Prose Works

A memorandum at a ventureDeath of abraham lincoln lectureTwo lettersPieces in early youthNovember boughsOur eminent visitorsThe bible as poetryFather taylor (and oratory)The spanish element in our nationalityWhat lurks behind shakspere's historical playsA thought on shakspereRobert burns as poet and personA word about tennysonSlang in americaAn indian bureau reminiscenceSome diary notes at randomSome war memorandaFive thousand poemsThe old boweryIslands "e;specimen days inPreface to "e;democratic vistas"e; with other papersAbraham lincolnNew orleans in 1848Small memorandaLast of the war casesGood-bye my fancyAmerican national literatureA death-bouquetSome laggards yetMemorandaWalt whitman's last