Creator
Ed. S[cribner's] M[onthly] [Robert Underwood Johnson]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead: Editorial Rooms of Scribner’s Monthly, 743 Broadway, New York.] Apl. 24. 1878
Mr John Muir, Dear Sir; We have read your “Douglass Squirrel” and have not been surprised to find it a desirable paper. We have marked it [underlined: accepted] and will pass it over to our Art Editor, Mr. Drake, for illustration. Your Lake sketch has just come to hand and will receive early attention. Condense your
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Farm Life observations some time (when you have taken the subject to heart) and let us see the result. Mrs Foote is now in the East but her familiarity with California [ scenery?] would enable her to make charming pictures out of the [illegible]dest sketches. It is not necessary to repeat that we hold your work in high regard. You know that we are Sincerely yours, Ed. [ S.M.?]
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Location
New York
Date Original
1878 Apr 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 13.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Robert Underwood and Editors Scribner's Monthly, "Letter from Ed. S[cribner's] M[onthly] [Robert Underwood Johnson] to John Muir, 1878 Apr 24." (1878). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 414.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/414
Resource Identifier
muir03_0781-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0780
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
