Welcome home again—by no means forgetting 'Sula & the youngster—
I am well—have had a very fair summer, (though so much hot weather)—
I commenced publishing L of G in June on my own hook, but found it vexatious from the start, & having quite vehement proposals from Rees Welsh, (2d hand book dealer & law book publisher) 23 South 9th St. Phila. I pass'd the use of the plates into his hands—he printed it (the plates are here in Phila) an exact copy of the Osgood edition—Welsh's first edition (a cautious 1000) was ready ab't three weeks ago & was exhausted in a day—the second came in ab't five days ago, & is now nearly gone—a third is ordered—I am glad I let him have it—
I am throwing together a prose jumble, Specimen Days—(see slips enclosed)—nearly 200 pages already cast—O'Connor sent me a copy of your letter about visiting W M Rossetti—(O'C & I correspond now quite often, & just on the same terms as of yore)—When you have a leisure hour reel me off a letter—put in ab't Mrs Gilchrist and Herbert—Dr Bucke is keeping back his book till Specimen Days comes out—will come out by winter likely—
Walt Whitman