Calamus; A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868-1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend
Walt Whitman
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(RareBooksClub.com, June 26, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... down in the boat twelve miles in the morning, and back in a big open horse car toward evening through the fields and woods--very pleasant indeed--staid a long while in the water--weather perfect--Mother is better to-day--she has been pretty sick, with several ups and downs--I am as well as a fellow can be--eat and sleep tremendous--shall stay here a week or so longer--shall be back first part of next week if nothing happens--Well Pete, I believe that is all this morning--Good bye, my darling son, and a long, long kiss from your loving father. Walt. VI Brooklyn, July 28 1871, Friday". Dear Son. I shall return on Monday next, in the 12.30 train from Jersey City--(the train I usually come in ). Pete, I have received your letter of 26th. Mother seems to-day full as well as usual--I continue all right--I have been on to New Haven, about 75 miles from here--a former friend of mine is in a dying condition there from consumption, and expressed such a strong desire to see me, that I went on. I thought he would die while I was there--he was all wasted to a skeleton, faculties good, but voice only a low whisper--I returned last night, after midnight.--Well, bub, my time here is short--I have had a good quiet visit--the best in some respects yet--and I feel satisfied--My darling son, we will very soon be together again, your loving comrade, Walt. LETTERS OF 1872 I BROOKLYN", 107 North Portland Av., Feb. 16, 1872. Dear Pete. Dear, dear son. We are having a very cold spell here, the severest of the winter--freezes up the pipes through the house, and burst them yesterday, causing great trouble--I too have got a bad cold, my head all stopped. I came through all right last Saturday, on time--quite a pleasant trip--Mother is very well, full as well as...