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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 John Muir:
I told the audience that you had a perfect horror of making a speech yourself, and next to that you hated to be talked about.
But I patched together a few stories that I had heard you tell, and while it was a poor job Mr. Mills and his guests seemed
very much pleased. We were delighted to have this opportunity to see so much of Mr. Mills. His visit with us last winter
was a memorable one, but in his own home we came to know him much bettor and to value more truly his worth. We are very much
saddened just now over the death of Bradford Torrey. You probably saw the announcement. He died at Santa Barbara, Oct. 7,
after an illness of only three days. He had been troubled for a year, so we have learned, with diabetes, though no one supposed
that it was anything serious. His funeral was held yesterday at South Weymouth, his native town. I went out to the services,
which were simple but very impressive. An old friend of many years standing, Rev. John G. Taylor, made a most appreciative
address. I asked him afterwards to write it out for The Boston Transcript. He said ho would do so, and if he does I will send
you a copy. I have Just been reading the manuscript of Mr. Torrey's last book which Houghton Mifflin Co. have asked me to
illustrate. It is entitled, Field Days in California, and describes his bird-hunting experiences at Santa Barbara, San Diego,
Paso Robles, Monterey, Yosemite Valley, etc. It is a most charming book, and you must surely read it when it is published.
I hope you are well and that the summer has passed pleasantly with you. Let us hear from you, when you arc in the mood for
writing, and if at any time we can do any errands for you in this part of the world, be sure and command us. Above all, do
not forget your promise to give us a visit if you come to Boston. With love from us both, Faithfully yours, illegible
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