Johnston, J., 336. Johnston, J. H., 342; W. visits, 266, 270, 280. Journalist, W. as a, 33-45. Journeys, W.'s, extent of, xxvii. See South, West, Canada. Joy, the note of _L. of G._, 90-1. Judiciary Square Hospital, 194. Kansas, 80, 134-5. Keats, J., 59, 91. Kennedy, W. S., 317; W.'s letter to, 282; his reminiscences, 301. "Knowledge alone, Long I thought that," 132-3. "Know-nothing" party, 134-5. Kossabones, W.'s ancestors, 31. Labour agitator's disappointment with W., a, 322. Labour problem, W. and the, 306-13, 322-3; in America, 308; in Europe, 308-9; in Long Island and N.Y., 309; in America after the war, 310; problem of immigration, _ib._; _laissez-faire_, 310-1; the socialists, 311; W. and Trade-Unionism, 312; W. and Toynbee Hall, 313. Lafayette, Gen., revisits America, 11. _Laissez-faire_, 310-1. Laurel Springs, 260. Lamarck, 62. Laws, W. and the, 292. "Laws for Creations," 153. Laziness, W.'s, 30-1. _Leaves of Grass_, title explained, 72; character of various sections, 286-7; unity as a whole, 287-8; style of, 84, 92, 98, 104-7, 150-1, 244, 273, 289-91, 328; genesis and evolution, 329; W. and, 330, 335; O'Connor and, 191; Ingersoll and, 332-5; Bucke and, 336; the war and, 339; conception, 55; gestation, 85-7. First edition, 87-8; attitude of family to, 88; own view, an expression of himself, 89-90; the keynote, joy, 90-1; Emerson's appreciation, 91-2; book described, 95-104; religious emotion in, 105-6; compared with Emerson's writings, 106-7; reception of, in America and England, 108-9; writes notices of, 109; its American character emphasised, _ib._; occupies W.'s time, 111; Emerson's dictum on, 115; spirit of revolt in this edition, 296-7; see also 148, 217. Second edition (1856), 116-129, 148; open letter to Emerson in appendix, 127-8; rapid sale, 128-9. Third edition, xxvi-xxvii, 132-3, 141-2, 218, 284-6; described, 148-170; personal note dominant in, 148-9; importance of this edition, 149-50; unity of volume, its optimism and mysticism, 151-2; welcome to death characteristic of, 152-3; his work a beginning, 154; _Children of Adam_, 159-62; _Calamus_ group, 162-7; poem to Jesus, 167-8; poems of death, 169-70; its circulation, 171; in England, 172; and the war, 180. _Drum-taps_, 205-9; "When lilacs last," 211; is read by students, 217; written under strong emotion, 220. Fourth edition (1867), 219, 221; W.'s views of, _ib._; Rossetti's selections, 221-2; the book in England, 223; Mrs. Gilchrist and, 225-7, 264. Fifth edition (1871), 242; _Passage to India_, 243; style of, 244; read in Europe, 245;