Creator
G[eorge] H[arrison] Mifflin
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
EDITORIAL ROOMSHOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY4 PARK STREET . BOSTONDecember 11, 1912.John Muir, Esq.,Martinez, California.Dear Mr. Muir:You may have noticed, the announcements regarding our Riverside Readers that we are publishing for use in the schools. We are attempting to make these Readers just as attractive as possible to children, both from the point of view of their literary content and of their appearance. It is our hope that by means of these books a large number of children throughout the country will become better acquainted with the authors on our list and that this school acquaintance will lead later to the extensive reading of their works. Naturally our own authors supply a large amount of the material in these books.We should like to use a selection from Stickeen for the Seventh Reader in this series as ,We think that this selection will perhaps be the best introduction of your writings to the children. We are sending you a marked copy of the book which will indicate the exact extent of the selection (pages 43-71) that we should like to make from the story, as well as the changes in paragraphing in order to make the story somewhat better adapted for oral reading in the schools. If, for any reason, you prefer that this paragraphing should not be done we will, of course, follow your wishes in this particular. You win observe that this selection makes quite a complete story in itself and will naturally whet the appetite of the children to read the entire narrative.We trust that you will agree with05314
EDITORIAL ROOMSHOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY4 PARK STREET . BOSTONJohn Muir, Esq.---2us that this will be a good thing to do, "both from the point of view of the pleasure it would give children in our schools, and from the point of view of increasing their taste for the best literature. Will you kindly return to us the marked copy of the book.We are, with kind regards,Yours very truly,Houghton Mifflin Company.[illegible]05316
Location
Boston
Date Original
1912 Dec 11
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 26.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Mifflin, George Harrison, "Letter from G[eorge] H[arrison] Mifflin to John Muir, 1912 Dec 11." (1912). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6410.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6410
Resource Identifier
muir20_1471-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 1471
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
