Creator

Walter H. Page

Creator

Walter H. Page

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[letterhead]

4 March 1897

Dear Sir:

I write to seek if you will not prepare for the Atlantic Monthly an article or articles about the Government parks and reservations in the West. Our own longstanding wish of having the pleasure of publishing something from you on such a subject has been quickened into this definite invitation by the kind suggestion of Professor C. S. Sargent, who has written to you, seconding my request.
I shall not presume to indicate any definite method of treatment, for your own method will be better than any other. But it seems worthwhile just now to point out the practical value of these reservations because the awakening of an appreciative public sentiment may be necessary to insure their preservation. An attack, as you know, has already been made in Congress on the President for his reservation of these lands and an effort will be

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put forth, I have no doubt, to annul Mr. Cleveland's action, and every such effort will qucken the greed of the adventurers.
But apart from this practical consideration and more important is the intrinsic charm of the subject; and the too general ignorance in the Eastern States of the beauty as well as of the practical value of these forest-reservations imposes on the Atlantic Monthly the duty of doing all that it can to build up an appreciative public sentiment--a duty that is made the more pleasant because the subject lends itself so happily to literary treatment in your hands.
Within its somewhat modest but, I hope, fair limits, the Atlantic will expect to meet your wishes in regard to the honorarium.
May I here acknowledge the very great debt I owe you for the pleasure that I have received from 'The Mountains of California'?

Very Sincerely Yours,

Walter H. Page

John Muir Esq./

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Location

Boston [Mass]

Date Original

1897 Mar 4

Source

Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5cm

Resource Identifier

muir09_0769-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 09, Image 0769

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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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.

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Pages

1 page

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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