[Del Vecchio, James.] Editorial. Brooklyn Standard (24 November 1860), 2:1-2. Reprinted: Holloway (1936). [Whitman is de facto Brooklyn's poet laureate. His genius gives him "a sublime way of saying queer things, and a queer way of saying sublime things." His intentions are good. Leaves is to be liked, not criticized. Whitman's usual activities around town are described.]