Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Charles Sprague] Sargent
Transcription
Martinez, July 6, 1904
Dear professor Sargent:
Our St Petersburg guide is John Baravoi, Hotel I Angleterre
I was glad to get your letter of June 16th in which you sketched your travels & fortunes after we parted at Shanghai but said not a word about your family though I enquired particularly about Alice. I had several good letters from Nicholson. In his last he tells me that Sir Joseph is better & again at work in the
h[illegible]ism. I'm sorry dear good Canby died so soon. He should have lived & botanized for longer.
You should not begrudge time or pains on your manual. It is more important than the big Silva. Make the descriptions short & sharp & crystal clear & don't leave out your few illuminating color touches.
I am now at work on a little Yosemite book which should have been written long ago. Next I suppose will come Alaska.
As to those last long wanderings I have
notes enough for a book or two but when if ever I will be able to work on them I dont know or guess. Australia New Zealand & the Phillipines are glorious fields & I'm glad you're going there
Remember me to Robison & all the family & believe me
faithfully yours
John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1904 Jul 6
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1904 Jul 6." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2818.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2818
Resource Identifier
muir14_0332-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0332
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Archives, Boston, Massachusetts. 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
