The Correspondence: Volume II: 1868-1875

In discussing letter-writing, Whitman made his own views clear. Simplicity and naturalness were his guidelines. I like my letters to be personal - very personal - and then stop. This collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman the man as no other documents can. Volume II presents the poet during the years he was developing an international reputation. As they came to understand one of the most important American voices of the century, European writers such as Edward Dowden and John Addington Symonds began to correspond with Whitman.