FEINBERG/WHITMAN LITERARY FILE BOOK FILE -- L of G (1876) British subscriptions (DCN48) Purchaser lists Includes verso letter from AJ. Deu-Smith, July 16, [1876?] (6UP052 4-12)[*The ones on the list [below?] check'd with the mark + have none of them been sent, as they are not on any of the lists yet rec'd by me WW*] LIST OF PURCHASERS. £, s. d. W. T. Arnold 1 0 0 + Professor Atkinson 2 2 0 [*This is one of the persons annotated [As I understand it a payment made] to me by E. Dowden: [includes the money profered to Atkinson] I suppose I shall have to enquire of D. about him*] + Professor Armstrong 2 2 0 [*Same as Atkinson*] W. Brockie 1 0 0 + A. G. B. 2 2 0 [*A. G. B. [G.] is Rev A. B. Grosart - [Same as Atkinson] E. Dowden's subscription - money included the sum payable by A. G. B.*] + G. L. Cathcart 2 2 0 [*Same as Atkinson*] A. G. Dew-Smith 3 0 0 + Mrs. Deschamps 2 0 0 [*This lady has spoken to me personally about her intention to subscribe: I suppose she will do so eventually*] + J. D. 2 2 0 [*J. D. is Rev. Prof. Dowden, Edinburgh - Same as [Atkinson] A. G. B.*] Professor Dowden 5 0 0 Benjamin Eyre 2 0 0 George Fraser 2 0 0 E. W. Gosse 2 2 0 Mrs. Gilchrist 5 0 0 + P. R. G. 1 1 0 [*P. R. G. is Rev. R. P. Graves - same as [Atkinson] A. G. B.*] R. Hannah 1 0 0 F. Hueffer 1 0 0 Lady Hardy 2 0 0 James Leicester-Warren 5 0 0 + Harold Littledale 2 2 0 [*Same as Atkinson*] + Miss Moncrieff 1 0 0 [*Miss Moncrieff has paid thro' Miss Simpson of Edinburgh*] Mrs. Mathews 1 0 0 Hon. Roden Noel 2 2 0 W. M. Rossetti 5 0 0 C. W. Reynell 5 0 0 + C. W. S. 2 0 0 [*This must no doubt be C. W. Sheppard, 13 Albion Terrace, Horsham, who wanted only initials printed: he has paid his £2, & you have no doubt sent his books*] Miss T. C. Simpson 2 0 0 + A. C. Swinburne 1 0 0 [*Has not yet paid anything thro' me: he certainly will pay at one time or other*] W. B. Scott 5 0 0 Bram. Stoker 2 2 0 + Dr. Todhunter 2 2 0 [*Same as Atkinson*] George Wallis 2 2 0 R. R. Whitehead + T. D. Westness [*Westness told me he wd send his order to you direct. He is a very genuine sort of man, but with no command of money: possibly he has let the matter slip him, or hang over indefinitely*] R. Spence Watson 5 0 0 Alfred Webb 2 2 0 [*56 Euston Sq, N.W. - 12 Dec. Dear Whitman, See red ink notes. If any question arises on this list perhaps you wd find it best to post it back to me. W. M. Rossetti*]WALT WHITMAN. Many of the persons to whom this Circular is sent will be aware that in March last, in the Athenæum and Daily News more especially, statements were printed regarding Mr. Whitman's circumstances in life. The annexed extract from a letter written by himself on the 17th March shows the precise facts of that matter, and the precise thing which he would wish to be done, viz: - that all persons who would like to possess his books, and thereby to contribute to his literary income, should come forward and order the books. The object of this Circular (which as been necessarily delayed some little while by interchange of letters to and from America) is to invite you to do this. The editions and prices are shown below; no other editions are procurable from the author. The books, it is understood, will be sent from America carriage free. A list of purchasers, as already notified to me, is also given over-page. Mr. Whitman's address is stated in his letter. The purchase-money can be sent direct to him; any cheques, orders, or drafts, being made payable by Messrs. Brown Brothers, Bankers, Philadelphia (corner of Chesnut and Strawberry streets), on Mr. Whitman's endorsement; or Post-Office International Money-Orders could be used. Or, if preferred, the amounts can be forwarded to me, and I will remit them to Mr. Whitman. I should receive with much pleasure any reply to this Circular; also any list (names and addresses) of persons of whom you may know likely to be interested in the matter, to whom I would thereupon send other copies of the Circular. WM. MICHAEL ROSSETTI. 