Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Henry F.] Osborn
Preview
Transcription
come of this thorough examination of the scheme there can be no doubt, and it must surely put the question at rest for all time, at least as far as our great park is concerned, and perhaps all the other national parks.I have been hidden down here in Los Angeles a month or two working hard on books. Two or three weeks ago I sent the manuscript of a small book to Houghton Mifflin Company, who expect to bring it out as soon as possible. It is entitled "My First Summer in the Sierra," written from notes made forty-one years ago. I have also nearly ready a lot of animal stories for a boys' book, drawn chiefly from my experiences as a boy in Scotland and in the wild oak openings of Wisconsin. I have also re-written a lot of autobiographical notes dictated at Mr. Harriman's Pelican Lodge on Klamath Lake two years ago. Next month I hope to bring together a lot of Yosemite sketches for a sort of travelers' guide book, which ought to have been written many years ago.So you see what with furnishing illustrations, reading proof,and getting this Yosemite guide book off my hands, it will hot be likelythat I can find time for even a short visit to New York this summer.Possibly, however, I may be able to get away a few weeks in the autumn.Nothing, as you well know, would be more delightful than a visit to yourblessed Garrisons-on-the-Hudson, and I am sure to make it some time erelong, unless my usual good luck should fail me utterly. With warmest regards to Mrs. Osborn and Josephine and all the family I am, my dear Mr. Osborn,Ever faithfully your friendTo Prof. Henry F.Osborn, John MuirAmerican Museum of Natural History New York City04777
Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
1910 Jun 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir19_0447-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0447
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
