Title:
Letter from Frank H. Scott to John Muir, 1894 Feb 17.
Creator:
Frank H. Scott
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:
John Muir
Date:
1894 Feb 17
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir08_0128-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
New York
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
Frank H. Scott, Prest. Chas. F. Chichester, Treas. William W. Ellsworth, Secretary. THE: CENTURY: CO: PUBLISHERS: 33:
East:17th: St:(UNION SQUARE) New-York. N.Y. February 17, 1894 Dear Mr. Muir:- Your letter of the 9th is received, and
we are glad to know that you are getting on so well with the book. Our idea would be to make a volume of a moderate size,
to sell at somewhere from l.00 to l.50, and the number of words you mention, a hundred thousand to a hundred and thirty thousand,
will be ample. Indeed, for a book of this size, other things being equal, we can make a handsomer and more readable looking
volume with the smaller number of words than the larger. The question of illustration we can settle after we get the text,
but you are right in supposing that many of our pictures can be cut down or otherwise reduced to a size suitable for the book
page. It will not be at all necessary for you to think of coming on here as we can easily send the proofs to you during some
stage before the book is finally published, especially, if we receive copy so as to begin setting up within the next two months.
Believe me Very truly yours Frank H. Scott illegible 01784