This work is but a recognition of the necessities which were developed by years of association with LEAVES of Grass. That it will be appreciated by all lovers of Whitman I do not question. For any errors of commission I accept all responsibility; for those of omission (and there are a few), conditions which I could not control are alone responsible, a fact which time will yet correct. Walt Whitman was an unique character. As his most successful publisher I saw much of him, and learned to love his sweet and kindly nature. No one could enter the charmed circle of his friendship without feeling the mastery of his personality. This book, the work of my own hands, I give as a token of those never-to-be-forgotten days. To have met Whitman was a privilege, to have been his friend was an honor. The latter was mine; and among the many reminiscences of my life, none are to me more pleasing than those which gather about the name of "The Good Grey Poet." DAVID MCKAY. CONTENTS. (For Alphabetical Index of Titles see End of Volume.) We Two-How Long We were Fool'd, Out of the Rolling Ocean, the Crowd, . To a foil'd European Revolutionaire, France, the 18th year of These States, |