Yours of 19th Oct rec'd —(I came up yesterday from the country & found it)—I return you Forman's letter—am glad you sent it me—but have nothing decisive to say at present for myself about New English edition—
Doctor, I want to come to see you & be with you all, truly—& shall do so—but havn't felt the spirit move me the past summer—look for me next summer—
I am well, for me—have had a good summer—
Rec'd a long & kind letter from Tennyson day before yesterday—
As I scribble this (noon) the greatest gale I ever knew seems to be just subsiding—Our town streets are strewed with wrecks, roofs, timbers, trees &c—
Love to you & yours Walt Whitman