Creator
James D[avie] Butler
Recipient
John Muir
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Madison, Jany 8 '95John MuirMy dear Friend.I should be writing you now even if you had not written me last Friday. It was my resolve not to write till I had wound up your Californian Bible with its closing Revelation on bees. All is now done.The book was in you an inspiration--and it inspires all who have any fraction of your communion with nature.Rocking like a baby in the tree-top (252p) you recall my experience 53 years ago when I ran like a squirrel into the main-top and higher, when the mast swung from side to side over the water--McCloud (p.259) rushes forth from the face of a cliff like the Jordan at Baneas from a spur of Mt Hermon where I camped to gaze the more on the river born full-grown. You know that as I daily circle the park and even in my study I have a taste of your squirrel studies. I see them baffling both dogs and even cats who sometimes run up a tree only to creep down abashed and chapfallen. I doubt if you know the etymology of squirrel. It is Greek [skioupos?] that is "shadow-tail"01919
Location
Madison [Wisc]
Date Original
1895-01-08T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir08_0709-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0709
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
