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[A Disquisition on Tourists. Description of George B. Bayley as Mr. Short.]
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Kimes Entry Number
493
Original Date
1-1-1981
Page/Column
pp. [92]-94
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "[A Disquisition on Tourists. Description of George B. Bayley as Mr. Short.]" (1981). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986). 572.
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William and Maymie Kimes Annotation
In excerpts from no. 60, Muir expresses his scorn for the newer tourists, saying, ""As civilization rolls Yosemiteward there is a marked falling off in the quality of tourists. . . .Now the mere doing of Yosemite is becoming the regular thing with all sight-seeing lovers of perpetual motion."" By contrast, Muir describes Bayley with admiration and humor, writing that he ""pushed bravely out among the precipices of the loftiest Alps; scaling cliffs for the dear love of the danger, glissading adown glacier declivities and floundering through snow fountains with indomitable perseverance, yet without any of the distinctive characteristics of the cautious mountaineer.""