Creator
Walter H. Page
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
THE WORLD’S
WORK
FARMING
DOUBLEDAY PAGE & CO.
133-135-137 EAST 16TH STREET, NEW YORK
COUNTRY LIFE
IN AMERICA
THE GARDEN
MAGAZINE
July 28, 1908.
Dear Mr. Muir:
I fancy at this tin(c) of the year you are happily far beyond the reach of anything so commonplace as a letter, - communing with the mountains and the great forests. But a letter will reach you some time; and now when I have a chance to write it I send you this poor note, first of all to carry my greetings and good wishes and to make another expression of my abiding gratitude for all you have written and what I have learned from you and for the great privilege of knowing you.
Then, of course, I must again make it a reminder that I am waiting patiently year by year to hear that you have begun seriously and persistently to write out your autobiography. You cannot afford to let that slip. I cannot afford, if I can help it, to count my publishing career as anything like a success unless I can get that book and have the happiness to put it forth to the world.
Let this, therefore, be a simple and gentle reminder of my personal feeling and of my personal pride, and believe me always.
Heartily yours,
[ILLEGIBLE]
John Muir, Esq.,
Martinez, Cel.
The world's work wants to publish the chapters as you write them, and to illustrate them handsomely and to pay you - let me say - whatever you ask - 250 per article?#04246
Location
New York
Date Original
1908 Jul 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Page, Walter H., "Letter from Walter H. Page to John Muir, 1908 Jul 22." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5486.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5486
Resource Identifier
muir17_0773-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0773
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
