Creator
Joseph C. Pickard
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[Dec 1902?]
[1]
[letterhead]
My Dear Mr. Muir.
I had read certain commendatory notices of your new book, & was thinking to go to Chicago for a copy, when I found my wish met by your thoughtful kindness. I give you hearty thank for the work which now. (to [illegible] four notices at "H[illegible]sea Biglow") on the [illegible] shelf with my "Mountains of California" I can let be upset". Some of the papers - articles rather which re-appear in this volume I had read in the "Atlantic Magazine", but not all. They interest me as few novels do. I seem to be with you as I read your pages. It is a rare pen that you handle.
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[2]
I went the other day to the [illegible] [illegible] in the city to see & hear Irving & Te[illegible] - as Shylock & Portia. As I heard the words of L[illegible] in [illegible] [illegible] V. scene;- concerning the power of [illegible] over beast ( I need not quote them for you know them) I thought of your experience, related in your [former?] book with squirrels & birds - when you whistled and sang,- how they listened in rapt attention - till you fell into the measure of Old [Hundred?].- Is there no music in that old tune? Was it the words of the doxology to which the wild natures of the birds & squirrels made objection? Shakespeare can never have had that experience. A Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year's be yours - now & often hereafter!
Faithfully yours
Joseph C. Pickard
[3]
[letterhead]
P. S.
I wish you might met my brother Josiah - former superintendant of [Public?] Instruction in Wisconsin. He is now in Pasadena, where I have a sister (Mrs. Sanb[illegible]) & he will go from there to his daughter's [illegible] or [illegible]tins. where he will remain till spring. Last winter he was in Polo Alto. Would I were with him! If so be that you come to Chicago. please let me know that I may find you.
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Location
Maywood, Ill.
Circa Date
[1902 Dec]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 14 cm.
Recommended Citation
Pickard, Joseph C., "Letter from Joseph C. Pickard to John Muir, [1902 Dec ?]." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4801.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4801
Resource Identifier
muir12_0889-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0889
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
