The following abbreviations are used in the Notes.

Bucke = R. M. Bucke’s Walt Whitman, 1883.

Burroughs = John Burroughs’ Note on Walt Whitman, 1867.

Burroughs (2) = John Burroughs’ Note on Walt Whitman. Second Edition.

Burroughs (a) = John Burroughs’ Whitman: A Study, 1896.

Carpenter = E. Carpenter’s “Notes of Visits to W. W.” in Progressive Review: (a) February, 1897; (b) April, 1897.

Camden’s Compliment = Camden’s Compliment to W. W., 1889.

Cam. Mod. Hist. = Cambridge Modern History: United States.

Comp. Prose = W. W.’s Complete Prose, 1898.

Calamus = Calamus, Letters of W. W. to Pete Doyle, 1897.

Camden = Camden Edition (10 vols.) of W. W.’s Works, 1902.

Donaldson = T. Donaldson’s W. W.: The Man, 1897.

En. Brit. Suppt. = EncyclopÆdia Britannica: Supplement, United States.

Good-bye and Hail = Good-bye and Hail, W. W., 1892.

In re = In re W. W., 1893.

Johnston = Dr. J. Johnston’s Notes of a Visit to W. W., 1890.

Kennedy = W. S. Kennedy’s Reminiscences of W. W., 1896.

L. of G. = Leaves of Grass, complete edition of 1897: followed by numerals in brackets, edition of that year.

Mem. Hist. N.Y. = J. G. Wilson’s Memorial History of New York.

Roosevelt = T. Roosevelt’s New York, 1891.

Symonds = J. A. Symonds’s W. W.: A Study, 1893.

Wound-Dresser = The W. D., Letters of W. W. to his Mother, 1898.

Whit. Fellowship = Whitman Fellowship Papers, Philadelphia, 1894.

Manuscripts.

MSS. Berenson = Letters in possession of Mrs. Bernard Berenson.

MSS. Berenson (a) = Reminiscences contributed to this volume.

MSS. Carpenter = Letters in possession of E. Carpenter.

MSS. Diary = A Diary (1876-1887) in possession of H. Traubel.

MSS. Harned = Papers in possession of T. B. Harned.

MSS. Johnston = Papers in possession of J. H. Johnston, New York.

MSS. Traubel = Papers in possession of H. Traubel.

MSS. Wallace = J. W. Wallace’s Diary of a Visit to W. W. in 1891.