Title:
Letter from John Muir to John Burroughs, 1909 Sep 23.
Creator:
John Muir
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 Burroughs
Date:
1909 Sep 23
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir18_0765-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
(Original letter in possession of Dr. Clara Barrus) Martinez, Sept. 23, 1909 Dear John Burroughs: I'm very glad to hear
from you that you are in good sound health after your long varied wanderings and that you have a canyon article done and a
Yosemite nearly done. I haven't the slightest objection to your using any of the pictures taken on our trips. On the contrary
will be proud to appear in your company and work. All my travels with you were pleasure and I heartily thank you for so fine
a visit. I only regret you were so pressed for time you could not let me show you the Sequoias and the headwaters, forests,
meadows, and glaciers of the Merced and Tuolumne. Still you saw far more than tourists. You make a great mistake, however,
in fancying first views of Yosemite are best --the later ones commonplace . On the contrary, the last are most impressive,
at least to me. Yosemite commonplace because one has learned something about it Why Johnnie, Johnnie, Johnnie You must come
again and get rid of such atheism. I feel very lonesome now my friend Harriman is gone. At first rather repelled, I at last
learned to love him. Roosevelt away too -- the whole country seems lonesome. But Roosevelt will soon be back and I trust
has many useful fertile years for his country and friends. I have done no literary work worth mention since returning from
the mountains. Ketch Hetchy fight is still on. You should try to help us in this preservation work. Faithfully and admiringly
your friend, John Muir 04593