Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Louie, Wanda & Helen
Transcription
Hotel Windsor,
Victoria Street,
Westminster, S.W.,
June 8, 1903.
Dear Louie, Wanda, Helen,
We arrived in London Saturday at midnight. Yesterday we walked through St.James and Hyde Parks. They are full of fine trees and have many magnificent spacious lawns and far-reaching vistas leafy and flowery,suggesting pure wildness rather than the heart of the biggest city in the world. In the afternoon we went to Kew and enjoyed the grand trees and shrubs, especially the Rhododendrons most of which are in full bloom.
[We] called on Sir Joseph Hooper's daughter Lady Dyer. Were sorry to learn that Sir Joseph is too ill to be seen. This morning young Sargent and I went to Westminster Abbey, a world in itself. Prof. Sargent is at Baring Bros. & Co. for letters, money, etc., and to see about passports, which, strange to say, are missing.
In a few days we intend going to Holland, thence to Paris, etc. I'll be glad when the wild forests, plains, and mountains are reached. I'm hoping to get a letter from you when Sargent returns, so I'll not close now . We are all well.
9:30 P.M. - about 3 P.M. your time.
Sargent found lots of letters for himself but none for me at Baring Bros. & Co. He also made arrangements at the Embassy for new passports, all three having been stolen on the steamer, the President's letter doing us good service in our trouble.
This afternoon we went to the famous Lady Wallace Gallery of paintings, etc., wnich we all enjoyed very much -- a wonderful collection of old masterpieces, armor, furniture, etc. We will probably leave for Holland Thursday, visit the Hague, Amsterdam gardens, galleries, etc. for 5 or 6 days; then start for Paris, where I suppose 4 or 5 or more days will be spent before we get fairly on our way for Russia. From Moscow we intend to make a side trip to the Caucasus by way or the Crimea, Tiflis, and Baku, which will take perhaps two weeks before we get fairly on our way across Siberia to Pekin.
I'm not yet quite sure whether I can visit Scotland, on account of this wretched passport business. They were all stolen from Sargent's satchel. Love to you all. I suppose my darlings will be coming to these old historic places and works some of these days. Write often, however briefly.
[JOHN MUIR]
Location
Westminster [London]
Date Original
1903 Jun 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 22 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to Louie, Wanda & Helen, 1903 Jun 8." (1903). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2654.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2654
Resource Identifier
muir13_0622-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0630
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
5 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
