Creator
Benj [amin] P. Avery
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
00679
[Letterhead: ROOMS OF THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, San Francisco, March 4th 1874.]
Dear Mr. Muir:
I am delighted with your very original and clearly written paper on “Mountain Sculpture”, which reveals the land beneath the beauty of mountain and rock forms. It is sure to attract wide attention. On [consultation?] with Mr. [Callaway?] and the Engravers I f[illegible] that it will be physically impossible to have the fourteen illustrations done in time for the April [number?], which must be [illegible] the last f[illegible] of contributions on the 10th. We can, however, have them done in time to print your article [in?] the [underlined: leading] [underlined: paper] in the [May number?], which will be issued April 15th or 18th. As this arrangement will make it more
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conspicuous, and allow lee way for any [illegible] with the illustrations, it is really better than hurrying so [illegible] a paper to press in a week, even if that were feasible. Your “[illegible illegible]” is in type, and will appear in April [number?], which will be deliverable by the 15th. or 18th. I will read and revise proof with the utmost care. You spoke of desiring the Yosemite paper to appear in time for the spring Yosemite travel. It can easily do so in the [underlined: June] number, following your first paper in due [illegible], for that number will be out the middle of May, before any but a very few daring tourists will have started for the Valley. Believe me we have every [illegible]tion to meet your wishes in the publication of your valuable
contributions, [illegible] after once fairly beginning there will be no interruption or delay, provided we can always have the [Mss.?] easly enough.
Sincerely Yours,
[Benj. P. Avery.?]
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1874 Mar 4
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Avery, Benjamin P., "Letter from Benj [amin] P. Avery to John Muir, 1874 Mar 4." (1874). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 265.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/265
Resource Identifier
muir03_0036-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0035
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
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
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
