
New York, N. Y. 45 Rue Vivienne,
Paris. 142 Dearborn Street,
Chicago, Ill. New York, April 2 1890. Walt Whitman, Esq. Dear Sir:—
We have asked a number of the most prominent bachelors in the country to answer the question "why am I a Bachelor?" with the purpose of publishing a symposium on the subject in an early number of "The Illustrated American."
We should highly esteem a contribution from your pen, and the favor will be doubled if you can send it at your early convenience.
Yours very truly, Maurice M. Minton General Manager A. L.

