Creator
Mary L. Swett
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Hill Girt,
Nov. 11, 1912.
Dear Mr. Muir:
I have never got hold of anything more absorbingly interesting than these typewritten pages and they will be read as classics by posterity.But now I want you to take pity on my ignorance and tell me when and where the spelling of pigeon was changed to pidgeon, for it must be there has been an authoritative change or neither you nor the typewriter would use it. On page 40 you say "gave David and I" instead of "gave David and me", but on the whole it is excellently typed.
0 here's to the whole Autobiography, and may we all live to see it in print and listen to the plaudits which will welcome it! John Swett is fairly gloating over the noble addition it will be to all the school libraries in the land. What an avenue of influence it will open to the hearts of the children of the next generation! How it will teach them to know and appreciate and love and respect the rights of the lower animals!
When you consider how much typewritten proof I have corrected for John all our lives together, you will realize how almost impossible it would be for me to refrain from noticing and commenting upon anything in the nature of a typographical error, and will excuse me, I know, for" butting in" and will let my sincere admiration and ardent praise offset my mild criticism. Do not answer this note; I realize the value of your time, but tell John what there is to be said about "pigeon vs. pidgeon" and let me sign myself,
Your friend and admirer and well-wisher,
Mary L. Swett
05611
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
1913 Nov 11
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Swett, Mary L., "Letter from Mary L. Swett to John Muir, 1913 Nov 11." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4161.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4161
Resource Identifier
muir21_0988-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0988
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
