Creator
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
February 7, 1900.
R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.
R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.
Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.
My dear Muir,
We are much delighted with the charm and raciness of the first chapters of your "Memoirs of a Naturalist." It is really a classic, and you have admirably combined the human and scientific aspects of your early boyhood. There is not a Scotchman in the civilized world who will not take pride in the faithful portrayal of your boyhood's experiences, and not a boy in the country who will not be inspired by it to a closer observation and study of nature. You have hit the happy medium between instruction and entertainment, with plenty of both. After all, what is so interesting as life, and the anecdotes and incidents you give, in addition to being entertaining, are really illuminating. Please go on with the rest of the work as fast as possible, before the old gentleman with the scythe comes along your way. Everybody here is delighted with what you have sent us, and we want you to put into this narrative form, incidentally, your maturer scientific work. This can be done without loading down the arrative, and what you write will be all the
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more attractive for having this human and sympathetic setting. naturally, as one of your pretended friends, I am personally much gratified with this literary harvest of your important life work.
Faithfully yours,
[illegible]
Associate Editor.
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Location
New York
Date Original
1900 Feb 7
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 21 cm.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Robert Underwood, "Letter from R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1900 Feb 7 ." (1900). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4231.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4231
Resource Identifier
muir11_0065-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0065
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
