Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
David [Gilrye Muir]
Transcription
[4]
& cheer up Louie & grandma by teasing them & talking sheer blank nonsense & humbug. They must miss me sadly in this line of good doing & the house must be most devoutly dull duller than human nature or women nature can bear & dont forget to cheer up yourself & allow California & Providence to brighten your life - Love to Ette
Your lonely but loving brother John
[1]
[letterhead]
LONDON, August 8th 1893
Dear brother Dave
I was glad to get your letter today for in this huge wilderness of a town I was desperately lonely. I can find some good friends here by hunting long enough but I can not resist the temptation to flee to the mountains & glaciers & wild gardens of Switzerland. Then
[2]
if I have the time & enterprize when I get back I'll look for Sir Joseph Hooker James Bryce M.P. who drafted the famous Home Rule Bill & a few others of less note. But all my tastes & studies lie elsewhere. I had a glorious & instructive trip to Norway & by the way made many friends by [my?] -- I dont know what
[3]
Dont work too hard Dave but keep wide awake & see whether you cant make as keen & smart a farmer as me. I see nothing to prevent your making a grand success of this California fruit business, but dont make the mistake of trying to kill yourself with hard work. Go over to the other house very other day at least
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Location
London, [England]
Date Original
1893 Aug 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 23 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to David [Gilrye Muir], 1893 Aug 8." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 970.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/970
Resource Identifier
muir07_1250-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1250
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