56 Euston Square, London, N.W. 20th May I876. LIST OF BOOKS. I.—Leaves of Grass, one vol., with two Portraits and Autograph (contains all Whitman's Poetry as yet published, save what is comprised in No. 2). Price £I (5 dollars). 2.—Two Rivulets, one vol., with Photograph Portrait and Autograph (contains some poetry and all the prose previously published; also I3 new poems, and the Memoranda during the War, and other new prose. Price £I (5 dollars) 3.—Memoranda during the War, one vol. (same as in No. 2, but separately printed). Price 6s. (I.50 dollar). [*-.05:1280.50*]LIST OF PURCHASERS. £, s. d. W. T. Arnold 1 0 0 - Professor Atkinson 2 2 0 - Professor Armstrong 2 2 0 W. Brockie 1 0 0 - A. G. B. 2 2 0 - G. L. Cathcart 2 2 0 A. G. Dew-Smith 3 0 0 - Mrs. Deschamps 2 0 0 - J. D. 2 2 0 Professor Dowden 5 0 0 Benjamin Eyre 2 0 0 George Fraser 2 0 0 E. W. Gosse 2 2 0 Mrs. Gilchrist 5 0 0 P. R. G. 1 1 0 R. Hannah 1 0 0 F. Hueffer 1 0 0 - Lady Hardy 2 0 0 James Leicester-Warren 5 0 0 - Harold Littledale 2 2 0 Miss Moncrieff 1 0 0 Mrs. Mathews 1 0 0 Hon. Roden Noel 2 2 0 W. M. Rossetti 5 0 0 C. W. Reynell 5 0 0 - C. W. S. 2 0 0 Miss T. C. Simpson 2 0 0 A. C. Swinburne 1 0 0 W. B. Scott 5 0 0 Bram. Stoker 2 2 0 - Dr. Todhunter 2 2 0 George Wallis 2 2 0 R. R. Whitehead T. D. Westness R. Spence Watson 5 0 0 Alfred Webb 2 2 0WALT WHITMAN. Many of the persons to whom this Circular is sent will be aware that in March last, in the Athenæum and Daily News more especially, statements were printed regarding Mr. Whitman's circumstances in life. The annexed extract from a letter written by himself on the 17th March shows the precise facts of that matter, and the precise thing which he would wish to be done, viz: - that all persons who would like to possess his books, and thereby to contribute to his literary income, should come forward and order the books. The object of this Circular (which as been necessarily delayed some little while by interchange of letters to and from America) is to invite you to do this. The editions and prices are shown below; no other editions are procurable from the author. The books, it is understood, will be sent from America carriage free. A list of purchasers, as already notified to me, is also given over-page. Mr. Whitman's address is stated in his letter. The purchase-money can be sent direct to him; any cheques, orders, or drafts, being made payable by Messrs. Brown Brothers, Bankers, Philadelphia (corner of Chesnut and Strawberry streets), on Mr. Whitman's endorsement; or Post-Office International Money-Orders could be used. Or, if preferred, the amounts can be forwarded to me, and I will remit them to Mr. Whitman. I should receive with much pleasure any reply to this Circular; also any list (names and addresses) of persons of whom you may know likely to be interested in the manner, to whom I would thereupon send other copies of the Circular. WM. MICHAEL ROSSETTI. 56 Euston Square, London, N.W. 20th May 1876. LIST OF BOOKS. 1. - Leaves of Grass, one vol., with two Portraits and Autograph (contains all Whitman's Poetry as yet published, save what is comprised in No. 2). Price £1 (5 dollars). 