Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Transcription
(1)
Martinez
Oct. 29, 1889
My dear Mr Johnson -
I am very sorry to learng that my dullness & stupidity has occasioned so much trouble. I have not failed however through carelessness I began that confounded letter a dozen times & could never make anything satisfactory out of it. It now lies & has lain on my table for more than a month, a scrawny orderless mass of fragments. You would have written such a letter in half
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an hour & no doubt would like to see me hanged for not being able to write it in a month. But I will send that letter yet & when you see it you will agree with me that it is worthless. That such a yawp should have such imaginary value in your estimation passes my comprehension. Any one of the letters you have engaged for the series would I feel sure have answered for a beginning better than mine. Just wait until you see it. The Examiner is behaving
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shamefully as Shinn no doubt has told you. The Argonaut is probably at the bottom of it all But such stuff will do you no harm & I hope you will not notice it. The proofs from [illegible] & St Nicholas are very interesting many thanks. Mrs Muir is delited with Gilders Poems & the children with their fairy books. Hoping that my poor dull Yosemite growl may cause you no more trouble I am
Yours very truly
John Muir
Location
Martinez, [Calif]
Date Original
1889 Oct 29
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1889 Oct 29." (1889). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1863.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1863
Resource Identifier
muir06_0265-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0265
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Pages
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
