Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Charles S.] Sar[gent], [1903].
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:
[Charles S.] Sar[gent]
Date:
[1903]
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir13_0935-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 20.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[Martinez, Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Dear Prof Sargent Your smooth easy sustained flight over all the oak forests chaparral of the continent is unlike anything
I have ever before seen before, Let me congratulate you on the (completion of your grand) 8th Vol of the Sylva a truly grand
piece of work ( ) perfectly beautiful in illustration illegible withal as calmly sound strong as oak the work of a illegible
Your firm smooth sustained flight over all the oak forests chaparral of the continent is admirable in every way, such strength
of wing keenness of vision is precious rare among mortals - but Ill write no more s illegible anything I might say must seem
weak on such a t illegible . I can only thank you wh I do most heartily re illegible Ever truly yours John M 06566