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  My Dear Walt Whitman

Our "Whitman mail" this morning was quite a heavy one—a post card from you a letter from you (to Wallace) a letter from Traubel & a long letter from Warry!

Accept of my best thanks for your kind p.c of July 17th announcing your receipt of our cablegram re Dr. B's safe arrival & for your loving message to us all.

Sorry to hear though that you continue to have bad days & that your   bladder trouble has returned & we hope that these outings that Traubel tells us of will do you good.

Warry's letter is full of the homely talk about you wh. we all like and appreciate so much. He also sends me a copy of the "fine" portrait of himself which is good but has suffered from the attempts of the photographer to improve it—art v. nature—

Please thank Warry & Traubel in the meantime for me. I will write soon

The more we know of Warry—& Dr Buck told   us a good deal—the better we like him & the more thankful are we that you have such an affectionate faithful young fellow to attend on you

I think I will send his letter to Dr. B as it will interest him.

On the 31st my wife & brother with a lady friend intend going for a weeks holiday to Ballacooil—a farm on the west coast of the Isle of Man where is the finest rock scenery of that beautiful little gem of the Irish Sea & we hope to have a real good time amid   the delights of the sea & shore of "Lovely Mona."

August 11th is Wallaces birthday & it is proposed to celebrate it by a picnic in the country

I hear that Lippincott for August is out but have not yet seen it

Wallace has just had tea with me & is sitting now in the next room reading my notes of Dr B. visit to us.

I am sending you a few photos—the group is only so so but it may interest you. The duplicates of Dr B you can give   to Traubel, Warry and Mrs Davis

The N.E. Mags sent by Traubel have arrived. Please convey my thanks to him & tell him I will write to him by next mail

With kindest regards to all & wish best love to yourself

I remain Yours affectly J Johnston   see note Aug 14 1891