Walt Whitman in Mickle Street

CONTENTS

I	MARY OAKES DAVIS	1
II	WALT WHITMAN'S HOME	8
III	THE MICKLE STREET HOUSE	18
IV	THE NEW RÉGIME	27
V	CURIOUS NEIGHBORS	37
VI	MR. WHITMAN DRIVES	47
VII	BROOMS, BILLS AND MENTAL CHLOROFORM	55
VIII	VISITING AND VISITORS	67
IX	A BUST AND A PAINTING	73
X	REST—AND ROUTINE	87
XI	A SHOCK, AND SOME CHANGES	100
XII	ANCHORED	113
XIII	WARREN FRITZINGER	119
XIV	FRIENDS, MONEY, AND A MAUSOLEUM	133
XV	THE LAST BIRTHDAY PARTY	142
XVI	THE NEW NURSE	150
XVII	"SHIFT, WARRY"	167
XVIII	WINDING UP	176
XIX	THE TRIAL	182
XX	CONCLUSION	187
	WALT WHITMAN'S MONUMENTS, BY GUIDO BRUNO	195
	WALT WHITMAN SPEAKS	207
	INDEX	225

I write this book
in loving memory of
three of the most kind-hearted,
unselfish and capable people I ever knew
I Dedicate It
to
ALEX. McALISTER, M.D.

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