Creator
Cha[rle]s F. Lummis
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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"I always read it, for I am heartily in sympathy with so many of the things for which it works."—PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
FORMERLY "THE LAND OF SUNSHINE"
THE NATION BACK OF US, THE WORLD IN FRONT
OUT WEST
A MAGAZINE OF
THE OLD PACIFIC AND THE NEW
EDITED BY CHAS. F. LUMMIS
"A magazine wholly unlike any other published any where...The best there is in periodical literature on the Pacific Coast...Ability and individuality powerful enough and original enough to give distinction to any periodical...A voice listened to with respect and interest in all parts of the country."
—The Dial.
"Its lively independence and its genuine learning...A steady evenness of worth and interest."
—The Nation.
Editor's Office
Los Angeles, Cal....May...8th...1902.
My dear Muir;--
This is to present to you with strong commendation Mrs. H. B. Wheelock, who has been sent out to the Coast by A. C. McClurg & Co., of Chicago, to write a book on the California Birds. Mr. F. G. Browne, the head of the publishing department in that great house, is a warm personal friend of mine arid is very deeply interested in getting out first-class work. They are reaching much harder for really substantial and worthy books than for mere peddlers. He has wanted for a long time to have a first-class book on California Birds. As you know we have at present nothing at all
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adequate. Mrs.Wheelock is a very competent woman in many things; and as she has already given a good deal of study to this subject he believes, and I presume, that she can do the matter justice. He is extremely anxious that you shall be identified with the book, and will, I know, be glad to make most liberal terms. I think they would like your revision of the book and an introduction to it perhaps. At any rate they would want it to pass your critical approval. Both for Mr. Browne's sake, and as a Californian who would like to see something more completent on this important subject than we now have, I very much hope that you will consent to take up with his plans.
At any rate you will find Mrs. Wheelock pleasant and interesting, and will, I am sure, be glad to know her.
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[2- M.-]
All here are well and all send their best. Keith writes me that he thinks of going to the Grand Cannon.I think he had better wait until you and he arid I can go together. How would that be?
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Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
1902 May 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 14 cm.
Recommended Citation
Lummis, Charles F., "Letter from Cha[rle]s F. Lummis to John Muir, 1902 May 8." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4666.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4666
Resource Identifier
muir12_0406-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0406
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