2. - Two Rivulets, one vol., with Photograph Portrait and Autograph (contains some poetry and all the prose previously published; also 13 new poems, and the Memoranda during the War, and other new prose. Price £1 (5 dollars) 3. - Memoranda during the War, one vol. (same as in No. 2, but separately printed). Price 6s. (1.50 dollar). [*736*] 1876 MATERIAL PERTAINING TO ENGLISH SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE 1876 EDITION OF LEAVES OF GRASS AND TWO RIVULETS. A.MS. including letters, lists, etc. (35 items 48 x 27 cm. largest) Many letters from Rossetti to Walt Whitman accompanied by extracts of letters written to him between March 5th and Sept. 27th, 1876 by prospective subscribers to Walt Whitman's books. Many are dated and pinned together in Walt Whitman's usual manner. On Sept. 12 memo written by Walt Whitman : "Send J.L. Warren another set & enclose some circulars..." Another memo Nov. 3, '76 in Walt Whitman's autograph : "letter to Rossetti notifying him of the sending of books to list dated London Sept 26 & 7-- various items-- asking him to verify lists-- (sent one of his circulars with certain names checked)." Six lists of purchasers (two printed on verso of circular, one annotated by Rossetti with Whitman's note at head of list : "The ones on the list now checked with the mark * have none of them being sent as they are not on any of the lists yet received by me. Walt Whitman"; two lists of names made up entirely by Walt Whitman on paper fragments pasted together, giving names and addresses with annotations, as for instance "1 L of G 2 T R, one set, one set paid," etc., etc. One list is headed by a slip reading in Walt Whitman's autograph : "Addresses of books to be sent by mail. All paid for." Also five letters in reply to the circular addressed by different people directly to Walt Whitman, subscribing to books and enclosing money. The material is held together by loose tan wrapper. On cover in Walt Whitman's writing : "Books ordered, sent &c 1876 Ed'n. Rossetti's letters & extracts, Memoranda, &c, &c, Buchanan letters &c." {48}[*Rossetti's letters lists &c*] Books order'd [* - 1876 Ed'n *] Sent &c Rossetti's letters & extracts Memoranda &c Buchanan's letters &c[*4*] List of Purchasers. £ s d 24 C. W. Reynell 5 - - 18 J. Leicester-Warren 5 - - 15 R. Hannah 1 - - 6 A. G. Dew-Smith 3 - - 31 George Wallis 2 2 - 21 [9] Mrs. Mathews 1 - - 32 R. R. Whitehead > -------- 25 C. W. S. 2 - - 1 W. T. Arnold 1 - - 11 George Fraser 2 - - 12 E. W. Gosse 2 2 - 16 F. Hueffer 1 - - 33 T. D. Westness -------- 10 Benjamin Eyre 2 - - 26 Miss T. C. Simpson 2 - - 20 Miss Moncrieff 1 - - 27 A. C. Swinburne 1 - - 4a W. Brockie 1 - - 28 W. B. Scott 5 - - 17 Lady Hardy 2 - - [Miss Hardy 1 - -] Mrs. Deschamps 2 - - £ s d 22 Hon. Roden Noel 2. 2 - 34 R. Spence Watson 5 - - [13] 4b [Rev. A. B. Grosart] [G] A. G. B. 2. 2 - 14a Mrs. Gilchrist 5 - - [18] 19 Harold Littledale 2. 2 - 2 Profr. Atkinson 2. 2 - 30 Dr. Todhunter 2. 2. 35 Alfred Webb 2. 2. 3 Profr. Armstrong 2. 2. 5 G. L. Cathcart 2. 2. 8 J. D. [Rev. Profr. Dowden ([Dub] Edinburgh)] 2. 2. 9 Profr. Dowden (Dublin) [4 4 -] 5 - 0 - 0 29 Bram. Stoker 2. 2 - 23 [Edw] W. M. Rossetti 5 - - 14b P. R. G. 1 - 1 Mem Sept 12 Send J L Warren another set & enclose some circulars (circ & paper sent Sept 13) 67 Onslow Sq. S W ? send J L W a picture? See his letter to Ros. of 17th March for Nettleship see Ros's letter of 18th July H G Dakyns, see Ros's let of 18th JulyAddresses of Books to be sent by mail, all paid for. [* The crosses (+) below are the ones I sent postal cards to *] * or * means books sent * W M Rossetti sent [2 or 3 sets] 1 set - paid * J. Leicester Warren, 67 Onslow Sq. London, S.W. - 1 set - paid (sent £5 send picture also) * sent R Hannah, Craven House, Queen's Elm, Brompton, London * SW. send L of G. paid A G Dew-Smith, 7a Eaton Sq. London, SW. send Mem. paid (sent £3) * sent Aug 22 Mrs. Mathews, Birmingham. L of G. paid * * W T Arnold sent Sept 1 University College, Oxford. send L. of G. paid * * W Brockie Olive st. Sunderland. Two R - paid * W B Scott, Belleview House, Battersea Bridge, L'n SW. one set. p'd * G H Boughton, sent Grove Lodge, Palace Gardens, Kensington [Palace] [Gardens] Terrace, L'n, W - one set * * Prof. Edw'd Dowden, Winstead, Temple Road, Dublin * - all sent see below four sets sent £8 * Benj Eyre, 19 Old Sq. Lincoln's Inn L'n WC * one set * Geo Fraser, sent 3 Middleton road, Camden road, L'n, N * one set * J H Ingram Howard House, Stoke Newington, L'n N. - * T R * G H Lewes sent The Priory, North Bank L'n NW - one set * P B Marston 20 Ladbroke Grove Road, L'n, W - * T R * Vernon sent one set Lushington Sprint Gardens another to go L'n SW - two sets sent £5 * C W Sheppard, 13 Albion Terrace, Horsham * - one set Geo sent Saintsbury Savile Club 15 Savile row, L'n. W - * one set * sent [one] two sets - [another to go] R * Spence * Watson 101 Pilgrim another to go st sent one Newcastle on Tyne both sets sent - two sets - sent £5 * Rev T E Brown Clifton College, Bristol * - one set * F S Ellis 29 New Bond st L'n W - * send T R Godfrey Lushington sent another to go [?] L'n SW two sets sent £5 * E J A. Balfour Trinity College Cambridge * one set * Edw. Dannreather, 12 Orme Sq. L'n W - * one set * J H McCarthy 48 Gower st L'n W C - T R * Rafe sent Leycester, Toft, Knutsford, county of Cheshire, Eng. T R * (L of G has been sent & rec'd TR also sent) * sent A Ireland Inglewood, Bowdon, Cheshire, Eng * one set * sent Mrs Mentia Taylor 22 Marine Parade Brighton Eng * one set * M sent D Conway 2 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington L'n * one set all sent Dowden's books * Rev A B. Grosart Park View [better] Blackburn * a set better send this to Dowden. * Rev. Prof. Dowden, North Brantisfield Pl. Edinburgh (I suppose Scotland) * a set * Rev. R P Graves, 1 Winton R'd. * sent Sept 7 * T R Leeson Park Dublin[7A Eaton Sq London, S.W. July 16th Mr Whitman My absence has prevented [?ing] your two new volumes & [?] to you before. Please accept [?cere] thanks for them. Believe me Ever faithfully yours A. J. Dew-Smith. *] Mr. Walt Whitman Camden New Jersey[?te] card to Buchanan Aug [6] 7 - letter Sept 5 Sent Sept. 5 * sent all Sept 5 Two Riv Henry Lobb Parcel by express addressed Two Riv Mr. Salaman Robt Buchanan Two Riv Mrs. Dickens care of Strahan & Co Two Riv Thos Ashe publishers Two Riv Townsend Meyer 34 Paternoster row Two Riv Mr. Marks London Two Riv Mr. Robinson * sent in express Sept. 5 L of G & T. R Mr. Browning ask about Richard Bentley L of G & T. R Mr. Drummond (he sends £2:2 through Buchanan [Buchananan]) L of G. & T R Hon Roden Noel shall I not send him a set - send a set for Tennyson in package - the other contributors - either " " Richard Bentley one vol. of the Poems or at least the little Mem of War personal address Robert Buchanan 51 Upper Gloucester Gloster Place Dorset Sq London both sets sent * * Edward Carpenter (both sets sent) send the Two Vols both sets sent * 45 Brunswick Sq. one set has gone & arrived safe Brighton, Eng (he has paid for another [set]) Thos Dixon 15 Sunderland st send the Two Vols Sunderland, England one set has reach'd him - he has paid for another set) all rec'd sent Sept 11. 8 vols. (10 altogether) by express * John Swinton 134 East 34th NY. * sent all three sets sent Sept 11 7 vols [9] 10 altogether with slips, picture &c *J Q A Ward 140 East 38th st N Y * two sets all sent rec'd all all 2 * John Hay, 1 Cushings block Cleveland Ohio sent * T R both Vols sent both vols sent Philip * Hale both rec'd [Northampton Mass] care Florence Sewing Machine Co 39 Union Square New York City Jeannette Gilder a set, Two Vols. with loose sheets rec'd J. B's Notes & slips - sent Sept 14 by Ex should write to C W [Ry] Reynell Tennyson (wrote to T. Sept 14) Scott all 4 Vols sent all sent Sept 3 James * S Inglis rec'd 144 Fifth av. [send] two [copies] T R New York (two copies L of G have been sent) all paid for * Chas G. Oates sent Sept 7 Meanwoodside, Leeds, Eng * T. R. (paid) * A C de Burgh care of T W H Rolleston sent Sept 7 * send a set L of G & T R 38 Trinity College paid by money order Dublin, Ireland rec'd Aug 7write "from the author" only in each of those 3 copies * 1 L of G & 2 T R