Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Henry] Gannett, 1902 Jan 2.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Henry] Gannett
Date:
1902 Jan 2
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir12_0028-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, Calif.
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
First draft of letter, in note-book 59 (28) Martinez, Cal., Jan. 2 '02. My dear Gannett: I've regretted over and over
again that I was not with you on that Arizona trip, and now that I have to write an article on the Grand Canyon and feel that
my ignorance about it is as grand as the Canyon itself, I regret it more keenly than ever. But the proofs of that Park book
came swarming on, and one or the other had to be neglected. How I envy you and Merriam your ableness in getting your work
done in writing on and on steadily, unhaltingly, in season and out of season, like big rivers in flood, while my literary
jobs require boundless time and crawl slow as glaciers. I hate to write on anything I know so little about as I do the Canyon.
Have visited it only once. I have Powell's admirable report of his drift through it. If you can send me any other official
report to help out I'll be much obliged. We all remember your visit with the greatest pleasure, and heartily wish you many
happy new years. Faithfully yours, J. M.02890