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2 take John Muir's money. I am just lover enough of good literature lover enough of California, too that the writer of that
book is more than welcome to anything in my gift. It will give me much more pleasure to send you the magazinelet regularly
than you can ever get out of it. I hate to crowd things on people, or should have put you on the list before writing at all;
now that you are kind enough to express interest, you are in for it. We have a field I am sure of it. And my hope is to make
what shall be worthy as well as successful worthy whether 3 successful or not. But I believe we shall succeed. Going over
the books yesterday I found that we have over 800 paid subscribers in this city which has not yet been quarter canvassed.
One in every hundred at one year old isn't bad for the home town. Our circulation is 8000, growing rapidly. That, I take it,
is encouragement that a self-respecting concern can thrive even on the frontier. I shall be more grateful than I can say
if you will write something for us; sincerely hope that as the magazine speaks for itself you will find the kind impulse not
weakened. It isn't all I would like, but it is honest