Whitman’s poem “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” was first published under the title “A Child’s Reminiscence” in the New York Saturday Press for December 24, 1859.

The Cincinnati Daily Commercial published an attack upon the poem a few days later, on December 28, 1859.

On January 7, 1860, the Saturday Press reprinted the Daily Commercial’s review, along with an anonymous response by Whitman entitled “All About a Mocking-Bird.”

 

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‘Walt Whitman’s New Poem’ – Cincinnati Commercial

‘Walt Whitman’s New Poem’ – Cincinnati Commercial’

“Walt. Whitman’s New Poem.”

The Cincinnati Daily Commercial

December 28, 1859

 

Walt Whitman, ‘All about a Mocking-Bird’ – NY Saturday Press 1-7-1860

Walt Whitman [unsigned]

“All about a Mocking-Bird.”

New York Saturday Press

January 7, 1860

 

— posted by Roger W. Smith

  December 2023