Interest myself (partially) with the 7 vols. I have rec'd of Stedman's "Am: Literature"—some new things & some older. Grant's & Sherman's &c. quite fascinate me. (I am in the 7th Vol. & at better presentation, picture &c. than you might fancy)—Am still under my "cold in the head" misery (to use the word of the Virginia blacks—& a very fitting one in this case)—
Best love. Walt Whitman