Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.
This collection includes the following:

SPECIMEN DAYS

A HAPPY HOUR'S COMMAND

COLLECT

ONE OR TWO INDEX ITEMS

DEMOCRATIC VISTAS

ORIGINS OF ATTEMPTED SECESSION

A MEMORANDUM AT A VENTURE

DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN LECTURE

TWO LETTERS

NOTES LEFT OVER

APPENDIX

PIECES IN EARLY YOUTH

NOVEMBER BOUGHS

OUR EMINENT VISITORS

THE BIBLE AS POETRY

FATHER TAYLOR (AND ORATORY)

THE SPANISH ELEMENT IN OUR NATIONALITY

WHAT LURKS BEHIND SHAKSPERE'S HISTORICAL PLAYS

A THOUGHT ON SHAKSPERE

ROBERT BURNS AS POET AND PERSON

A WORD ABOUT TENNYSON

SLANG IN AMERICA

AN INDIAN BUREAU REMINISCENCE

SOME DIARY NOTES AT RANDOM

SOME WAR MEMORANDA

FIVE THOUSAND POEMS

THE OLD BOWERY

NOTES TO LATE ENGLISH BOOKS

PREFACE TO THE READER IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS-"Specimen Days in

PREFACE TO "DEMOCRATIC VISTAS" WITH OTHER PAPERS-English Edition

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

NEW ORLEANS IN 1848

SMALL MEMORANDA

LAST OF THE WAR CASES

Endnotes (such as they are) founded on

GOOD-BYE MY FANCY

AMERICAN NATIONAL LITERATURE

A DEATH-BOUQUET

SOME LAGGARDS YET

MEMORANDA

PREFACE

WALT WHITMAN'S LAST {49}

This collection includes the following:

SPECIMEN DAYS

A HAPPY HOUR'S COMMAND

COLLECT

ONE OR TWO INDEX ITEMS

DEMOCRATIC VISTAS

ORIGINS OF ATTEMPTED SECESSION

A MEMORANDUM AT A VENTURE

DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN LECTURE

TWO LETTERS

NOTES LEFT OVER

APPENDIX

PIECES IN EARLY YOUTH

NOVEMBER BOUGHS

OUR EMINENT VISITORS

THE BIBLE AS POETRY

FATHER TAYLOR (AND ORATORY)

THE SPANISH ELEMENT IN OUR NATIONALITY

WHAT LURKS BEHIND SHAKSPERE'S HISTORICAL PLAYS

A THOUGHT ON SHAKSPERE

ROBERT BURNS AS POET AND PERSON

A WORD ABOUT TENNYSON

SLANG IN AMERICA

AN INDIAN BUREAU REMINISCENCE

SOME DIARY NOTES AT RANDOM

SOME WAR MEMORANDA

FIVE THOUSAND POEMS

THE OLD BOWERY

NOTES TO LATE ENGLISH BOOKS

PREFACE TO THE READER IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS-"Specimen Days in

PREFACE TO "DEMOCRATIC VISTAS" WITH OTHER PAPERS-English Edition

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

NEW ORLEANS IN 1848

SMALL MEMORANDA

LAST OF THE WAR CASES

Endnotes (such as they are) founded on

GOOD-BYE MY FANCY

AMERICAN NATIONAL LITERATURE

A DEATH-BOUQUET

SOME LAGGARDS YET

MEMORANDA

PREFACE

WALT WHITMAN'S LAST {49}