Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mrs. Goelet
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Transcription
[Rough draft of letter - marked "Copy letter to Mrs. Goelet, 647 Fifth Ave.-N.Y."]Martinez, California, June 1, 1909.Dear Mrs. Goelet:Many thanks for your kind letter and the photographs recalling delightful days. When-next I cross the continent rest assured I'll look you up and gladly go exploring in Central Park for signs of ancient ice and show you glacial features so wondrous smooth and bright your jokes will all be quenched in praise of polar snow. Yes, truly, in your park there are burnished mirror rocks in which you may see far back into the sculpturing, beauty-making ice mantles Of the past.Glad you like Stickeen. So many are reading his story I may try to write some more good words for-our "poor earth-born companions and fellow mortals" of whom we really know so little. I've been locking-over old note-books and have found lots of sketches of animals With traits wonderfully human, but none so tellingly displayed as those of Stickeen. Still they may have a corroborative value to make it worth while to gather them into a book for young folks.J. M.
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1909 Jun 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir18_0514-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0514
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
