
A dark cloudy rainy forenoon & probably day on thro'out here—I am feeling pretty well—warm & comfortable enough—sent Warry down to the bank & deposited $930.65—(Ain't that enough to take y'r breaths away both of you)—W has gone over to Phila. to give word to Dr Thomas, the oculist & to take my aged white hat (25 yr's old & more) to be done over, if possible—Have rec'd a handsome printed copy (I suppose you get one there in London) of R G I's lecture complete, & have just read it through, & it expands, deepens, satisfies & explains itself splendidly & more & more—it is a poem & the finest at that of itself—one of its best charms to me is a certain careless handling like Nature's—or the flowing of water—I am more yet desirous of the little book the three opinions (Sarrazin's, the Irishman, & Ingersolls)—Had a fair night—relish'd my breakfast, & have taken a bath
Good times to you both— Walt Whitman