Twain's publishing firm issued an edition of Whitman's SELECTED POEMS in 1892 and Twain showed familiarity with the controversy about his verse in a never-completed essay written around 1880. In 1887 Twain contributed to the fund for a cottage for Whitman. There were other signs, too, of Twain's interest in the poet and his welfare. Alan Gribben ________________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dustin Zima [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 7:56 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Twain/Whitman Did Twain own a copy of Whitman's Leaves of Grass?? Anyone have Gribben's b= ook handy and can check?? Much obliged.=20 Dustin Zima Quincy University =20 =20