Creator
Frank H. Scott
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Frank H. Scott, Prest.
Chas. F. Chichester, Treas.
William W. Ellsworth, Secretary.
THE: CENTURY: CO: PUBLISHERS:
33: East:17th: St:(UNION SQUARE)
New-York. N.Y.
February 17, 1894
Dear Mr. Muir:-
Your letter of the 9th is received, and we are glad to know that you are getting on so well with the book. Our idea would be to make a volume of a moderate size, to sell at somewhere from $l.00 to $l.50, and the number of words you mention, a hundred thousand to a hundred and thirty thousand, will be ample. Indeed, for a book of this size, other things being equal, we can make a handsomer and more readable looking volume with the smaller number of words than the larger.
The question of illustration we can settle after we get the text, but you are right in supposing that many of our pictures can be cut down or otherwise reduced to a size suitable for the book page.
It will not be at all necessary for you to think of coming on here as we can easily send the proofs to you during some stage before the book is finally published, especially, if we receive copy so as to begin setting up within the next two months. Believe me
Very truly yours
Frank H. Scott
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01784
Location
New York
Date Original
1894-02-17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.
Recommended Citation
Scott, Frank H., "Letter from Frank H. Scott to John Muir, 1894 Feb 17." (1894). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6820.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6820
Resource Identifier
muir08_0127-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0127
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
