Title:
Letter from John Muir to [David Douglass], 1897 Jan 4.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
[David Douglass]
Date:
1897 Jan 4
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir09_0590-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, Calif
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Copied from a Journal of Mr. David Douglas, Edinburgh Original in possession of Miss S. B. Douglas, Edinburgh Martinez,
California, January 4, 1897. My dear Sir: I have received from you Lord Roseberry's two addresses on our immortal poet,
for which and the good wishes inscribed I sincerely thank you. How surely the fame of our Burns is growing over all the world
and always with deeper admiration and love. The St. Andrew's Society of San Francisco are about to erect a monument for him
in the largest of the public parks. I have wandered far and wide this last summer, from New York to Alaska, mostly for the
sake of the forests. How gladly I would have re-visited Scotia once more. The pleasure of my last visit is still fresh in
mind, and much of it I owe to you. That John Brown evening was one of the very best of my life. I am now pegging away at another
book, but make slow progress, suffering endless Interruption. I wish I could send you something you would care for from this
wild country. Whenever I can serve you, let me know. Our hills are all green already: the grass is getting tall, and some
of the earliest flowers are in bloom, though the grand range of the Sierra is solid white for five hundred miles along the
east side of the state, and thence along the Cascades and the mountains of Alaska. The snow is continuous to the end of the
continent. Happy New Year to you and all yours I cordially wish you. Ever faithfully yours, John Muir