Title:
Letter from Harold J. White to John Muir, 1904 Jun 3.
Creator:
Harold J. White
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:
1904 Jun 3
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir14_0197-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26 x 21 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
San Jose [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
State Normal School, San Jose. June 3rd, 1904. Mr. John Muir, Martinez, Contra Costa Co., Cal. Dear Sir:- While doing
some advanced work in education along the line of children's literature in the San Jose Normal School, my attention was called
to the fact that your story An Adventure With a Dog and a Glacier , could be used as a story for children in the higher grades.
Accordingly at the first opportunity, I read it to a class of eighth grade children in the Training School. They responded
with such strong expressions of appreciation as to convince me of its worth as an animal story for shildren. So far as I have
been able to as certain, it is a favorite with teachers of Literature and English, several of the Normal Faculty being among
the number. I understand that it has not bean published except in the Century Magazine and is, therefore, quite out of the
reach of most children. Will you give me the permission to secure a publisher for AN Adventure With a Dog and a Glacier in
book form if I can get it designed and illustrated in a manner satisfactory to you? Hoping to hear from you soon and that
we shall be able to come to a satisfactory agreement in regard to the proposition, I beg to sign myself, Yours, with highest
respect and esteem, Illegible 03371