Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mary [Muir Hand]
Transcription
Los Angeles. Cal., Aug. 4, 1910.325 West Adams Street.Dear Sister Mary:-A letter from you is a strange sight, something like a long period comet. The last I heard Sarah was rapidly recovering, but I have not yet heard whether she had returned to Pacific Grove. Before this last illness she was "better than she had been for many years.I am glad you mentioned James Whitehead, for as we grow older all these auld lang syne people become more and more interesting.Helen and her husband came up in an automobile from Daggett to the old home at Martinez about a month ago intending to spend two months there, but she stayed only ten days and hurried back to Daggett, because the change of climate began to have a serious effect on her sore lung. She writes that she is now about as well ever, but after staying away two years on the desert and having her old trouble come back so promptly as soon as she returned home shows she will never be likely to stay at Martinez. She will probably remain on the desert or thereabouts permanently.I have been here a long time writing. One book is in the hands of the publishers, Houghton Miflin Company, and will be brought out next spring, but this winter three or four chapters taken from the book will appear in the Atlantic Monthly. I have another book, mostly on animals, for young folks, now on hand; which will probably be completed by next spring.
Yes, the two grandchildren are interesting little fellows and it is a great pleasure to see them, although I have not been stopping at the ranch for any longer than a few weeks at a time all winter and spring.I am pretty well and find that I can write as well as ever and am trying to get off as much as possible of work that has been neglected.I am glad Joanna is getting a change from that marshy Port Norfolk with her interesting children. I trust that the health of all the family will be restored in your dry breezy air.With all good wishes, dear Mary, and rejoicing in your health, and the welfare of all the Hands, I am,Ever affectionately your brother,[ILLEGIBLE]
Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
1910 Aug 4
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Mary [Muir Hand], 1910 Aug 4." (1910). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5104.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5104
Resource Identifier
muir19_0697-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0697
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
John Muir National Historic Site. 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
