Walt Whitman and his "Drum-taps."

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burroughs, John, 1837-1921.

Contributor:

Burroughs, John, 1837-1921, former owner.

Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931, inscriber.

Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones, 1876-1969, former owner.

Walt Whitman Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Drum-taps.

Whitman, Walt.

Drum-taps (Whitman, Walt).

Penn Provenance:

Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 (former owner) (RBC copy)

Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931 (inscription) (RBC copy)

Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones, 1876-1969 (former owner) (Whitman Collection copy)

Physical Description:

pages [606]-615. 23 cm

Contained In:

Galaxy (New York, N.Y. : 1866) 2160-9969 (December 1, 1866)

Notes:

Caption title.

Signed: John Burroughs.

Analyzed from the Galaxy, December 1, 1866.

Local Notes:

Whitman Collection copy is John Burroughs' copy, with notes by Clara Barrus, one of which reads, "The first appreciation of W.W. published in U.S.A. (Book reviews & O'Connor's vindication had, however, preceded it...)"

Whitman Collection copy has last paragraph of essay cut out, with letter laid in: "Closing paragraph of John Burroughs's essay in Galaxy, Dec. 1866 - 'Walt Whitman and his Drum Taps' - to be kept with an old copy of that number, to complete the essay from which John Burroughs had cut the last paragraph, for use in his 'The Flight of the Eagle' (Birds and Poets, p 193)"

Whitman Collection copy purchased by the Penn Libraries in 1942 from Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague.

OCLC:

12911722