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Recollections of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bellew, Frank. "Recollections of Ralph Waldo Emerson." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, July 1, 1884, 45-50.
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Type
magazine
Genre
essay
Abstract

Bellew reminisces about his friendship with Emerson, including Emerson's first response to Leaves of Grass.

People Mentioned in this Work
Bellew, Frank [pages: 45-48]

Bellew discusses his knowledge of Emerson since their first meeting in 1855.

Whitman, Walt [pages: 49]

Bellew discusses Emerson's reactions to other works of literature and recalls the day Emerson "drew my attention to an unbound volume of poems he had just received from New York, over which he was in raptures. It was called Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.