1891, pp. 433–454; Part 2, vol. 67, no. 403, May 1891, pp. 577–599.

The story also appeared in the collection Three Tales: The Ghost, The Brazen Android, The Carpenter (

For more on O'Connor's story, see Brooks Landon, "Slipstream Then, Slipstream Now: The Curious Connections

Miss Kate Hillard wrote me she is to be in Phila.

Tribune of last Saturday (19th ) had the 2½ column synopsis of my new book, pretty full & fair —I suppose

I F the reader supposes that I am going to tell a story full of plot, interest, and excitement, let him

The Washington temperance societies, part of the Washingtonian temperance movement, were popular in New

Whitman also wrote several other short stories with temperance themes, including " Wild Frank's Return

," " The Reformed ," " The Child's Champion ," " The Love of the Four Students ," and " Dumb Kate.

Whitman reused this paragraph, with minor revisions, at the conclusion of Mike Marchion's story in "

Whitman also wrote several other short stories with temperance themes, including "Wild Frank's Return

," "The Reformed," "The Child's Champion," "The Love of the Four Students," and "Dumb Kate.

ashiness, and the moisture on the brow, and the film over the eye balls," in "The Reformed," a short story

"; Whitman reused this paragraph, with minor revisions, at the conclusion of Mike Marchion's story in

the Light of a Young Man's Soul" Whitman's " The Shadow and the Light of a Young Man's Soul " is, in part

In order to recover her family farm, the protagonist of the story worked hard most of her life and, at

Archie takes the story to heart and resolves to let go of his bitterness and work harder, even moving

In the story, Archie Dean, much like a young Walter Whitman, takes a position as a schoolteacher in a

It typically featured western stories, sentimental and moral stories, poetry, and essays on literature

"; Walter Whitman, "The Shadow and the Light of a Young Man's Soul," The Union Magazine 2 (June 1848)

press releases (including copies of his poem) for eastern newspapers, but these releases for the most part

mere habit has got dominion of me, when there is no real need of saying anything further" (Prose Works 2:

Miller of "The Times": The Story of an Editor. New York: Scribner's, 1931.Perry, Bliss.

Vol. 2. New York: New York UP, 1961.____. Prose Works 1892. Ed. Floyd Stovall. 2 vols.