Creator
Frank H. Scott
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
Frank H. Scott, Prest.Chas. F. Chichester, Treas.William W. Ellsworth, Secretary.THE: CENTURY: CO: PUBLISHERS:33: East:17th: St:(UNION SQUARE)New-York. N.Y.February 17, 1894Dear Mr. Muir:-Your letter of the 9th is received, and we are glad to know that you are getting on so well with the book. Our idea would be to make a volume of a moderate size, to sell at somewhere from $l.00 to $l.50, and the number of words you mention, a hundred thousand to a hundred and thirty thousand, will be ample. Indeed, for a book of this size, other things being equal, we can make a handsomer and more readable looking volume with the smaller number of words than the larger.The question of illustration we can settle after we get the text, but you are right in supposing that many of our pictures can be cut down or otherwise reduced to a size suitable for the book page.It will not be at all necessary for you to think of coming on here as we can easily send the proofs to you during some stage before the book is finally published, especially, if we receive copy so as to begin setting up within the next two months. Believe meVery truly yoursFrank H. Scott[illegible]>br>01784
Location
New York
Date Original
1894-02-17T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir08_0127-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0127
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
