the wild sweep of hair,
as of a rivule issuing from under low eaves of the woods--so I
remember her. You have doubtless other sketches of a maid
predestined to be heroine. I could take her for one. All the
women and children are heaven's own, and human still, and
individual too. Behold me, your most grateful

George Meredith.

[9] From "Letters of George Meredith." Copyright, 1912, by Chas.
Scribner's Sons. By permission of the publishers.

From Lord Alfred Tennyson to Walt Whitman:[10]

Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight,
Jan'y 15th, 1887.

Dear old man:

I the elder old man have received your Article in the
_Critic_, and send you in return my thanks and New Year's
greeting on the wings of this east-wind, which, I trust, is
blowing softlier and warmlier on your good gray head than
here, where it is rocking the elms and ilexes of my Isle of
Wight garden.

Yours always,
Tennyson.

[10] This and the following four letters are from "With Walt Whitman in
Camden," by Horace Traubel. Copyright, 1905, 1906, 1912, 1914, by
Doubleday, Page & Co.

From Ellen Terry to Walt Whitman:

Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago,
January 4th, '88.

Honored Sir--and Dear Poet:

I beg you to accept my appreciative thanks for your great
kindness in sending me by Mr. Stoker the little _big_ book of
poems--As a Strong Bird, etc., etc.

Since I am not personally known to you I conclude Mr. Stoker
"asked" for me--it was good of him--I know he loves you very
much.

God bless you, dear sir--believe me to be with much respect

Yours affectionately,
Ellen Terry.

From Moncure Conway to Walt Whitman:

Hardwicke Cottage, Wimbledon Common,
London, S. W., Sept. 10, '67.

My dear friend:

It gave me much pleasure to hear from you; now I am quite full
of gratitude for the photograph--a grand one--the present of
all others desirable to me. The copy suitable for an edition
here should we be able to reach to that I have and shall keep