Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[George] Hansen
Transcription
[May 1903]
[in margin: 762]
Dear Mr Hansen
I have read your [three?] M. S. & find many good things in them all But as to whether or not [they?] would be wanted [by?] the [editors?] of the best for mag[illegible] I am unable to say for it is not always the best things that are wanted by the great mass of crazy-going pleasure loving readers- The article on the Forest [fire?] of the farm [land?] better I think be called The Farmer of the Cal Sierra Foothills. It wld have to be changed a good deal, [made?] very plain less scientific, The subject wld suit Country Life but the editor is very exacting especially as to M[illegible] wh they [illegible] must be [illegible] & [very?] clear. I have seen written only children, anything for it might possibly be wanted for St Nick. but M[illegible] wld likely be [demanded?].
(Wld probably not be well understood by most people.
The plain story of your life wld be the most interesting thing you cld write)
Profs of Botany
03227
& it wld also be a [illegible] & recreation for yourself.
After all ones writings most benefits oneself. Anyhow be of good cheer for God loves you.
With all good wishes I am ever faithfully yrs
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Circa Date
[1903 May]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [George] Hansen, [1903 May ?]." (1903). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2647.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2647
Resource Identifier
muir13_0598-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0598
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
