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Dec 1902? 1 letterhead My Dear Mr. Muir. I had read certain commendatory notices of your new book, was thinking to
go to Chicago for a copy, when I found my wish met by your thoughtful kindness. I give you hearty thank for the work which
now. (to illegible four notices at H illegible sea Biglow ) on the illegible shelf with my Mountains of California I can let
be upset . Some of the papers - articles rather which re-appear in this volume I had read in the Atlantic Magazine , but not
all. They interest me as few novels do. I seem to be with you as I read your pages. It is a rare pen that you handle. 03108