Creator

Marian O. Hooker

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[4]

the island - We expect to reach Paris during the first week of July.

Very Sincerely Yours,

Marian O. Hooker.

[1]

[letterhead]

May 18, 1913

My dear Mr. Muir_

Your book with its much-appreciated inscription, came to me in time to be my traveling companion, and has afforded me great pleasure and interest - also many happy recollections of places and times where much of the material of the book gave greater pleasure to campfire and mountains

05453

[2]

haunt me
My present days have by no means the joy of the mountains. I never was meant for a sailor, and though this steady ship and fairly smooth sea make the trip far more comfortable than any I have had on the Atlantic before, I haven't the slightest desire to prolong it by an hour.
Mother wishes me to give you her love and tell you she had your letter. She thought

[3]

she had given you our address - it is
Bank of Montreal
9 Waterloo Place
Pall Mall S.W.
London.
Letters from there will be forwarded to us. It looks so far as though the weather would offer no objection to our landing at [Grumstorm?]. I suppose we shall go on to London after about a week, and from there start excursioning around

Location

[place unknown]

Date Original

1913 May 18

Source

Original letter dimensions: 18 x 23 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir21_0437-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 21, Image 0437

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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

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