1 Most honored Sir: I have received with great pleasure your book on the U.S. national parks it is with sentiments of
the liveliest gratitude that I wish to thank you This gift from the hand of the author proves to me in the first place that
you keep me in good friendly remembrance; (then comes coming after) the high value of the book which I have read with the
greatest interest which you alone of all the world was able to bring forth. it required your naturalist's eyes love of nature
to give back render the impressions received illegible them; it required the exquisite sensibility of a choice soul 03453
2 joined to your extended experiences to produce a publication which we must justly call a true chef d' oeuvre By your
description you have enabled me to enjoy the beauties of American nature as if I saw them with my own eyes. My desire to visit
the places that you delineate so well is such that it requires the consideration of my advanced age to prevent me from making
in person the most charming journey voyage that it is possible to undertake And with what pleasure would I not come to grasp
your hand upon the soil of California 03453