John Addington Symonds 
Walt Whitman 
A Study

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This study hardly needs an introduction. All that is wanted for a knowledge. Of Walt Whitman and his works is the Complete Poems and Prose and Walt Whitman, by Richard Maurice Buche, M.D. (d. Mac/my, Philadelphia, I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. DV. Wallace, of Anderton, Lancashire, for the use ‘of copious notes from conversations with the poet, and to Dr. Johnston, of Bolton, for the permission to reproduce photographs taken by himself in 1890.