Tuesday, June 9, 1891

     Papers again from W. Through the wards—north building. Mrs. Beemer described to me Bucke when the first Whitman fever was on him—how he came over Sundays, nights, with "Leaves of Grass"—to read aloud, discuss, etc.

     Whitman evening in Bucke's library—B. reading at various points and we discussing.

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