Complete Prose Works

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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

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Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy

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American literature

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8813

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Contents

1. 1.COMPLETE PROSE WORKS — Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Good Bye My Fancy
2. 2.By Walt Whitman
3. 3.DETAILED CONTENTS
4. 4.SPECIMEN DAYS
5. 5.A HAPPY HOUR'S COMMAND — ANSWER TO AN INSISTING FRIEND — GENEALOGY—VAN VELSOR AND WHITMAN — THE OLD WHITMAN AND VAN VELSOR CEMETERIES — THE MATERNAL HOMESTEAD — TWO OLD FAMILY INTERIORS — PAUMANOK, AND MY LIFE ON IT AS CHILD AND YOUNG MAN — MY FIRST READING—LAFAYETTE — PRINTING OFFICE—OLD BROOKLYN — GROWTH—HEALTH—WORK — MY PASSION FOR FERRIES — BROADWAY SIGHTS — OMNIBUS JAUNTS AND DRIVERS — PLAYS AND OPERAS TOO — THROUGH EIGHT YEARS. — SOURCES OF CHARACTER—RESULTS—1860 — OPENING OF THE SECESSION WAR — NATIONAL UPRISING AND VOLUNTEERING — CONTEMPTUOUS FEELING — BATTLE OF BULL RUN, JULY, 1861 — THE STUPOR PASSES—SOMETHING ELSE BEGINS — DOWN AT THE FRONT — AFTER FIRST FREDERICKSBURG — BACK TO WASHINGTON — FIFTY HOURS LEFT WOUNDED ON THE FIELD — HOSPITAL SCENES AND PERSONS — PATENT-OFFICE HOSPITAL — THE WHITE HOUSE BY MOONLIGHT — AN ARMY HOSPITAL WARD — A CONNECTICUT CASE — TWO BROOKLYN BOYS — A SECESH BRAVE — THE WOUNDED FROM CHANCELLORSVILLE — A NIGHT BATTLE OVER A WEEK SINCE — UNNAMED REMAINS THE BRAVEST SOLDIER — SOME SPECIMEN CASES — MY PREPARATIONS FOR VISITS — AMBULANCE PROCESSIONS — BAD WOUNDS—THE YOUNG — THE MOST INSPIRITING OF ALL WAR'S SHOWS — BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG — A CAVALRY CAMP — A NEW YORK SOLDIER — HOME-MADE MUSIC — ABRAHAM LINCOLN — HEATED TERM — SOLDIERS AND TALKS — DEATH OF A WISCONSIN OFFICER — HOSPITALS ENSEMBLE — A SILENT NIGHT RAMBLE — SPIRITUAL CHARACTERS AMONG THE SOLDIERS — CATTLE DROVES ABOUT WASHINGTON — HOSPITAL PERPLEXITY — DOWN AT THE FRONT — PAYING THE BOUNTIES — RUMORS, CHANGES, ETC. — VIRGINIA — SUMMER OF 1864 — A NEW ARMY ORGANIZATION FIT FOR AMERICA — DEATH OF A HERO — HOSPITAL SCENES—INCIDENTS — A YANKEE SOLDIER — UNION PRISONERS SOUTH — DESERTERS — A GLIMPSE OF WAR'S HELL-SCENES — GIFTS—MONEY—DISCRIMINATION — ITEMS FROM MY NOTE BOOKS — A CASE FROM SECOND BULL RUN — ARMY SURGEONS—AID DEFICIENCIES — THE BLUE EVERYWHERE — A MODEL HOSPITAL — BOYS IN THE ARMY — BURIAL OF A LADY NURSE — FEMALE NURSES FOR SOLDIERS — SOUTHERN ESCAPEES — THE CAPITOL BY GAS-LIGHT — THE INAUGURATION — ATTITUDE OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS DURING THE WAR — THE WEATHER—DOES IT SYMPATHIZE WITH THESE TIMES? — INAUGURATION BALL — SCENE AT THE CAPITOL — A YANKEE ANTIQUE — WOUNDS AND DISEASES — DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN — SHERMAN'S ARMY'S JUBILATION—ITS SUDDEN STOPPAGE — NO GOOD PORTRAIT OF LINCOLN — RELEAS'D UNION PRISONERS FROM SOUTH — DEATH OF A PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIER — W. W. — THE ARMIES RETURNING — THE GRAND REVIEW — WESTERN SOLDIERS — A SOLDIER ON LINCOLN — TWO BROTHERS, ONE SOUTH, ONE NORTH — SOME SAD CASES YET — CALHOUN'S REAL MONUMENT — HOSPITALS CLOSING — TYPICAL SOLDIERS — "CONVULSIVENESS" — THREE YEARS SUMM'D UP — THE MILLION DEAD, TOO, SUMM'D UP — THE REAL WAR WILL NEVER GET IN THE BOOKS — AN INTERREGNUM PARAGRAPH — NEW THEMES ENTERED UPON — ENTERING A LONG FARM-LANE — TO THE SPRING AND BROOK — AN EARLY SUMMER REVEILLE — BIRDS MIGRATING AT MIDNIGHT — BUMBLE-BEES — CEDAR-APPLES — SUMMER SIGHTS AND INDOLENCIES — SUNDOWN PERFUME—QUAILNOTES—THE HERMIT-THRUSH — A JULY AFTER-NOON BY THE POND — LOCUSTS AND KATY-DIDS — THE LESSON OF A TREE — AUTUMN SIDE-BITS — THE SKY—DAYS AND NIGHTS—HAPPINESS — COLORS—A CONTRAST — NOVEMBER 8, '76 — CROWS AND CROWS — A WINTER DAY ON THE SEA-BEACH — SEA-SHORE FANCIES — IN MEMORY OF THOMAS PAINE. — A TWO HOURS ICE-SAIL — SPRING OVERTURES—RECREATIONS — ONE OF THE HUMAN KINKS — AN AFTERNOON SCENE — THE GATES OPENING — THE COMMON EARTH, THE SOIL — BIRDS AND BIRDS AND BIRDS — FULL-STARR'D NIGHTS — MULLEINS AND MULLEINS — DISTANT SOUNDS — A SUN-BATH-NAKEDNESS — THE OAKS AND I — A QUINTETTE — THE FIRST FROST—MEMS — THREE YOUNG MEN'S DEATHS — FEBRUARY DAYS — A MEADOW LARK — SUNDOWN LIGHTS — THOUGHTS UNDER AN OAK—A DREAM — CLOVER AND HAY PERFUME — AN UNKNOWN — BIRD-WHISTLING — HORSE-MINT — THREE OF US — DEATH OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT — JAUNT UP THE HUDSON — HAPPINESS AND RASPBERRIES — A SPECIMEN TRAMP FAMILY — MANHATTAN FROM THE BAY — HUMAN AND HEROIC NEW YORK — HOURS FOR THE SOUL — STRAW-COLOR'D AND OTHER PSYCHES — A NIGHT REMEMBRANCE — WILD FLOWERS — A CIVILITY TOO LONG NEGLECTED — DELAWARE RIVER—DAYS AND NIGHTS — SCENES ON FERRY AND RIVER—LAST WINTER'S NIGHTS — THE FIRST SPRING DAY ON CHESTNUT STREET — UP THE HUDSON TO ULSTER COUNTY — DAYS AT J. B.'S TURF-FIRES—SPRING SONGS — MEETING A HERMIT — AN ULSTER COUNTY WATERFALL — WALTER DUMONT AND HIS MEDAL — HUDSON RIVER SIGHTS — TWO CITY AREAS, CERTAIN HOURS — CENTRAL PARK WALKS AND TALKS — A FINE AFTERNOON, 4 TO 6 — DEPARTING OF THE BIG STEAMERS — TWO HOURS ON THE MINNESOTA — MATURE SUMMER DAYS AND NIGHTS — EXPOSITION BUILDING—NEW CITY HALL—RIVER TRIP — SWALLOWS ON THE RIVER — BEGIN A LONG JAUNT WEST — IN THE SLEEPER — MISSOURI STATE — LAWRENCE AND TOPEKA, KANSAS — ON TO DENVER—A FRONTIER INCIDENT — AN HOUR ON KENOSHA SUMMIT — AN EGOTISTICAL "FIND" — NEW SENSES: NEW JOYS — STEAM-POWER, TELEGRAPHS, ETC — AMERICA'S BACK-BONE — THE PARKS — ART FEATURES — DENVER IMPRESSIONS — I TURN SOUTH AND THEN EAST AGAIN — UNFULFILLED WANTS—THE ARKANSAS RIVER — A SILENT LITTLE FOLLOWER-THE COREOPSIS — THE PRAIRIES