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conserving walt whitman’s fame The Iowa Whitman Series Ed Folsom, Series Editor Conserving Walt Whitman’s Fame selections from horace traubel’s conservator, 1890–1919 Edited by Gary Schmidgall University of Iowa Press, Iowa City University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright © 2006 by the University of Iowa Press http://www.uiowa.edu/uiowapress All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Design by Richard Hendel No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. The University of Iowa Press is a member of Green Press Initiative and is committed to preserving natural resources. Printed on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Conserving Walt Whitman’s fame: selections from Horace Traubel’s Conservator, 1890–1919 / edited by Gary Schmidgall. p. cm.—(The Iowa Whitman series) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-87745-972-x (cloth) 1. Whitman, Walt, 1819–1892. 2. Poets, American—19th century—Biography. I. Schmidgall, Gary, 1945–. II. Traubel, Horace, 1858–1919. III. Conservator. IV. Series. ps3231.c57 2006 2005052891 811Ј.3—dc22 [b] 06 07 08 09 10 C 54321 contents Note on the Text xi Acknowledgments xiii Tonic Emanation: Walt Whitman in the Conservator xvii 1. Horace Traubel’s Editorial Style, Credos, and Worldview 1 “The Ethical Reasons for Social Reform” (1892) 2 “Rhodes Triumphant” (1892) 6 Review of Oscar Wilde, Intentions (1904) 8 Review of The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1908) 9 Review of Joseph Fort Newton, Lincoln and Herndon (1911) 11 Review of Caro Lloyd, Henry Demarest Lloyd (1912) 14 Review of Mildred Bain, Horace Traubel (1913) 17 Review of Van Wyck Brooks, John Addington Symonds (1914) 19 Review of Henry Bryan Binns, Walt Whitman and His Poetry (1915) 21 Review of Charles N. Elliott, Walt Whitman as Man, Poet, and Friend (1916) 23 “Walt Whitman’s America” (1917) 25 “Why Men Write” (1917) 29 Review of David Fulton Karsner, Horace Traubel (1918) 33 2. Memoirs of Walt, Leaves of Grass, and the Whitman Circle 36 “A Visit to West Hills,” Daniel G. Brinton (1894) 40 “Whitman Inspired and Uninspired: And His Eroticism,” J. T. Trowbridge (1896) 43 “‘A Woman Waits for Me’: The Personal Relations of Emerson and Whitman,” Charles Wesley Eldridge (1896) 46 “A Few Impressions of Walt Whitman,” David Edward Cronin (1896) 49 “Walt Whitman and the Younger Writers: An Interview with John Burroughs,” Walter Blackburn Harte (1896) 53 “Another Recovered Chapter in the History of Leaves of Grass,” William Douglas O’Connor (1896) 58 “Reminiscent of Whitman,” Frank B. Sanborn (1897) 65 “Dr. Daniel G. Brinton on WaltWhitman,” Lucius Daniel Morse (1899) 71 “Walt Whitman,” Leon Mead (1900) 76 “Walt at the Daily Aurora: A Memoir of the Mid-1840s,” William Cauldwell (1901) 80 “William O’Connor and Walt Whitman,” Ellen O’Connor Calder (1906) 82 “Pete Doyle,” Percival Wiksell (1907) 83 “Richard Maurice Bucke,” James H. Coyne (1908) 85 “A Visit with Walt Whitman,” William Hawley Smith (1909) 89 “Incidents of Walt Whitman,” Truman H. Bartlett (1912) 91 “Notes from an Autobiography,” William W. Thayer (1914) 92 “Lincoln and Leaves of Grass,” Henry B. Rankin (1916) 95 “Whitman, Democrat,” Albert Mordell (1917) 97 “Walt Whitman and Elbert Hubbard,” Laurens Maynard (1917) 99 “Walt Whitman’s Personality,” Thomas B. Harned (1919) 101 3. Topical Articles on Whitman 105 “Whitman’s Self-Reliance,” John Burroughs (1894) 108 “Whitman and Tolstoi,” Edward Payson Jackson (1895) 114 “Was Whitman Mad?” Richard Maurice Bucke (1895) 121 “What Walt Whitman Means to the Negro,” Kelly Miller (1895) 127 “Whitman’s Relation to Morals,” John Burroughs (1896) 136 “Whitman’s Relation to Culture,” John Burroughs (1896) 143 “The American Idea in Whitman,” Charlotte Porter (1896) 148 “Whitman’s Lack of Humor,” Oscar Lovell Triggs (1896) 154 “Whitman’s Comradeship,” Laurens Maynard (1897) 156 “Whitman and