Creator

L[iberty] H[yde] Bailey

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[3]

I could get 3 or 4 large and very fine pictures of California Mountain scenery, I wish you would refer me to the parties. An article a little shorter, perhaps, than your recent paper in the Atlantic, would suit us.

Yours most truly

L. H. Bailey

[1]

[letterhead]

Aug. 23 1901

My Dear Sir:

I am most glad of your letter of the 17th. I was sorry to have missed you. For Country Life, which I am to edit, I want an article from you on the "Mountains of California", or something of that kind, al-

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[al-]though it might not be well to follow too closely the title of your book. The second issue of Country Life is to be devoted to California. It will be dated January, 1902, and will be on sale in December. We should have the article Oct. 15. I want your best - one of your clear, ringing, soulful descriptions. If you know where

Location

Cayuga Lake [N.Y.]

Date Original

1901 Aug 23

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir11_0835-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 11, Image 0835

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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

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