Creator
Cha[rle]s F. Lummis
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
"I always read it, for I am heartily in sympathy with so many of the things for which it works."-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
FORMERLY "THE LAND OF SUNSHINE"
THE NATION BACK OF US, THE WORLD IN FRONT
OUT WE ST
A MAGAZINE OF
THE OLD PACIFIC AND THE NEW
EDITED BY CHAS. F. LUMMIS
"A magazine wholly unlike any other published anywhere. . . . The best there is in periodical literature on the Pacific Coast. . . . Ability and individuality powerful enough and original enough to give distinction to any periodical.... A voice listened to with respect and interest in all parts of the country."-The Dial.
"Its lively independence and its genuine learning. ... A steady evenness of worth and interest." -The Nation.
Editor's Office
Los Angeles, Cal April 2nd 1903.
Dear Mr. Muir:
Now see here, don't you think of trusting yourself among the timorous foreigners, unless you come by this way and stop a day or two to get fortified-and also to fortify us. Just think how we should feel if they should eat you, abroad, and we had not seen you for a long time!
Turbese and everyone of us want to welcome you here. The longer the better; but even a little is better than nothing, and as this is on the transcontinental line of travel, I can't see that you have any decent or moral excuse for passing us by on the other side.
The other matter seems to be mutual. I
[03205]
just had a good letter from Mr. Garrison, who is going to make every effort to see you.
Turbese sends her love to all of you.
Hastily but
Always your friend,
[illegible]
Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
1903 Apr 2
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 14 cm.
Recommended Citation
Lummis, Charles F., "Letter from Cha[rle]s F. Lummis to John Muir, 1903 Apr 2." (1903). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2583.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2583
Resource Identifier
muir13_0380-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0380
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
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
