Creator

Walter H. Page

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.

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 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

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