Creator
Harrison Smith
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
THE CENTURY CO. UNION SQUARE, NEW YORKJanuary 15, 1914.Mr. John Muir,Martinez, Cal.My dear Mr. Muir:It has been some time since Mr. Ellsworth wrote you asking if we could use, for the small series of Geographical Readers, which I am editing, a brief version of the articles on "The Mountains of California" and "The Forests" from your book.As you requested, I am sending you the proofs of both of them. As you will see, the article on the Mountains has been made extremely short, and I confess to a good deal of hesitancy in sending it to you, as I realize how I should feel about permitting anyone to hack at my own work. In view of your possible unwillingness to let us use this short insert, I have prepared a longer and practically unchanged version of the same chapter. In this the changes merely consist in the omission of a few too difficult words and an occasional paragraph that, would not be understood. I do not think that you will object to the article on "The Forests." I am trusting a good deal to your good nature, but I sincerely hope that you will let me have them, in their present form in proof. Roosevelt, Stevenson, John Burroughs and Baker are represented in this first volume of the series, so that you will be in good company.My only experience of the Sierra country comes from a flying trip that I made to Lake Tahoe two years ago, just after I graduated from college, and I have made up my mind to use the San Francisco fair next year as an excuse, for a long tramp through some real mountains.Mr, Benet, one of the young editors of the magazine, wishes me to remember him to you.Sincerely yours,[illegible]
Location
New York
Date Original
1914 Jan 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 24.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Harrison, "Letter from Harrison Smith to John Muir, 1914 Jan 15." (1914). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6467.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6467
Resource Identifier
muir22_0069-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 22, Image 0069
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