Socialism,” M. V. Ball (1898) 160 “Walt Whitman: A Character Study,” Oscar Lovell Triggs (1898) 166 “Whitman’s Example in American Society,” Frank B. Sanborn (1899) 176 “The Democracy of Whitman and the Democracy of Socialism,” Leonard Abbott (1902) 178 vi Contents “Whitman, the Lover,” Ernest Crosby (1904) 182 “Walt Whitman in the Present Crisis of Our Democracy,” Thomas B. Harned (1906) 183 “Whitman’s Superman,” Isaac Hull Platt (1906) 186 “WaltWhitman’s Significance to a Revolutionist,” Eliot White (1911) 189 4. Publisherial: Reviews and Notices of Whitman Editions 193 “Whitman’s Letters to Peter Doyle,” William S. Kennedy (1897) 196 “Whitman’s Executors Defended,” Isaac Hull Platt (1903) 198 “Long and Short Editions of Leaves of Grass,” H. T. (1904) 200 On With Walt Whitman in Camden Unsigned article, Philadelphia Public Ledger (1906) 201 Short review, Springfield (Conn.) Republican (1908) 202 Letters, Charles Warren Stoddard (1908) 203 Notice of third volume, H. T. (1914) 204 “Whitman and Friend Horace,” New York Evening Globe, unsigned article (1914) 204 Review of third volume, John Erskine, Yale Review (1915) 206 “Walt’s Unmitigated Self,” New York Evening Sun, unsigned notice (1915) 210 “Whitman Books,” H. T. (1912) 211 Review of Memories of President Lincoln (Thomas Mosher), H. T. (1912) 212 Review of Poems from Leaves of Grass (illust. Margaret Cook), H .T. (1914) 213 “Getting Whitman Right and Wrong,” H. T. (1914) 214 Review of Drum-Taps (Chatto and Windus), H. T. (1916) 215 “Walt Whitman’s New Publishers,” H. T. (1917) 217 Review of Leaves of Grass (variorum, ed. Oscar Triggs), H. T. (1917) 219 5. The Whitman Wars: Rejecters, Defenders, Reception 221 “Suppressing a Poet,” William Sloane Kennedy (1895) 227 “Reply to a Criticism,” Francis Howard Williams (1895) 231 “Two Critics of Walt Whitman,” John Burroughs (1895) 239 “Walt Whitman as a Creator of ‘Trash,’” Nathalie W. Homans (1896) 247 Contents vii Review of William Sloane Kennedy, Reminiscences of Walt Whitman, Laurens Maynard (1896) 248 “Sursum Corda, Comrades!” William Sloane Kennedy (1896) 252 “A Few Notes on Whitman and the New England Writers,” Laurens Maynard (1898) 255 Review of Elizabeth Porter Gould, Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman, H. T. (1900) 262 “The Whitman Cipher,” Ernest Crosby (1901) 263 “The Whitman Cult,” Francis Howard Williams (1901) 267 Review of Edmond Holmes, Walt Whitman’s Poetry: A Study and a Selection, H. T. (1902) 268 Review of Richard Burton, Literary Leaders of America, H. T. (1905) 270 “What Walt Whitman Means for Us All,” Francis Howard Williams (1906) 271 “Johannes Schlaf on Walt Whitman,” Paul Harboe (1906) 272 Review of Henry Bryan Binns, A Life of WaltWhitman, H. T. (1906) 273 Review of Edward Carpenter, Days with Walt Whitman, H. T. (1906) 275 The Controversy over Bliss Perry, Walt Whitman: His Life and Work “Whitman’s ‘Sin against Chastity,’” Isaac Hull Platt (1906) 276 “Questions for Bliss Perry,” H. T. (1906) 277 Review of Walt Whitman: His Life and Work, H. T. (1906) 278 “The Code of the Gentleman: Referred to Bliss Perry,” H. T. (1907) 280 “On the Trail of the Good Gray Poet,” William Sloane Kennedy (1907) 288 “Perry Didn’t Come In,” Edward Gordon Craig (1907) 293 “Slanderers of Whitman,” Thomas B. Harned (1907) 294 Review of George Rice Carpenter, Walt Whitman, H. T. (1909) 300 “Whitman Needs No Advocate,” William H. Smith (1913) 302 Review of Basil De Selincourt, Walt Whitman: A Critical Study, H. T. (1914) 303 “Smothering Walt,” Michael Monahan (1916) 305 viii Contents Review of William English Walling, Whitman and Traubel, Eugene V. Debs (1917) 307 Review of John Johnston and J. W. Wallace, Visits to Walt Whitman in 1890 and 1891, H. T. (1918) 309 “The Whitman Fellowship Meeting,” Fred Hier (1918) 311 “Whitmania,” H. T. (1918) 315 “Walt Whitman after Twenty Years,” Eliot White (1918) 318 “Vicious Circle Still Bars Whitman,” Morris Lychenheim (1918) 319 6. Sex Morality 