Title:
Letter from Ferris Greenslet to John Muir, 1910 Jun 9.
Creator:
Ferris Greenslet
Publisher:
The Houghton Library, Harvard University. 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:
1910 Jun 9
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir19_0478-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[Boston]
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
June 9th, 1910. Dear Mr. Muir, I ventured the other day -to give Mr. Sedgwick of the Atlantic the opportunity of reading
your Journal of your first summer in the Sierra. As I believe he is writing you, he is very greatly taken with it, and is
desirous of using several installments of it in the Atlantic as one its features for the next year. We had, of course, planned
for fall publication. We are now, however, disposed, in case you agree to postpone it until spring or the following autumn,
in order to give the Atlantic the right of way. We believe that its prior appearance there would be a distinct advantage
not only to the Atlantic, but to the ultimate prosperity of the book as well. Please let us know your views upon the matter
as soon as you can. By the way, are you not going to send us before long the illustrative material. Even though the book
is to be postponed until next year, we should be glad to have the opportunity of seeing the pictures and planning the form,
which cannot of course, be done until we see exactly what the illustrations are like. Faithfully yours, illegible John
Muir, Esq.