Creator
W[illiam] Douglas
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[1]
[letterhead]
Sep. 9 1895
Dear Mr Muir
I have just had a visit from my friend Rennie who returned from his Californian trip about a couple of months ago and he tells me how very kind you were to him and how much he enjoyed your stories & his stay under your hospitable roof. I only wish it had been my luck to [illegible] with him. The next best thing to hope for, is that the attraction of the old country will soon bring you to Auld Reekie again.
02020
[2]
I have just returned from a climbing holiday in Switzerland and managed to ascend half a dozen of the giants of the Alps the Matterhorn & Rothhorn among others. I must confess I expected to find them more difficult than they were, for beyound being a trifle longer I found in the climbs nothing stiffer than what I had been accustomed to at home. When you come to Scotland again I must take you to a real mountain, & if
[3]
you climb it the best way you will be no longer sceptical as to their existence!
My fahter and mother are both wonderfully well and are at present enjoying a holiday with their grandchildren in the Highlands; had they been at home they would have joined me in sending you their kind regards.
I am with renewed thanks
Yours Sincerely
W. Douglas.
[4]
P. S. As the September No. of our Journal is just come out I send you a copy as you may like to see it.
Location
Edinburgh[Scotland]
Date Original
1895 Sep 9
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Douglas, William, "Letter from W[illiam] Douglas to John Muir, 1895 Sep 9." (1895). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3135.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3135
Resource Identifier
muir08_1157-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 1157
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
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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
