Creator
Dorothea [Draper et al.]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[1]ArdenOrange CountyNew YorkOctober 28t 1899Dear Mr. MuirThe reason that the G.Q. have not answered your letter was that we hesitated to attempt to cope with your overflowing poetical genious, and felt that we [would?] all wait until we assembled and put our wits together to reply.A handwriting02637[2][sharp?] would revel in the incongruity of the styles but we hardly dare to hope that such a well-rounded, published and glaciated poet will take the same delight, now you are in for it, & will have to read with patience this lenghty document.Your "deadly enemy", John Bourroughs, has been here, and has won us all over to his side, so you will surely have to come east post haste, to counteract02637[3]his bad influence. He did give me a beautiful start on one line of nature, and which I am surely going to follow up, especially after your advice.You certainly converted us all in that respect but Dr. Converse seems to have run in the wrong directon & wonder why? Perhaps because the glacier chill had seized you he thought!Beth is so witty that it quite overpowers a plain ordi-02637
Location
Arden, New York
Date Original
1899-10-28T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 13 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir10_1047-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 1047
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
