Berenson, Mrs., her friendship with W., 302-4, 313, 318, 346. Bernard, St., 146. Bettini, 85, 320. _Bhagavad-Gitá_, _L. of G._ compared with, 115. Bible, W.'s wish to write an American, 55; W. studies the, 57, 224, 318. Biographies of W. See J. Burroughs, Dr. Bucke, and Preface. Birthday dinners, 317, 325, 331-2; last, 335-7. Blake, 124, 225, 263, 290, 341; his mystic sight, 66, 118; W. and, 59. "Blood-money," 39, 46, 103. Body, W. and the, 99, 102, 159-62; "a spiritual body," 152-3; "enamoured" body, 162; and soul, 125. "Body Electric, I sing the," 102, 145, 160. Boehme, 121, 146. Bohemians of New York, W. and the, 138. Bolton group of Whitmanites, 337. Books, W.'s method of reading, 57; his favourite books, 58-9, 318. Booth, the elder, effect of his acting on W., 22. Boston, 81, 138; W.'s dislike of, 103, 279; W. at, 136, 142-7; second visit, 278-83. "Boston Ballad, A," 103. Boston Common, 144, 147, 281. _Boston Intelligencer_, criticism of W., 108. Botticelli, 102, 226. Bowery Theatre, the (now the Thalia), 22, 329. Bowne, John, a L. I. Quaker, 4. Bragg, General, 187. Breckinridge, J. C., 172. Bremer, Frederika, and Emerson, 94. "Broad-axe, Song of the," 122, 274. Broadway, W. and, 41, 83, 87, 138, 219, 266. _Broadway Journal_, W. writes for, 37. "Broadway Pageant, A," 205. Brooklyn, 1-3, 10-11; W. in, 56-7, 86, 110, 203-4, 210, 219, 232; leaves, 183; secures Fort Greene to town, 43. Brooklyn, battle of, 5. _Brooklyn Daily Eagle_, W. edits, 42-4; a correspondent of, 196. Brooklyn Ferry, 11, 40, 85. "Brooklyn Ferry, Crossing," 120. _Brooklyn Times_, W. and the, 109. Brown, John, different views of, and influence on America, 136, 159; O'Connor and, 190. Brown, Madox, 225. Browning, R., 62, 92, 291; and W., 293-5. Bruno, Giordano, 224. Brush, Major, 5; his niece, 5-6. Bryant, W. C., 40, 59, 172, 336; friendship for W., 42. Buchanan, President, 135, 175. Buchanan, Robert, his letter on W., 258-9. Bucke, Dr. R. M., 263, 305, 325-6, 334, 336, 341, 342; visits W., 269; account of, 269-70; his _Cosmic Consciousness_, 270; visited by W., 274-7; goes with W. to L. I., 280; his life of W., 304. Buddha, the, 121, 345. Bull Run, battle of, 182. Buonarotti, Michael Angelo, 102, 265. Burke, E., 290. Burns, Anthony, 81, 103. Burns, R., 289, 328, 337; W. and, 59; W. on, 329. Burnside, General, 182, 183. Burr, Aaron, W. and, xxv. Burroughs, J., in Washington, 191, 215; notes on W., 221, 304; walks with W., 233, 262; nurses W., 247-8; visits W., 251, 256, 258, 305, 342; W. visits, 231, 266, 270. Burroughs, Mrs., 234. "By Blue Ontario's Shore," 123, 209. Byron, 91, 320, 328; W. and, 59, 292-3. Calamus, meaning of the word, 162.