Bucke, Richard Maurice, ed.
Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868-1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter Doyle). 1897. Boston: Laurens Maynard, 173 pp. Preface by John Addington Symonds. Reprinted:
1902. [Introduction: The letters, representing a third of the total correspondence, are printed verbatim. Visits with Whitman by Bucke and Burroughs are described. Whitman's friendship with Doyle is typical of him, as shown by samples of letters to other young friends. Account of interview with Doyle, recording his comments on Whitman's habits, personality, reading, opinions. Summary of Doyle's life. Chronology of Whitman's life and publications.]