Creator
R.A.Fitzgerald
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead]
Sep 22 1895
Mr. John Muir
Martinez
My Esteemed Friend,
I have received your very kind favor "The Mountains of California" and prize it very highly. I was not aware when I told you that I would like a copy of your book that it was an edition on the market for sale etc. but thought it was one of your pamphlet essays that was distributed by one of your clubs. However, I now find it to be a very mature and conscientious child of your own mind, placed in the book stalls of the world on its merits so far as I have read I find
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it a very strong [pure?] book and this is the sort of literature which the public now demand. The public taste on every side is now for reading that is decent and elevating, as opposed to the erotic and perverted tide of dubious trash of recent years. By way of courteous reciprocity, I take pleasure in showing your book to our travelers and even so far four of them have taken the address of the pubishers to get a copy of it. I am very much pleased with your gift, and I know it will do me much permanent good, and I feel that the world will be made brighter and happier by this offspring of your pen--as it is beautifully seasoned throughout with your own personality.
Most cordially yours
R. A. Fitzgerald
Location
Yosemite Valley, Cal
Date Original
1895 Sep 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Fitzgerald, R. A., "Letter from R.A.Fitzgerald to John Muir, 1895 Sep 22." (1895). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3141.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3141
Resource Identifier
muir08_1183-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 1183
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
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
