COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
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TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES,
INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
In Memoriam
AUGUSTA TRAUBEL HARNED
1856-1914
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Preface | [xix] | |
| Introduction | [xxiii] | |
| A Woman’s Estimate of Walt Whitman | [3] | |
| A Confession of Faith | [23] | |
| LETTER | ||
| [I.] | Walt Whitman to William Michael Rossetti and Anne Gilchrist | [56] |
| [II.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Earl’s Colne September 3, 1871 | [58] |
| [III.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Shotter Mill, Haslemere, Surrey October 23, 1871 | [65] |
| [IV.] | Walt Whitman to Anne Gilchrist Washington, D. C. November 3, 1871 | [67] |
| [V.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., N. W., London November 27, 1871 | [68] |
| [VI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., N. W., London January 24, 1872 | [72] |
| [VII.] | Walt Whitman to Anne Gilchrist Washington, D. C. February 8, 1872 | [75] |
| [VIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., N. W., London April 12, 1872 | [76] |
| [IX.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., N. W., London June 3, 1872 | [79] |
| [X.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., N. W., London July 14, 1872 | [82] |
| [XI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq. November 12, 1872 | [85] |
| [XII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., London, N. W. January 31, 1873 | [86] |
| [XIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., London, N. W. May 20, 1873 | [88] |
| [XIV.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Earl’s Colne, Halstead August 12, 1873 | [91] |
| [XV.] | Walt Whitman to Anne Gilchrist Camden, New Jersey Undated. Summer of 1873 | [94] |
| [XVI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Earl’s Colne, Halstead September 4, 1873 | [96] |
| [XVII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. November 3, 1873 | [98] |
| [XVIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. December 8, 1873 | [102] |
| [XIX.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. February 26, 1874 | [105] |
| [XX.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. March 9, 1874 | [108] |
| [XXI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. May 14, 1874 | [109] |
| [XXII.] | Anne Gilchrist To Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. July, 4, 1874 | [112] |
| [XXIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Earl’s Colne September 3, 1874 | [115] |
| [XXIV.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. December 9, 1874 | [119] |
| [XXV.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. December 30, 1874 | [121] |
| [XXVI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Earl’s Colne, Halstead February 21, 1875 | [123] |
| [XXVII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. May 18, 1875 | [126] |
| [XXVIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Earl’s Colne August 28, 1875 | [129] |
| [XXIX.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Square, London November 16, 1875 | [133] |
| [XXX.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London December 4, 1875 | [137] |
| [XXXI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Blaenavon, Routzpool, Mon., England January 18, 1876 | [139] |
| [XXXII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London February 25, 1876 | [141] |
| [XXXIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London, March 11, 1876 | [143] |
| [XXXIV.] | Walt Whitman to Anne Gilchrist Camden, New Jersey. Undated, March, 1876 | [145] |
| [XXXV.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London March 30, 1876 | [147] |
| [XXXVI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London April 21, 1876 | [149] |
| [XXXVII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London May 18, 1876 | [152] |
| [XXXVIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Round Hill, Northampton, Massachusetts September, 1877 | [154] |
| [XXXIX.] | Beatrice C. Gilchrist to Walt Whitman New England Hospital, Codman Avenue, Boston Highlands Undated | [156] |
| [XL.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Chesterfield, Massachusetts September 3, 1878 | [159] |
| [XLI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Concord, Massachusetts October 25 (1878) | [161] |
| [XLII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 39 Somerset Street, Boston November 13, 1878 | [163] |
| [XLIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 112 Madison Avenue, New York January 5, 1879 | [166] |
| [XLIV.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 112 Madison Avenue, New York January 14, 1879 | [169] |
| [XLV.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 112 Madison Avenue, New York January 27, 1879 | [171] |
| [XLVI.] | Herbert H. Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 112 Madison Avenue, New York February, 2, 1879 | [173] |
[XLVII.] | Beatrice C. Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 33 Warrenton Street, Boston February 16, 1879 | [175] |
| [XLVIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 112 Madison Avenue, New York March 18, 1879 | [177] |
| [XLIX.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 112 Madison Avenue, New York March 26, 1879 | [179] |
| [L.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Glasgow, Scotland June 20, 1879 | [181] |
| [LI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Lower Shincliffe, Durham August 2, 1879 | [183] |
| [LII.] | Walt Whitman to Anne Gilchrist Camden, New Jersey Undated, August, 1879 | [186] |
| [LIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 1 Elm Villas, Elm Row, Heath Street, Hampstead, London December 5, 1879 | [187] |
| [LIV.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 5 Mount Vernon, Hampstead January 25, 1880 | [190] |
| [LV.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Marley, Haslemere, England August 22, 1880 | [193] |
| [LVI.] | Herbert H. Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 12 Well Road, Keats Corner, Hampstead, London November 30, 1880 | [195] |
| [LVII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Well Road, Keats Corner, Hampstead, London April 18, 1881 | [197] |
| [LVIII.] | Herbert H. Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Well Road, Keats Corner, Hampstead, North London June 5, 1881 | [200] |
| [LIX.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 12 Well Road, Hampstead, London December 14, 1881 | [203] |
| [LX.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 12 Well Road, Hampstead, London January 29 and February 6, 1882 | [205] |
| [LXI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 12 Well Road, Hampstead, London May 8, 1882 | [207] |
| [LXII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Well Road, Keats Corner, Hampstead, London November 24, 1882 | [209] |
| [LXIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 12 Well Road, Hampstead, London January 27, 1883 | [211] |
| [LXIV.] | Herbert H. Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Well Road, Keats Corner, Hampstead, London April 29, 1883 | [213] |
| [LXV.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Keats Corner, Hampstead, London May 6, 1883 | [215] |
| [LXVI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Keats Corner, Hampstead, London July 30, 1883 | [217] |
| [LXVII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Keats Corner, Hampstead, London October 13, 1883 | [220] |
| [LXVIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Keats Corner, Hampstead, London April 5, 1884 | [223] |
| [LXIX.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Hampstead, London May 2, 1884 | [225] |
| [LXX.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Keats Corner, London August 5, 1884 | [227] |
| [LXXI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Wolverhampton October 26, 1884 | [228] |
| [LXXII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Keats Corner, Hampstead, London December 17, 1884 | [230] |
| [LXXIII.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Keats Corner, Hampstead, London February 27, 1885 | [233] |
| [LXXIV.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Hampstead, London May 4, 1885 | [236] |
| [LXXV.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman Hampstead, London June 21, 1885 | [239] |
| [LXXVI.] | Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman 12 Well Road, Hampstead, London July 20, 1885 | [241] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Walt Whitman | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| Anne Gilchrist | [54] |
| Facsimile of a typical Whitman letter | [94] |
| Facsimile of one of Anne Gilchrist’s letters to Walt Whitman | in the text pages [131], [132] |