
I have just received your "Leaves of Grass &c." 1890—for which accept my thanks.
I have not found time but to glance over it—& cannot return a criticism—even if such a thing was a consequence.
I am very independent in such matters—and think with Burns "Cruing to a body's sel Does weel enough" & let the world read or not, as it likes.
—Wishing you long years yet of health and happiness. I remain yours truly Cassius Marcellus Clay Walt Whitman Esq.



