Creator
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
June 19,1901.
R. W. GILDER, EDITOR,
R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.
My dear Muir:
I fear it will take you a long time to read those twelve copies of "Arrows of the Almighty" through, and I really cannot insist. That would be stretching friendship to too great a point; but when you get up into the Yosemite valley you need not conceal the fact that this is the only novel that was ever written, and that it is worth reading.
As the time draws nigh, I do wish I were with you. What a fine time you will have, sacrificing yourself to the ladies who go in skirts that reach only a littlebelow the knees, as I see they are to be worn, according to the circular. Seriously, I hope that this excursion will stir everybody up to insisting that the government patrol of the Sierra Reserve should be more rigid. I was about to telegraph you to see President McKinley in San Francisco on this subject and, if possible, take him up into the Yosemite, when the news came of Mrs. McKinley1s illness.
I hope you will have the best weather for the trip. After a dismally rainy spring, we are having a beautiful June.
02864
J. M. 2.
Looking; over my papers I came across the inclosed paragraph. Will you tell me whether this relates to our program for next year or the year after, or is the Autobiography to take precedence of the "Camp-fire Chat?"
Faithfully yours,
[illegible]
John Muir, Esq.,
Martinez, Cal.
[02864]
Location
New York
Date Original
1901 Jun 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 21 cm.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Robert Underwood, "Letter from R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1901 Jun 19." (1901). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4421.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4421
Resource Identifier
muir11_0725-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0725
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
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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
