Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[David] Douglas

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[Copied from a Journal of Mr. David Douglas, Edinburgh][Original in possession of Miss S. B. Douglas, Edinburgh]Martinez, California, March 22, 1894.My dear Mr. Douglas:I thank you for Dorothy's Tour of Scotland. It Is a wonderful book, wonderful in simplicity and loving wisdom, and what a fins, near, clear light it casts on her great brother and Coleridge and Scotland. I have been pegging away at a book, the one we spoke of, ever sines I got home, and it is nearly finished. I have written five new chapters and recast the material you saw. If it pleases you I shall be delighted. The Century Company is to bring it out next summer.I look back over my last summer's ramble with pleasure, and through all of it your kindness is interwoven. My kindest regards to Mrs. Douglas and the boys. How gladly I should welcome them to my house, and to my haunts in the grand western wilderness. That glorious John Brown night at your house seems ever more glorious as the days go by.I am, my dear sir,Very truly yours,John Muir.

Location

Martinez [Calif.]

Date Original

1894-03-22T00:00:00

Source

Original letter dimensions: 33 x 21.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir08_0163-trans.tif

File Identifier

Reel 08, Image 0163

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.

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

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