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My dear friend

Yours of 14th & proofs of 1883 Letter rec'd​ —All y'r​ marks will be attended to—the Emerson passages put in as you desire—the text minutely adhered to—every correction carried out—with the single exception (if you will allow it, as I personally request you will) of restoring the italic non-quoted names of books, &c. The typographical plan was laid out by the Superintendant in the printing office & agreed to by the publisher & myself—I stipulated that your text should be adhered to without the slightest variation—but gave in to the type & technique business, so as to have a certain system & uniformity which those names as printed come under—But it does not involve any material point & I know you will be entirely satisfied when you come to see the Letter and the G[ood] G[ray] P[oet] in the printed book—Also I request you will allow a few certain ¶ breaks in the G G P—not at all affecting the text—but helping the typography & reader—I think most decidedly helping—

The foot note (early part of G G P) is printed I see exactly as in copy—If not the true note, send it on as you wish, & it shall appear verbatim—(we have no fear of scarifying Lowell)—If the exigencies of the printing office allow I will have a revise sent you—but it is not certain—

Walt Whitman