'Where the Drinkers & Laughers Meet': Pfaff's: Whitman's Literary Lair.

Identified as one of Pfaff's "guests" and referred to as one of the "luminaries of the stage" (61).

Identified as one of Pfaff's "guests" (61).

Howells was a brief contributor to the Saturday Press.

Hyman quotes Kerr: "the Mercury's editor, Robert Henry Newell, detested Whitman's poetry, but loved [Adah] Menken, and she was able to beguile the editor into running her tribute" (59).

John is identified as a Pfaff's regular (59).

Howells was a brief contributor to the Saturday Press.

Clemens is identified as a contributor to The Saturday Press.