The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman By Walt Whitman and Anne Burrows Gilchrist THE LETTERS OF ANNE GILCHRIST AND WALT WHITMAN Edited With an Introduction BY THOMAS B. HARNED In Memoriam AUGUSTA TRAUBEL HARNED 1856-1914 CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION A WOMAN'S ESTIMATE OF WALT WHITMAN A CONFESSION OF FAITH LETTER I. WALT WHITMAN TO WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI AND ANNE GILCHRIST II. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Earl's Colne September 3, 1871 III. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Shotter Mill, Haslemere, Surrey October 23, 1871 IV. WALT WHITMAN TO ANNE GILCHRIST Washington, D. C. November 3, 1871 V. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., N. W., London November 27, 1871 VI. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., N. W., London January 24, 1872 VII. WALT WHITMAN TO ANNE GILCHRIST Washington, D. C. February 8, 1872 VIII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., N. W., London April 12, 1872 IX. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., N. W., London June 3, 1872 X. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., N. W., London July 14, 1872 XI. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq. November 12, 1872 XII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., London, N. W. January 31, 1873 XIII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Rd., Camden Sq., London, N. W. May 20, 1873 XIV. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Earl's Colne, Halstead August 12, 1873 XV. WALT WHITMAN TO ANNE GILCHRIST Camden, New Jersey Undated. Summer of 1873 XVI. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Earl's Colne, Halstead September 4, 1873 XVII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. November 3, 1873 XVIII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. December 8, 1873 XIX. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. February 26, 1874 XX. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. March 9, 1874 XXI. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. May 14, 1874 XXII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. July, 4, 1874 XXIII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Earl's Colne September 3, 1874 XXIV. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. December 9, 1874 XXV. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. December 30, 1874 XXVI. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Earl's Colne, Halstead February 21, 1875 XXVII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 50 Marquis Road, Camden Square, London, N. W. May 18, 1875 XXVIII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Earl's Colne August 28, 1875 XXIX. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Square, London November 16, 1875 XXX. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London December 4, 1875 XXXI. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Blaenavon, Routzpool, Mon., England January 18, 1876 XXXII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London February 25, 1876 XXXIII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London March 11, 1876 XXXIV. WALT WHITMAN TO ANNE GILCHRIST Camden, New Jersey. Undated, March, 1876 XXXV. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London March 30, 1876 XXXVI. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London April 21, 1876 XXXVII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 1 Torriano Gardens, Camden Road, London May 18, 1876 XXXVIII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Round Hill, Northampton, Massachusetts September, 1877 XXXIX. BEATRICE C. GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN New England Hospital, Codman Avenue, Boston Highlands Undated XL. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Chesterfield, Massachusetts September 3, 1878 XLI. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Concord, Massachusetts October 25 (1878) XLII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 39 Somerset Street, Boston November 13, 1878 XLIII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 112 Madison Avenue, New York January 5, 1879 XLIV. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 112 Madison Avenue, New York January 14, 1879 XLV. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 112 Madison Avenue, New York January 27, 1879 XLVI. HERBERT H. GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 112 Madison Avenue, New York February, 2, 1879 XLVII. BEATRICE C. GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 33 Warrenton Street, Boston February 16, 1879 XLVIII. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 112 Madison Avenue, New York March 18, 1879 XLIX. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN 112 Madison Avenue, New York March 26, 1879 L. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Glasgow, Scotland June 20, 1879 LI. ANNE GILCHRIST TO WALT WHITMAN Lower Shincliffe, Durham August 2, 1879