Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Margeret Hay Lunam]
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[Original in possession of Miss Margaret Lunam, Dunbar, Scotland]Martinez, [Cal.] November 30, 1894.[To Mrs. Margaret (Hay) Lunam]My dear Cousin:I have just received your letter of the 16th, in which you say that you have got my first book, I sent one to Cousins Hay, also one to Susan Gilroy, one to Mrs. Kelly and one to Cousin Mather - the last two in your care. With your letter this evening came one from Susan, but she had not yet received the book. You say you saw a review of the book in your paper; please send me the review if you have it. it is selling well in America, and I hope may do some good.I am now busy with another book, but I don't know yet when it will be published, and when it does see the light I have about four other volumes to write. Whether I will live to see them all in print I don't know, and don't much care; the main thing is one's own joy and benefit in the studies that make such books possible.I'm sorry you have not yet got Picturesque California, but you will get it sooner or later.I continue to look back on my visit last year to old Scotland and friends, and to the time you used to stop me on the stairs going up to Grandfather's room and demanding a kiss for toll, with pleasure and feel myself a boy again. Susan's letter is very nice and I greatly regret that she and your Maggie, so fond of traveling, can't come as far as our house in these days of quick travel. Too bad and sad that “seas between us braid must roar” and drown our voices on either side. I hope you will enjoy reading my little book. Ever affectionately your cousin, John Muir.
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1894-11-30T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir08_0557-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0557
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
