Creator
Thomas Price
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,EXECUTIVE OFFICES,
ALEX. MILLAR, SECRETARY. 165BROADWAY.
THOMAS PRICE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY. NEW YORK, April 7, 1915.
Mr. John Muir,Martinez,California.
My dear Mr. Muir:-
I received on Saturday a copy of the first part of what I hope will eventually prove your completed "auto-biography"• I had, of course, read the various sections of it as they appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. I notice that all the criticisms appearing in the various magazines and newspapers around here are decidedly favorable, and an amateur like myself feels that he has nothing to say after reading all that the experts think about such a work. Because I liked it in sections, I am busy reading it again as a book, and I am enjoying it even more than I did the first time. It must be fine to write books that sell well, but it is infinitely finer to write books that sell well because they are good, and because they have a tendency to take people back to nature.
I am very grateful to you for sending me a copy.
Sincerely yours,
PC-
Location
New York
Date Original
1913 Apr 7
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Price, Thomas, "Letter from Thomas Price to John Muir, 1913 Apr 7." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3955.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3955
Resource Identifier
muir21_0285-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0285
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
