"Old Salt Kossabone" (p. 466). First published in New York Herald, February 25, 1888.

"Continuities" (p. 467). First published in New York Herald, March 20, 1888.

"Yonnondio" (p. 468): First published in the Critic, November 26, 1887. For a discussion of the meaning of the Indian word, see Traubel, II, p. 269. A Critic correspondent, who signed his letter "Etymologist", said Whitman had been misinformed — that the Hurons and Iroquois used it to mean "Beautiful Mountain", and applied it to the Canadian Governor, Montmagny, whose name had been incorrectly explained to them. (Critic, December 17, 1887.)

"Life" (p. 468): First published in New York Herald, April 5, 1888.

"Going Somewhere" (p. 469): First published in Lippincott's Magazine, November 1887. This elegiac poem was a tribute to Mrs. Anne Gilchrist. For the story of her friendship with the poet, see Harned; also Letters LXXV (p. 987), LXXXVIII (p. 998), XCVI (p. 1005), CIV (p. 1012), CVII (p. 1016), CXXIV (p. 1029), CXXVIII (p. 1032), CXXXI (p. 1035), CXL (p. 1042), and CLXIV (p. 1045). The manuscript of this poem is reproduced in facsimile in Thomas Donaldson, Walt Whitman, the Man, facing p. 74.

"Small the Theme of My Chant" (p. 469): Cf. "One's Self I Sing" (p. 3).

"True Conquerors" (p. 470): First published in New York Herald, February 15, 1888.

"The United States to Old World Critics" (p. 470). First published in New York Herald, May 27, 1888.

"The Calming Thought of All" (p. 470). First published in New York Herald, May 27, 1888.

"Life and Death" (p. 471). First published in New York Herald, May 23, 1888.

"Soon shall the Winter's Foil be Here" (p. 472). First published in New York Herald, February 21, 1888.

"The Dying Veteran" (p. 473). Cf. "The Artilleryman's Vision" (p. 291). Whitman wrote to Kennedy, "A New York newspaper syndicate (S.S. McClure, Tribune Building) vehemently solicited and gave me $25 (far more than it is worth)." (Kennedy, p. 55.)

"A Prairie Sunset" (p. 473). First published in New York Herald, March 9, 1888.

"Twenty Years" (p. 474). First published in Magazine of Art (in England, July 1888; in America, August 1888), with a line drawing. The poem had been requested by M. H. Spielmann, editor of the magazine, on November 30, 1887. (Traubel, II, p. 232-233.)

"Orange Buds by Mail from Florida" (p. 474). First published in New York Herald, March 19, 1888.

"Twilight" (p. 475). First published in the Century Magazine, December 1887. The price paid was $10 (Kennedy, p. 55). The word "oblivion" in the poem called forth numerous protests from Whitman readers as being inconsistent with his philosophy. For his self defense, see Traubel, I, pp. 140-141.

"You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me" (p. 475). First published in Lippincott's Magazine, November 1887.

"Not Meager Latent Boughs Alone" (p. 475). First published in Lippincott's Magazine, November 1887.

"The Dead Emperor" (p. 476). First published in New York Herald, March 10, 1888, where it is dated March 9. The poem was written at the request of the Herald. Concerning the criticism it aroused among Whitman's democratic and liberal friends, he said: "You know, I include Kings, Queens, Emperors, Nobles, Barons, and the aristocracy generally, in my net — excluding nobody and nothing human — and this does not seem to be relished by these narrow-minded folks." (J. Johnston and J. W. Wallace, Visits to Walt Whitman in 1890-1891, 1917, p. 50.)