Creator
W. A. Wilde and Co.
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
W. A. WILDE & COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS OF
THE PBLOUBET SERIES,
110 Boyiston Street.
Boston, July 31./00 189Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.
Dear Sir:--
Your favor of the 24th just at hand, and we regret that you are not able to write something for our list. Our effort has been, and is at the present time, to bring before the young people only such books as are good, wholesome and interesting, and at the same time, instructive. So many of these books are placed on the co-collateral reading of the school associations of the Middle States that we are particularly desirous to have them have some bit of instruction in them, so that the readers- will feel, after they have finished the story, that they have gained something out of it.
Knowing your familiarity with Alaska, we felt that you were eminently fitted to write something along that line for us. I know there are many stories of Alaska - many of them for young people - but a story based on that country, which is interesting and filled with some adventure, I am sure would be most acceptable.
Thus we are doubly sorry that you are so engaged that you cannot let us have something along this line. We wish, however, that you would consider the matter, and although your engagements are such, now, that you could not write it immediately, yet if not this year, perhaps next year you could write something for us.
W. A. WILDE & COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS OF
THE PELOUBET SERIES,
110 Boyiston Street.
Boston, 189
-2-
Mr. John Muir.
Our reputation as publishers has always been among the first rank, and we endeavor to make the author's interests and our own, one. We feel sure that we could come to such arrangements as would be mutually beneficial.
We would greatly appreciate it if you would think the matter over, and at your earliest convenience let us know if it will be possible, at some future date, to write something for us.
Thanking you for your kindness, believe us,
Very truly yours,
[illegible]
02615
Location
Boston
Date Original
1900 Jul 31
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
W. A. Wilde and Co., "Letter from W. A. Wilde and Co. to John Muir, 1900 Jul 31." (1900). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4292.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4292
Resource Identifier
muir11_0289-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0289
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
