Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
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2& a few others of no special character by others except a good small one by Yelland. But the national galleries are perfectly overwhelming in grandeur & bulk & [variety?] - & years would be required to make even the most [illegible] curiosity of a criticism The outside view of the buildings is grand & also beautiful. For the best architects have done their best in building them while Fred [Lou?] Olmstead laid out the grounds. Last night the buildings & terraces & fountains along the canals were illuminated by tens of thousands of electric lights arranged along miles of lines of gables [domes?] & cornices with glorious effect. it was all fairyland on a [illegible] scale & would have made the Queen of Sheba & poor Solomon in all their glory feel sick with helpless envy. I wished a hundred times that you & the children & grandma could have seen it all & only the feeling that [illegible] would have been made sick with excitement prevented me from sending for you. I hope Helen is well & then all will be well. I have worked [at?] my article odd times now & then but it still remains to be finished at the Century rooms. Good bye tell the children I’ll write them from New York tomorrow or next day. Love to all goodbye. Ever yours John Muir01668
Location
…Chicago, [Illinois]
Date Original
1893 May 29
Source
Original letter dimensions: 30.5 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_1002-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1002
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
