FEINBERG/WHITMAN NOTES and NOTEBOOKS NOTES Printing & Pub , Directions to Foreman & Compositor Box 42 Folder 29 568 1891 February To the Foreman & to the Compositor: note. A.MS.s. (1p. 18 x 12 cms.) Written in ink on the verso of a discarded envelope (addressed to Walt Whitman, Camden, N J, postmarked Philadelphia Jan 31 91, 11 a.m., received in Camden, Jan 31, 12 m.), cut and opened out, 88 words: To the foreman & to the compositor I send the copy just as it is--with the books--because it is all as clear sailing as can be as it is--mind where the extracts f'm the yellow book come in--in fact mind mind my directions as interpolated all through-- The compositor will have to use his own wit in all-- a good deal in these yellow leaves is left to his judgment but I hope will get better along with than at first appears W W To the foreman & to the Compositor I send the copy just as it is - with the books- because it is all as clear sailing as can be as it is - mind where the extracts fix the yellow book come in- in fact mind my directions as interpolated all through- The Compositor will have to use his own wit a good deal in these yellow leaves is left to his judgment in it all- but I hope will get better along with than at first appears W W [*PHILADELPHIA JAN 8 11AM 91*] Walt Whitman Camden N J [*CAMDEN N.J. Jan 9 12 M 1891 REC'D*] Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.