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Butler, Butler Co. Pa, Apr. 17, 1890 John Muir; Dear my friend fellow student, I would lean? my spirit oe'r you. Reading
your exquisite descriptions in Picturesque California has given me an irresistible impulse to write to you; not to renew our
friendship, for I will not admit that that has suffered a moment's break or decline. But I want to hear from you again to
know some things from you. I subscribed for Picturesque Cal. just before leaving Cal. last month, because you were its editor
principal writer. I have received five numbers, the last left me breathless in the midst of a sentence on the Yosemite. It
is certainly a great work - the most perfect of its kind that I have