Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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Transcription
Martinez, Feb. 15, 1898My dear Johnson,I have just finished an article on the Yellowstone for the Atlantic, & have two more park articles to write. Of course you know very well that the Century Co. could have had these forest things if they liked.I think by the tone of your last letter that you have misunderstood me in part. The editor of the Atlantic did not "step in" & offer to pay me a larger price for articles than the Century. On the contrary when Mr. Page at Sargents request wrote me offering to publish as much forestry as I would write he stated that because the Atlantic was so much smaller a concern than the Century he was afraid my compensation would have to be less. I never told him what the Century paid nor did he make any offer. When the first article was published he asked me to name the price. I told him to send what he usually paid for similar articles. He sent more than Century price but no sum was mentioned beforehand.Later he began asking for books not already [bargained?] for, praised Houghton Mifflin of course as he should,
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1898-02-15T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir10_0085-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0085
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library . 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
