Title:
Letter from J. E. Calkins to John Muir, 1913 Apr 16.
Creator:
J. E. Calkins
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:
John Muir
Date:
1913 Apr 16
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir21_0324-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Lordsburg, Calif.
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
letterhead Lordsburg April 16, 1913. My Dear Mr. Muir: A day or so ago the mail brought me from Houghton Mifflin Co.,
a beautiful Copy of your beautiful book, The Story of my Boyhood and Youth , with a card inscribed with the Compliments of
the Author . A most valued treasure, and a most delightful surprise. I am sure you would have felt a degree of satisfaction
if you could have seen the reception the whole family gave this charming arrival. These are busy days, so I have not had
time to advance beyond the 33rd page, which reeks of blood and battle. and is an awful temptation to deny the flesh by burning
the midnight oil till these thrilling thrashings, on and off the playground, are passed. But I am only waiting my time and
Chance, and I promise myself Some good times, looking backward with you over those wild boyhood days, and the others that
came after them. I am simply delighted to have this further chance of readng something from your pen, and to know that you
have thought Enough of me to remember me in this opulent fashion. I hardly know 05423