Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Katharine] Hooker & Marian
Transcription
Los Angeles Sunday May 29, 1910—Dear Mrs Hooker & MarianOnly two at the big table last night & this morning, for Mr Fred & Mrs Hark-the-lark Jones have flown away on a night & day visit leaving us in loneliness next thing to absolute. Nevertheless we try to look philosophic & brave, talk big about the spacious heavens & earth, & call the compensating stars & mountains & vasty deep about us to mend the narrowness of the family circle, if one or even two can be called a circle. But in sober everyday sublunary subcomety reality you are awfully missed at West Adams.I was glad to get your reassuring Tamalpais letter, & through Ellie to hear of the triumphant victory at the Greek theater. None dear Marian who in the least knew you ever for a moment
doubted the outcome of your brave & noble battle; & I need not try to tell the glowing white enthusiasm of my congratulations.I hope to be home in a few days. Pray send a line to Martinez telling when & where I may see you.I have rewritten all that Klamath Lake autobio stuff, & am planning to draw out of it a lot of animal stories for a young folks book. For the Life if ever completed with all accumulated science notes will require years & years & volumes.Ever faithfully affectionatelyJohn Muir.
Location
[Los Angeles]
Date Original
1910 May 29
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Katharine] Hooker & Marian, 1910 May 29." (1910). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5013.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5013
Resource Identifier
muir19_0423-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0423
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
