Title:
Letter from Walter H. Page to John Muir, 1908 Jul 22.
Creator:
Walter H. Page
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:
1908 Jul 22
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir17_0774-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
New York
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
THE WORLD S WORK FARMING DOUBLEDAY PAGE CO. 133-135-137 EAST 16TH STREET, NEW YORK COUNTRY LIFE IN AMERICA THE
GARDEN MAGAZINE July 28, 1908. Dear Mr. Muir: I fancy at this tin(c) of the year you are happily far beyond the reach
of anything so commonplace as a letter, - communing with the mountains and the great forests. But a letter will reach you
some time; and now when I have a chance to write it I send you this poor note, first of all to carry my greetings and good
wishes and to make another expression of my abiding gratitude for all you have written and what I have learned from you and
for the great privilege of knowing you. Then, of course, I must again make it a reminder that I am waiting patiently year
by year to hear that you have begun seriously and persistently to write out your autobiography. You cannot afford to let that
slip. I cannot afford, if I can help it, to count my publishing career as anything like a success unless I can get that book
and have the happiness to put it forth to the world. Let this, therefore, be a simple and gentle reminder of my personal
feeling and of my personal pride, and believe me always. Heartily yours, ILLEGIBLE John Muir, Esq., Martinez, Cel.
The world's work wants to publish the chapters as you write them, and to illustrate them handsomely and to pay you - let me
say - whatever you ask - 250 per article? 04246