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The notes are compressed versions of those in The Correspondence of Walt Whitman. The following abbreviations appear: BarrusClara Barrus, Whitman and Burroughs Comrades (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931). The Correspondence of Walt Whitman, ed. Edwin Haviland Mil ler (New York: New York University Press, 19611977), six volumes. Prose Works 1892Walt Whitman: Prose Works 1892, ed. Floyd Stovail (New York: New York University Press, 1964), two volumes. TraubelHorace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden (19081982), six volumes.
Faugh! Do not think I am going to fall into the splenetic, fault-finding current, on which those Woodbury documents were set afloat. S. Another looks to the eas[t] and the great round face of the sun[;] he comes along in the morning, almost seems to kiss me with a loving kiss. Its hallowed precincts are forbidden ground to every she in the house, except for absolutely necessary entrances, which concern the vital well-being of its lord. Feinberg Collection, Library of Congress Page 17 In the Fall of 1840 Whitman put Woodbury behind him, probably much to the relief of its citizens and its students.
The headings of the letters have been shortened and standardized both for clarity and convenience. In this selection of Whitman's letters I have deleted repetitious and irrelevant material, with the customary ellipses. Following each letter appears one of three notations: MS, with citation of its location; DRAFT LETTER, which Whitman recopied before mailing; and TEXT, which indicates that the letter is unlocated, probably lost, and that Page xiii the transcription is based on a copy or a printed source, the accuracy of which cannot be verified.