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HERBERT W. GLEASON ILLUSTRATED LECTURES ON TRAVEL AND NATURE STUDY 83 PINCKNEY STREET. BOSTON. MASS. Our National Parks
Yellowstone Park Yosemite Park Glacier Park Mr. Rainier Park Grand Canyon of Arizona Luther Burbank and his Wonderful
Plant Productions Ell Camino Real - a Tour Among the Old Spanish Missions The Gardens and Deserts of Southern California
Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees Camping and Tramping with the Sierra Club in the High Sierras Along the California Coast
Trees and Wild Flowers of California Hetch-Hetchy and the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne Volcanic Peaks of the Pacific Coast
Alaska The Canadian Alps In the Heart of the Selkirks Rambles in the Canadian Rockies At the Sources of the Columbia River
Wild Flowers of the Canadian Rockies In Thoreau's Country The Maine Woods Wild Flowers of New England Cape Cod Rambles in
Bird-land Among the Wild Flowers Mushrooms and Other Fungi Glacier Studies The Ocean The Prairie The Desert Oct. 21, 1918.
My dear Mr. Muir. Mrs. Gleason and I are at home once more, after four months' absence. We had a glorious time but there
was one disappointment, - we did not go tar enough West to get a sight of you. We thought, when we started out in June, that
we might visit the Pacific Coast, but the lure of the mountains was so strongly upon us that we failed to hear the sirens
that dwell by the Golden Gate. We had some wonderful and thrilling experiences in the illegible in British Columbia; we made
the tour (partial) of Glacier Park in Montana; we spent a delightful week among the illegible Mountains near Salt Lake; we
revelled for three weeks amid the glory and beauty of Estes Park as guests of illegible Mills, and then we made a never-to-he-forgotten
trip Around the Circle in Colorado, going from Denver to Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Salina, through the Royal Gorge; then over
Marshall Pass, through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison to Montrose; then to Ouray, where for several days we rejoiced in
the rich colouring of the mountains and the autumn foliage; then to Ridgeway, over the Dallas Divide to Telluride; then via
Other Loop, Trout Lake, Lizard Head and Dolores to Mancos, where we spent three days, making the trip to those most fascinating
ruins of the Cliff Dwellers in Mesa Verde Park; then to Durango, through the Tilted Gorge, to Antonito, Alamosa, and so back
to Denver. It was our first visit to the State of Colorado, and we came away with an entirely new idea of its mountain scenery.
Still, it was not California, and, as I say, while we greatly enjoyed the summer, there was something lacking. We often thought
of you in our wanderings and wished that you might have been with us. Especially while we were at Estes Park, staying with
Mr. Mills, - you must visit that wonderful place of his; it will appeal to you, I believe, as no other summer resort can possibly
do. We were surprised at the beauty, 3iinplicity and home likeness of his hotel, - it is absolutely uninjured. Do make it
a point to go and see him just as soon as you can; you will be well rewarded. Your name was mentioned frequently by Mr. Mills
and his guests, and one evening Mr. Mills called on me to give an hour's talk solely on 05287