Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1897 Jul 16.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Date:
1897 Jul 16
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir09_0981-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, Calif.
Rights:
Copyrighted
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission
to publish or exhibit them, see
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez, Cal. July 16, 1897. My dear Mr Johnson. I think you are right in cutting short the introductory part of Stickun.
I acknowledge your part interest in the pup? , as I would never have written the story had you not urged me to do so. I hope
howver that in striking for artistic effect you will not blur the story. The narrative should I think be kept whole. Anyhow
be sure to leave the legs of the article long enough to distinctly reach the ground. This Stickun story easily told has cost
me more time work than anything else I ever wrote. I'll watch your forest editorial for I know it will be good. I'm going
to join Sargent at Bamf in the Canadian Pacific Aug 5. Cant you come We will make you wise in trees, perhaps take you to Alaska.
Ever Cordially Yours John Muir Please return my M.S. Mrs Muir says Tell Mr. Johnson to tell something about himself.
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