AND GREAT PLAINS IN POETRY — THE SPANISH PEAKS—EVENING ON THE PLAINS — AMERICA'S CHARACTERISTIC LANDSCAPE — EARTH'S MOST IMPORTANT STREAM — PRAIRIE ANALOGIES—THE TREE QUESTION — MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LITERATURE — AN INTERVIEWER'S ITEM — THE WOMEN OF THE WEST — THE SILENT GENERAL — PRESIDENT HAYES'S SPEECHES — ST. LOUIS MEMORANDA — NIGHTS ON THE MISSISSIPPI — UPON OUR OWN LAND — EDGAR POE'S SIGNIFICANCE — BEETHOVEN'S SEPTETTE — A HINT OF WILD NATURE — LOAFING IN THE WOODS — A CONTRALTO VOICE — SEEING NIAGARA TO ADVANTAGE — JAUNTING TO CANADA — SUNDAY WITH THE INSANE — REMINISCENCE OF ELIAS HICKS — GRAND NATIVE GROWTH — A ZOLLVEREIN BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CANADA — THE ST. LAWRENCE LINE — THE SAVAGE SAGUENAY — CAPES ETERNITY AND TRINITY — CHICOUTIMI AND HA-HA BAY — THE INHABITANTS—GOOD LIVING — DEATH OF THOMAS CARLYLE — CARLYLE FROM AMERICAN POINTS OF VIEW — A COUPLE OF OLD FRIENDS—A COLERIDGE BIT — A WEEK'S VISIT TO BOSTON — THE BOSTON OF TO-DAY — MY TRIBUTE TO FOUR POETS — MILLET'S PICTURES LAST ITEMS — BIRDS—AND A CAUTION — SAMPLES OF MY COMMON-PLACE BOOK — MY NATIVE SAND AND SALT ONCE MORE — HOT WEATHER NEW YORK — CUSTER'S LAST RALLY — SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES—MEMORIES — A DISCOVERY OF OLD AGE — A VISIT, AT THE LAST, TO R. W. EMERSON — OTHER CONCORD NOTATIONS — BOSTON COMMON—MORE OF EMERSON — AN OSSIANIC NIGHT—DEAREST FRIENDS — ONLY A NEW FERRY-BOAT — DEATH OF LONGFELLOW — STARTING NEWSPAPERS — THE GREAT UNREST OF WHICH WE ARE PART — BY EMERSON'S GRAVE — AT PRESENT WRITING—PERSONAL — AFTER TRYING A CERTAIN BOOK — FINAL CONFESSIONS—LITERARY TESTS — NATURE AND DEMOCRACY—MORALITY
6. 6.COLLECT
7. 7.ONE OR TWO INDEX ITEMS
8. 8.DEMOCRATIC VISTAS
9. 9.ORIGINS OF ATTEMPTED SECESSION
10. 10.PREFACES TO "LEAVES OF GRASS"
11. 11.PREFACE, 1855 To first issue of Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, N.Y.
12. 12.PREFACE, 1872 To As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free Now Thou Mother with
13. 13.PREFACE, 1876 To the two-volume Centennial Edition of Leaves of Grass — W. W. — POETRY TO-DAY IN AMERICA — SHAKSPERE—THE FUTURE
14. 14.A MEMORANDUM AT A VENTURE
15. 15.DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN LECTURE
16. 16.TWO LETTERS — I — TO — — — LONDON, ENGLAND — W. W. — II — TO — — — DRESDEN, SAXONY — W. W.
17. 17.NOTES LEFT OVER — EMERSON'S BOOKS, (THE SHADOWS OF THEM) — VENTURES, ON AN OLD THEME — A DIALOGUE— — BRITISH LITERATURE — DARWINISM—(THEN FURTHERMORE) — "SOCIETY" — DEMOCRACY IN THE NEW WORLD — FOUNDATION STAGES—THEN OTHERS — GENERAL SUFFRAGE, ELECTIONS, ETC. — WHO GETS THE PLUNDER? — FRIENDSHIP, (THE REAL ARTICLE) — LACKS AND WANTS YET — RULERS STRICTLY OUT OF THE MASSES — MONUMENTS—THE PAST AND PRESENT — LITTLE OR NOTHING NEW, AFTER ALL — A LINCOLN REMINISCENCE — FREEDOM — BOOK-CLASSES—AMERICA'S LITERATURE — OUR REAL CULMINATION — AN AMERICAN PROBLEM — THE LAST COLLECTIVE COMPACTION
