I FIRST made acquaintance with Whitman’s writings when a newspaper notice of the earliest edition of Leaves of Grass reached me, in Paris, in the autumn of 1855. It was the most exhilarating piece of ...

“A glimpse into the workshop“ is how Walt Whitman described his “blue book,“ the author’s own intimate copy of LEAVES OF GRASS,with his many notes, revisions, and comments on his master work. Now ...

This then is life -- Roots and leaves -- The shapes arise -- The outsetting bard -- In paths untrodden -- Emblematic blades -- Loving comrade -- Over the carnage -- Ships at sea -- Ebbing tide -- ...