Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Charles F.] Lummis
Transcription
Palm Springs, Cal.
June 13 / 05.
Dear Mr. Lummis: -
You made no mistake in sending us here. The water is cool and delightful, so are the nights. The days hot enough and dry enough to evaporate every disease and all one's flesh. On our arrival the first night we lay down under an olive tree in the sandy orchard, and the heat of the sand along our spines brought vividedly to mind Milton's unlucky angels lying on the burning marl. But O the beauty of the sky evening and morning and
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how charming the old doctor and his wife. Helen is better already.
Your June number is first rate. Charlotte Hall's Arizona article is capital.
With kindest regards to Mrs Lummis and the children and Moody, in which we all join, I am
Faithfully yours,
John Muir
Location
Palm Springs, Calif.
Circa Date
[19]05 Jun 13
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Charles F.] Lummis, [19]05 Jun 13." (1905). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3346.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3346
Resource Identifier
muir15_0520-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 15, Image 0520
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Braun Research Library, Autry National Center for the American West, Los Angeles, CA. ID Numbers: MS.1.1.3221A Charles F. Lummis/Mr. John Muir Correspondence 1895-1905; and MS.1.1.3221B Charles F. Lummis/Mr. John Muir Correspondence 1906-1913. 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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
