Creator
John Muir
Recipient
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Transcription
Martinez, July 21, 1894
My dear Johnson;
Your care over my little book shows immeasurable kindness. The peculiar interest of travelers in Yosemite, almost the only part of the Sierra that they see seemed to call for a separate book that would serve as a guide, & I have commenced to make it,-- a small handy volume describing all the main Yosemities. In the first Chapter you will find a general description of them which I thought amid so much description was enough--
As to the title of the book, if it is too big & pretentious it may be changed to sketches or excursions, or travels in the Sierras as you & Scott may decide. Anyhow I think the book contains as much as most people will care to read, though as far as I am concerned I would gladly make it ten times larger.
I have not been able too get the Sierra Club to take action as yet on the recession of Yosemite Most of the directors are now in the Country & we can't get a meeting. W. Olney is a friend of J. P. Irish & is evidently unwilling to do anything to offend him. Irish however is no longer a Yo Commissioner.
Everybody here is talking strike, wages, & capital corporations etc. Have you seen Capitain Parkers report on the Sequoia parks? It is good. Not since the cherubim with flaming swords guarded the tree of life has more honorable work been done.
With kindest regards
Ever yours John Muir
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Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1894-07-21
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson, 1894 Jul 21." (1894). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6871.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6871
Resource Identifier
muir08_0337-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0337
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
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
