CONTENTS

IMARY OAKES DAVIS[1]
IIWALT WHITMAN'S HOME[8]
IIITHE MICKLE STREET HOUSE[18]
IVTHE NEW RÉGIME[27]
VCURIOUS NEIGHBORS[37]
VIMR. WHITMAN DRIVES[47]
VIIBROOMS, BILLS AND MENTAL CHLOROFORM[55]
VIIIVISITING AND VISITORS[67]
IXA BUST AND A PAINTING[73]
XREST—AND ROUTINE[87]
XIA SHOCK, AND SOME CHANGES[100]
XIIANCHORED[113]
XIIIWARREN FRITZINGER[119]
XIVFRIENDS, MONEY, AND A MAUSOLEUM[133]
XVTHE LAST BIRTHDAY PARTY[142]
XVITHE NEW NURSE[150]
XVII"SHIFT, WARRY"[167]
XVIIIWINDING UP[176]
XIXTHE TRIAL[182]
XXCONCLUSION[187]
WALT WHITMAN'S MONUMENTS, BY GUIDO BRUNO [195]
WALT WHITMAN SPEAKS[207]
INDEX[225]

WALT WHITMAN
IN MICKLE STREET


I write this book
in loving memory of
three of the most kind-hearted,
unselfish and capable people I ever knew
I Dedicate It
to
ALEX. McALISTER, M.D.