Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Transcription
[1]
86
[letterhead]
August 1, 1903.
My dear Johnson
I'm still alive after this most monstrous dose of civilization, London Paris Berlin etc etc with their miles of art galleries, museums full of old armor & [murder implements?]. - endless architecture, parks gardens [illegible].
From Paris we went to Holland- wonderful country. Visited Rotterdam, the Hague, Harlem & Amsterdam, thence to Berlin, to Petersburg to Moscow. From here
[2]
we made a hard hot 3000 mile side trip through the Crimea,- to Sebastopol, thence by carriage to Yalpa along the picturesque bluffs of the Black Sea over the Bolsklava bath grounds etc. Thence by steamer to Batoum - a fine sail along shore- thence to Borjom in the magnificent richly forested Ante Ca[illegible]casus mountains. Thence to ancient famous Tiflis - very hot very dirty & very interesting Georgian city - Thence across the Caucasus through the grand Dariel Pass past the base of Mt Kazbeck.
[3]
a noble mountain over 16000 feet high loaded with ice & snow, wreathed with clouds & the loveliest alpine flowers Had glorious side trip among its wild gardens above the lower reaches of it glaciers. Thence to Vadvoskez thence back here by another road. Three or four hours from Vladvaskez had magnificent view of Mt Elbruz, over 18000 ft high looming pure mossy white above dark forests & foothills & broad sunny grain fields. We have been here five days. This evening we start on the long R.R. trip across continent glad to think of the wilderness ahead - glad to have Holy Moscow Kremlin Fall. Give my love to your family & the Gilders. Remember me also to Mr Buell.
Ever faithfully yours
John Muir
[in margin: I received Mr Scott's letter explaining the beautie of 5 per cent book business]
Location
Moscow [Russia]
Date Original
1903 Aug 1
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1903 Aug 1." (1903). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2678.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2678
Resource Identifier
muir13_0744-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0744
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
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Owning Institution
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
