Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[George] Hansen
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Transcription
[May 1903][in margin: 762]Dear Mr HansenI have read your [three?] M. S. & find many good things in them all But as to whether or not [they?] would be wanted [by?] the [editors?] of the best for mag[illegible] I am unable to say for it is not always the best things that are wanted by the great mass of crazy-going pleasure loving readers- The article on the Forest [fire?] of the farm [land?] better I think be called The Farmer of the Cal Sierra Foothills. It wld have to be changed a good deal, [made?] very plain less scientific, The subject wld suit Country Life but the editor is very exacting especially as to M[illegible] wh they [illegible] must be [illegible] & [very?] clear. I have seen written only children, anything for it might possibly be wanted for St Nick. but M[illegible] wld likely be [demanded?].(Wld probably not be well understood by most people.The plain story of your life wld be the most interesting thing you cld write)Profs of Botany03227
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
[1903 May ?]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir13_0598-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0598
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
