FEINBERG/WHITMAN  NOTES and NOTEBOOKS  NOTES -- Printing & Pub.  June 21,1888  Note to Proof Reader
Box 42 Folder 11[*310*]

1888   21 June   Note to Proof Reader. A.MS. (1 p. 6 1/2 x 28 cm.)

Written in pencil (or ink?) in the margin of a proof, which
has been cut off, with notation in Traubel's hand ('written
by W.W.   June 21, 1888') 86 words:

To proof reader - My dear Sir, I shall mainly have to depend on
you - Shall mainly have to rely on your judgment & the copy - I
find my brain has no grip on the copy & proof --

I have done the best I can -- my head is sick & weak -- after
the corrections & renewed pagination ([36] 46 to 55) with the
added matter &c. I w'd like revised proof (complete set) -- will
send it back by noon (if Mr Traubel will come over & get it)

(See With Walt Whitman in Camden, I, 366.)WITH WALT WHITMAN IN CAMDEN
Vol. 1, P. 366

Yesterday W. wrote this on the margin of one of the proofs:
"To proof reader - My dear sir, I shall mainly have to depend
on you - shall mainly have to rely on your judgment and the
copy - I find my brain has no grip on the copy and proof - I
have done the best I can - my head is sick and weak - after
the corrections and renewed pagination (45 to 55) with the
added matter &c. I w'd like revised proof (complete set) - 
will send it back at noon (if Mr. Traubel will come over and
get it)." W. said of this to me: "It's just about so - you
and the proof-reader will have to do the work - I don't seem
to be worth my weight in feathers."My dear Sir, I [?] mainly have to
[?depend?] on you.  Shall [?] home with your judgment & the copy
I found my brother has [???] on the copy & [?]
I have [????]  My story is first & west
after the [???]  45 to 55)
I wd like revised [??] - will send it
back by noon (if [??] will come over and get it)