Title:
Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1902 Aug 26.
Creator:
C[harles] S[prague] Sargent
Publisher:
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1902 Aug 26
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir12_0545-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
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Transcription:
ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Jamaica Plain, Mass.,....August 26,....1902 My dear Muir: Although a quitter by
nature and habit I did not suppose that you would allow this unfortunate failing of yours to affect your relationship with
your old friends, but I am obliged to confess that you are a quitter even so far as I am concerned. What in the world are
you doing, and why haven't you written to me whether you were going to Siberia, China, Java, etc., with me next year? If you
are, it is time to say so that we may make our plans, arrange our party, etc., etc. How, too, about that review of The Silva
of North America in the Atlantic Monthly which is to be your great literary monument? The book is finished and the two final
volumes will be out before the end of the year. I have asked the publisher to send you advance sheets of these two volumes
that you may get the article under way and ready for publication, I hope, not later than the first of January. I am busy
this summer, now that The Silva is off my hands, in getting ready to take a fresh start in life, beginning with this Siberian
trip, and you had best do the same thing. This journey ought to give you material for many interesting contributions to the
world's knowledge and, if you were not such a very silent man, something for you to talk about the rest of your life. Let
me hear from you soon. Faithfully yours, C. S. Sargent John Muir, Esq. 03032