Title:
Letter from Mary L. Swett to John Muir, 1913 Nov 11.
Creator:
Mary L. Swett
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1913 Nov 11
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir21_0989-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[Martinez, Calif.]
Rights:
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Transcription:
Hill Girt, Nov. 11, 1912. Dear Mr. Muir: I have never got hold of anything more absorbingly interesting than these typewritten
pages and they will be read as classics by posterity.But now I want you to take pity on my ignorance and tell me when and
where the spelling of pigeon was changed to pidgeon, for it must be there has been an authoritative change or neither you
nor the typewriter would use it. On page 40 you say gave David and I instead of gave David and me , but on the whole it is
excellently typed. 0 here's to the whole Autobiography, and may we all live to see it in print and listen to the plaudits
which will welcome it John Swett is fairly gloating over the noble addition it will be to all the school libraries in the
land. What an avenue of influence it will open to the hearts of the children of the next generation How it will teach them
to know and appreciate and love and respect the rights of the lower animals When you consider how much typewritten proof
I have corrected for John all our lives together, you will realize how almost impossible it would be for me to refrain from
noticing and commenting upon anything in the nature of a typographical error, and will excuse me, I know, for butting in and
will let my sincere admiration and ardent praise offset my mild criticism. Do not answer this note; I realize the value of
your time, but tell John what there is to be said about pigeon vs. pidgeon and let me sign myself, Your friend and admirer
and well-wisher, Mary L. Swett 05611