Creator
Henry S. Butler
Recipient
[Mrs. Butler]
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Transcription
[2]and wish you could be as strong as I am. I want you to be quite well against next boating season and my summer vacation, so we can go to that little cave, which you have so beautifully described without ever seeing. In this respect you are similar to the Author of Waverley, who, after writ- ing a delightful description of Mel- rose by moonlight, confessed that he had seen it only by the light of the sun, or the poet Longfellow who saw the Falls of Minnehaha for the first time the season [underline: after] he had given to the world a complete picture of it. However I think the cave will not fall short of your portrait, nor do I believe that it can be described more truthfully by a view of it. This cave is but one of numberless things connected with that beautiful chain of lakes endeared to me by long association. The roar of Mendota has as great a charm for me as had the "Bells of Shandon" for the poor wandering priest.
Location
Exeter, N. H.
Date Original
1872 Dec 5
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25 x 39 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0989-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0989
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
