Yours of 2d rec'd, with the $10, hereby receipted—
I appreciate the "Dogberry" article not only for its bearing on me & my book—it is the keenest bit of quiet razor-edged literary paragraphing I have read lately—
I have rec'd from Boston the handsomely published "Essays"—hearty thanks to the writer of the criticism last of book on mine & me—I am at present again well as usual (was quite ill all April & first half of May)—Send me please three copies last Critic—
Walt Whitman