Creator

Geo[rge] Nicholson

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[4]

How I should have liked to see Egypt and India in your company! The immemorial East has always been a dream of mine but I fear it will remain a shadow for me. Also California - another dream. I have not the courage now to undertake a long journey nor indeed the means necessary. So I diligently peruse travels in various lands of which I possess quite an interesting series in my library.

Yours very sincerely

Geo. Nicholson.

[1]

37, LARKFIELD,

RICHMOND.

3. 2. 04

Dear Mr Muir

I have tried hard to procure Hooker's Journal in the Himalayas but so far have failed. The first edition is out of print (2 vols) but a cheaper one I felt sure could be had. The other day however my order of a copy came back endorsed out of print. I am sorry but I shall

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[2]

keep a look out in secondhand bookseller's lists and I am sure to succeed in time. I wonder what you are doing and where you are. I am busy with my microscope every day among lower forms of life and get a deal of pleasure out of it. The micro-fungi are my especial pets and I have a lot growing under a bell glass on the table I am now writing on.
So far I have made several additions to our knowledge

[3]

of these wonderful things. Prof. Sargent has written me once or twice but I am afraid I have left his letter unanswered. This however must be remedied. I am looking forward to your opinion on Leslie Stephens "Playground of Europe". The only thing I collect now is Alpine books. As I shall never climb again I content myself with reading of the regions "far above the ordinary haunts of the devil" and the pestilence that walketh in darkness".

Location

Richmond

Date Original

1904 Mar 2

Source

Original letter dimensions: 18 x 22.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir14_0084-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 14, Image 0084

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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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

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