Feinberg/Whitman       Notes and notebooks      Notes— Literary June 1890 
An Old Age Growl (Cn105)
Box 39 folder 33809

1890 June  An Old Age Growl; note. A.M.S. on verso of slit
envelope. (1p. 21 1/2 x 13 cm.)

The note reads: "An old age growl -- June 1890 The monthly magazine,
New York, rejects and sends me back my little poemette on the ground that
it is 'an improvisation' . . . So I am now put out in the cold by every big
American magazine. Which is probably just as well, for I am losing my 
sight and voice."
{105}An old-age growl -- June
1890 -- The ----- monthly magazine,
New York rejects and sends 
me back my little poemet (see p.
this vol.) on the ground that it is 
only "an improvisation" . . . . . So I am
now put out in the cold by every
big American magazine. Which
is probably just as well for I am
losing my sight and voiceFranklin Club
Rochester, New York

[*See 
notes 
[Sept 4?] 
1891*]

Mr. Walt Whitman

Philadelphia

Penna.