Title:
Letter from John Muir to Houghton Mifflin Co, 1909 Jun 4.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Houghton Library, Harvard University. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission
to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
Houghton Mifflin Co
Date:
1909 Jun 4
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir18_0527-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, Calif.
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
449 Martinez, Cal. June 4 1909 449 Houghton Mifflin Company: Dear Sirs, The American field forest book is all right.
As to the autobiography there's nothing doing worth mention. Last summer I dictated a few hundred pages of rough notes forming
only a scrawny confused beginning. no part of the book will be ready for publication for years. The Yosemite book perhaps
an animal book may be published before the auto Here is the latest information obtainable from the Interior Agricultural
Departments on the national forests, parks monuments. I have indicated the parts to be used. This seems to me enough. But
if you consider Mr Chamberlain's statistical matter better then use it all or part of it. Please send me a few copies of
Stickeen to give away Faithfully yrs John Muir