321 Review of Edward Carpenter, Sex-Love: and Its Place in a Free Society, Isaac Hull Platt (1894) 322 “On Degeneracy,” Oscar Lovell Triggs (1895) 325 Review of Edward Carpenter, Ioläus: An Anthology of Friendship, H. T. (1902) 328 “Sex Radicalism,” H. T. (1905) 329 “Music and Sex,” H. T. (1911) 330 Review of Edward Carpenter, Love’s Coming of Age, H. T. (1911) 332 Review of William J. Robinson et al., Sex Morality: Past, Present and Future, H. T. (1912) 334 Review of William J. Robinson, Sex Problems of To-Day, H. T. (1912) 336 Review of Edward Carpenter, The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women, H. T. (1913) 338 “Walt Whitman and Sex,” William J. Robinson (1913) 340 Review of Edward Carpenter, Intermediate Types among Primitive Folk: A Study in Social Evolution, H. T. (1915) 344 Review of William J. Robinson, Sex Knowledge for Men, H. T. (1917) 345 7. Fillers and Squibs: A Whitman and Traubel Potpourri 347 8. The Whitman Centennial Issue, May 1919 380 “Collect,” H. T. 380 “A Lighthouse by the Sea,” Mildred Bain 385 “As I Sit at Karsners’ Front Window,” H. T. 386 “The Walt Whitman Birthday Centennial,” J. W. Wallace 388 Contents ix “Walt Whitman’s Mystic Catalogues,” Fred Hier 391 “Lincolnism or Whitmanism?” testimonial by William F. Gable 397 “Centenary of Walt Whitman,” testimonial by Edward Carpenter 397 “Walt Whitman,” testimonial by David Karsner 398 “Whitman’s Shiftlessness,” testimonial by Phillips Russell 399 “Walt and the New World Order,” letter from Henry Bryan Binns 400 “Horace Traubel,” speech by Helen Keller 401 “Still the Same,” letter from Havelock Ellis 402 “The Ever-living Poet,” letter from Ernest Rhys 402 Finalé 403 Appendix 1.
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  • Biographies 1169

    Biographies 1169

    Biographies 1169 also engaged in agricultural pursuits; during the First World at Chapel Hill in 1887; studied law; was admitted to the War served as a second lieutenant in the Three Hundred bar in 1888 and commenced practice in Wilkesboro, N.C.; and Thirteenth Trench Mortar Battery, Eighty-eighth Divi- chairman of the Wilkes County Democratic executive com- sion, United States Army, 1917-1919; judge of the municipal mittee 1890-1923; member of the Democratic State executive court of Waterloo, Iowa, 1920-1926; county attorney of Black committee 1890-1923; mayor of Wilkesboro 1894-1896; rep- Hawk County, Iowa, 1929-1934; elected as a Republican to resented North Carolina at the centennial of Washington’s the Seventy-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses inauguration in New York in 1889; unsuccessful candidate (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for election in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; elected as for renomination in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; mem- a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March ber of the Federal Trade Commission, 1953-1959, serving 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to as chairman 1955-1959; retired to Waterloo, Iowa, where the Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law in he died July 5, 1972; interment in Memorial Park Cemetery. North Wilkesboro, N.C.; died in Statesville, N.C., November 22, 1923; interment in the St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard, Wilkesboro, N.C. H HACKETT, Thomas C., a Representative from Georgia; HABERSHAM, John (brother of Joseph Habersham and born in Georgia, birth date unknown; attended the common uncle of Richard Wylly Habersham), a Delegate from Geor- schools; solicitor general of the Cherokee circuit, 1841-1843; gia; born at ‘‘Beverly,’’ near Savannah, Ga., December 23, served in the State senate in 1845; elected as a Democrat 1754; completed preparatory studies and later attended to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); Princeton College; engaged in mercantile pursuits; served died in Marietta, Ga., October 8, 1851.