Creator
W[illiam] B[elmont] Parker
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
December 1, 1900.
Dear Mr. Muir,
The suggestion about your autobiography which I sent you a week or two ago on the spur of the moment after a delightful talk with Mr. Burroughs was of course purely personal. I am happy now to write you that the project—or possibility—seems equally attractive to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Company, and at the last meeting of the House in committee it was the unanimous wish that you should write your biography and give them the opportunity to publish it.
To all of us here the idea of the book is very engaging:—the untrammelled narrative of a life so varied as yours has been in its activities, passed so largely in the more immediate presence of the great nature forces; and its inner experiences probably not less varied—attracts us strongly.
The chance seems to be excellent, then, of your doing a great many people a friendly turn, and it would give us genuine pleasure to learn that you were inclined to undertake it.
Yours sincerely,
N. B. Parker.
Mr. John Muir.
02809
Location
Boston
Date Original
1900 Dec 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm.
Recommended Citation
Parker, William Belmont, "Letter from W[illiam] B[elmont] Parker to John Muir, 1900 Dec 1." (1900). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4346.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4346
Resource Identifier
muir11_0473-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0473
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
