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Excerpt from Camden's Compliment to Walt Whitman, May 31, 1889: Notes, Addresses, Letters, Telegrams Whitman himself was not to come to Share the feast. He needed to husband his strength. He was more necessary to the success of the after-addresses. Following the Chat of the groups in the reception rooms, there resulted, upon a Whispered hint which quickly circulated, a quiet flow of people to the hall be low. Three tables had there been spread, two almost/ the full length Of the floor, and one crossing them at the head, set apart for those who were to speak, and so arranged that any speaker could at once face the Whole line of the guests. The music on the platform, the banners on the walls, the flowers on the table - a bouquet at each plate, and Clusters here and there - united to enrich the impression of the hour. Yet nothingwas elaborate, and there was no ostentation'. On the menu card a phototype portrait of Whitman stood felicitously alone, without name or word to any effect and within, opposing (or uniting) influences, foodstuffs ranged as The Feast of Reason, and matters of speech as The Flow of Soul. The afternoon was warm. The wax tapers gleamed with persistent uncertainty. The Winds out of doors kept up a rather ominous melody. Everybody had it in mind that, after all, this was z'nlerz'm, that the real message bearer was yet to come, fand that, in our dining, we were merely halting on a journey. With this consciousness everywhere pre vailing, an hour passed. Good humor was plenty, and talk was free. Was Walt Whitman sure to come? Penetrating all else. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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