A study of the evolution of Whitman's essay "A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads," based on the discovery of a manuscript copy of an article published in The Critic in 1884. Frontispiece, illustration of Whitman. Introductory essay by the editors. Facsimile of the essay. Small tears in dust jacket with a piece missing along fore-edge. x, 51+ 1 pages. cloth, dust jacket. small 4to..