
I am delighted to hear from you—& that you are well. The books came all right: I enclose check for them—
Phil. Bagenal writes me from London that he has lost your
picture by an accident to his house—fire, I presume; & he wants another copy, with
your autograph addressed to him. (You remember that I introduced Bagenal to you; he
wrote article about you in The
Gentleman's
Magazine; & he was an old friend of Standish
O'Grady, &c. His name is O. H. Bagenal. He is now, by
the way, doing well: assistant editor of the St. James Gazette, & private Sec.
of the Earl of Dunraven—
When sending the photo. for him, I wish you would send one to me also with your autograph, & one to Dr. Kelly. It will gratify him exceedingly. I enclose the price of the photographs.
Good bye. Love to you— John Boyle O'Reilly Walt Whitman