of lavender which lingers about an ancient, forgotten, garrethidden escritoire.

It is difficult for the present writer to speak of Whitman. In the first place, it seems to him something like praising Shakespeare, which appears not altogether a novel thing to do. And in the second place, he realizes that the "Whitman cult" is somewhat in advance of the times. But it is his belief that the coming centuries will place Walt Whitman high on the list of glorious names, the first voice of a united, crystallized, original America, a bard who sang democracy, our great citizenship, God-love, and the comradeship of the throbbing, suffering, hoping, majestic human heart.

Channery 6. Starkweather

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

CONTENTS

The Way to Wealth.....

Morals of Chess.....

WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING

Self-Culture

WASHINGTON IRVING.

ERRATA

On page 353, line 1, read whole body is one sense, instead
of whole body in one sense.

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of lavender which lingers about an ancient, forgotten, garret-
hidden escritoire.

It is difficult for the present writer to speak of Whitman. In
the first place, it seems to him something like praising Shake-
speare, which appears not altogether a novel thing to do. And
in the second place, he realizes that the "Whitman cult" is
somewhat in advance of the times. But it is his belief that the
coming centuries will place Walt Whitman high on the list of
glorious names, the first voice of a united, crystallized, original
America, a bard who sang democracy, our great citizenship,
God-love, and the comradeship of the throbbing, suffering, hop-
ing, majestic human heart.