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January 24th, 1898. R.W.GILDER, EDITOR. R.U. JOHNSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. C.C. BUEL. ASSISTANT EDITOR. Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal. My dear Muir, Your frank and interesting letter of the 7th of January has come to hand, and I am sorry
to have misunderstood your note regarding the Memoranda of an Explorer, as before I went to Europe I certainly understood
that you would try your hand at this. I inclose a letter from Mr. Scott, the President of our Company, which you will find
not lacking in friendliness. We are very glad to have it explicitly understood that we are to have your book on the Yosemite
and anything you may write on the Klondike, and the other articles you speak of--the Sled Trip across the Muir Glacier, the
Auroras, and the article on the Salmon. We are very glad to have our distinguished century contributors appreciated by other
houses from a financial point of view. It is not difficult after one magazine has exploited a writer to find other magazines
willing to step in and pay a larger price than he has been receiving; but we hold ourselves ready to pay the market price
for anything we take, and you need not have nay solicitude 02388