Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Charles Sprague] Sargent
Transcription
Martinez, Sep. 10/02
My dear Sargent, What are you so wildly quitting about? I've faithfully answered all your letters, & as far as I know you are yourself the supreme quitter - Quitter gigantea, guitting Mexico, quitting a too trusting companion in tramps & sand-dunes of [Florida?] etc etc etc. Better quit quitting though since giving the world so noble a book you must, I suppose be allowed to do as you like until time & Siberia effect a cure. I am & have been up to the eyes in work insignificant though it be. Last spring had to describe the Colorado Grand Canon. The toughest job I ever tackled str[illegible]ous enough to disturb the e[illegible]ity of even a Boston man. Then I had to rush off to the Sierra with Club [outing?]. Then had to explore Kern River Canon etc. Now I'm at work on a little Yosemite book. Most of the material for it has been published
already, but a new chapter or two will have to be written. Then there is the Silva review the most form[illegible]able job of all which all along I've been hoping some abler better equipped fellow would take off my hands. Can't you at least give me some helpful suggestions as to the right size, shape & composition of this [illegible]? Of course I want to take that big tree trip with you next season & yes I should hate mort[illegible]y to have either of these tasks unfinished. Glorious congratulations on the ending of your noble book!
Ever faithfully yours
John Muir
already, but a new chapter or two will have to be written. Then there is the Silva review the most form[illegible]able job of all which all along I've been hoping some abler better equipped fellow would take off my hands. Can't you at least give me some helpful suggestions as to the right size, shape & composition of this [illegible]? Of course I want to take that big tree trip with you next season & yes I should hate mort[illegible]y to have either of these tasks unfinished. Glorious congratulations on the ending of your noble book!
Ever faithfully yours
John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1902 Sep 10
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1902 Sep 10." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4725.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4725
Resource Identifier
muir12_0606-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0606
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
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html )
Owning Institution
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Archives, Boston, Massachusetts. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
