Creator
Katharine Hooker
Recipient
John Muir
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[2]the brink of the brook set thick with the prints of deers' feet!You see there is a breathing spell between examinations, and Marian and I are taking two days off. Last night we slept at the little West Point Inn, well toward the top of the mountain. They have built cabins, (with their backs to the wind,) so constructed that you can throw one whole side open, and have[3]your bed in full view of the sky. At three o'clock our kind landlady, [masked?], came and woke us, telling us to look at the comet. We opened our eyes, and there directly opposite us was the wonderful thing in all the glory of a crystal-clear mountain atmosphere, lying obliquely across the sky, and just under it hung Venus, bigger and more brilliant than I ever saw it before. Underneath2 [5]it as I read it, and I shall want to read it again as soon as I can.Is it the autobiography or the animal stories you are at work upon now?I wish you were here with us, we would "go up a canon [diacritic]"! I'm not forgetting you are looking over the brim of a very big one where you are.Ever affectionately yoursKatharine Hooker05015
Location
Muir Wood [Calif.]
Date Original
[1911] May 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 23 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir20_0296-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0296
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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
