
Nov: 12—Sunny fine Nov. day—have pann'd oysters for my meals—continued bowel stoppage—rise late—feelings ab't "same subject continued"—probably a little more heavy headed & inertia.—lots of pieces ab't me in newspapers (especially NY) frequently horribly erroneous & silly—Horace and Tom H are quite excited ab't a (supposed) plot or black mail or extortion to get a big sum of money out of me (or friends) for the tomb—Tom H has it in hand—& I have too—don't anticipate much f'm it—but we will see—have paid them $1500, & am willing to pay same am't more wh' is certainly 1/3d more (altogether) than square—But I wanted much to collect my parents' & two or three relatives' dead relics with my own—& this is the result—& I am & think I shall be satisfied
Nov: 14—Fine sunny Nov: weather cont'd—feeling ab't same—buckwh't cakes & coffee for brkf't no specific news of JWW's arrival yet—no word yet f'm Forman ab't the Eng: publishing nibble—fearful rush lately of autograph fiends upon me—20 or 30 this week—sitting here same in big chair—have rec'd copy of O'C's "Three Tales"—books & papers galore—head uneasy or congested or aching all the time
Walt WhitmanMr. Donnelly Aids a Worthy Cause.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly will lecture on "The Authorship of Shakespeare's Plays" at the Academy of Music, on Monday night next, in aid of St. Agnes' Hospital. As this will be the first appearance here for years of a Philadelphia scholar and orator who, in addition to his literary fame, is recognized as one of the most gifted speakers in the West, and as the object is most worthy, it is safe to predict a crowded house and a substantial addition to the resources of one of our grandest local charities.