18. 18.APPENDIX
19. 19.PIECES IN EARLY YOUTH — 1834-'42 — PAUMANOK. — ONE WICKED IMPULSE — THE LAST LOYALIST — WILD FRANK'S RETURN — THE BOY LOVER — THE CHILD AND THE PROFLIGATE — LINGAVE'S TEMPTATION — LITTLE JANE — DUMB KATE — TALK TO AN ART-UNION — BLOOD-MONEY — I. — II — WOUNDED IN THE HOUSE OF FRIENDS — SAILING THE MISSISSIPPI AT MIDNIGHT
20. 20.NOVEMBER BOUGHS
21. 21.OUR EMINENT VISITORS — Past, Present and Future
22. 22.THE BIBLE AS POETRY
23. 23.FATHER TAYLOR (AND ORATORY)
24. 24.THE SPANISH ELEMENT IN OUR NATIONALITY — WALT WHITMAN.
25. 25.WHAT LURKS BEHIND SHAKSPERE'S HISTORICAL PLAYS
26. 26.A THOUGHT ON SHAKSPERE
27. 27.ROBERT BURNS AS POET AND PERSON
28. 28.A WORD ABOUT TENNYSON
29. 29.SLANG IN AMERICA
30. 30.AN INDIAN BUREAU REMINISCENCE
31. 31.SOME DIARY NOTES AT RANDOM — NEGRO SLAVES IN NEW YORK — COUNTRY DAYS AND NIGHTS— — CENTRAL PARK NOTES — PLATE GLASS NOTES
32. 32.SOME WAR MEMORANDA — Jotted Down at the Time — WASHINGTON STREET SCENES — THE 195TH PENNSYLVANIA — LEFT-HAND WRITING BY SOLDIERS — CENTRAL VIRGINIA IN '64 — PAYING THE 1ST U. S. C. T.
33. 33.FIVE THOUSAND POEMS
34. 34.THE OLD BOWERY
35. 35.NOTES TO LATE ENGLISH BOOKS
36. 36.PREFACE TO THE READER IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS—"Specimen Days in — ADDITIONAL NOTE, 1887
37. 37.PREFACE TO "DEMOCRATIC VISTAS" WITH OTHER PAPERS— English Edition — WALT WHITMAN,
38. 38.ABRAHAM LINCOLN
39. 39.NEW ORLEANS IN 1848
40. 40.SMALL MEMORANDA — Thousands lost—here one or two preserv'd — NOTE TO A FRIEND — W.W. — WRITTEN IMPROMPTU IN AN ALBUM — W.W. — THE PLACE GRATITUDE FILLS IN A FINE CHARACTER
41. 41.LAST OF THE WAR CASES — Memorandized at the time, Washington, 1865-'66
42. 42.Endnotes ( such as they are) founded on — ELIAS HICKS — GEORGE FOX (AND SHAKSPERE)
43. 43.GOOD-BYE MY FANCY — AN OLD MAN'S REJOINDER — OLD POETS — SHIP AHOY — FOR QUEEN VICTORIA'S BIRTHDAY
44. 44.AMERICAN NATIONAL LITERATURE — Is there any such thing—or can there ever be? — GATHERING THE CORN
45. 45.A DEATH-BOUQUET — Pick'd Noontime, early January, 1890
46. 46.SOME LAGGARDS YET — THE PERFECT HUMAN VOICE — SHAKSPERE FOR AMERICA — "UNASSAIL'D RENOWN" — INSCRIPTION FOR A LITTLE BOOK ON GIORDANO BRUNO — SPLINTERS — HEALTH, (OLD STYLE) — GAY-HEARTEDNESS — AS IN A SWOON. — L. OF G. — AFTER THE ARGUMENT. — FOR US TWO, READER DEAR.
47. 47.MEMORANDA — A WORLD'S SHOW — NEW YORK—THE BAY—THE OLD NAME — A SICK SPELL — TO BE PRESENT ONLY — "INTESTINAL AGITATION" — "WALT WHITMAN'S LAST 'PUBLIC'" — INGERSOLL'S SPEECH — FEELING FAIRLY — OLD BROOKLYN DAYS — TWO QUESTIONS
48. 48.PREFACE — AN ENGINEER'S OBITUARY — W. W. — OLD ACTORS, SINGERS, SHOWS, &C., IN NEW YORK — SOME PERSONAL AND OLD-AGE JOTTINGS — OUT IN THE OPEN AGAIN — AMERICA'S BULK AVERAGE — LAST SAVED ITEMS
49. 49.WALT WHITMAN'S LAST {49}

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