Title:
Letter from Walter H. Page to John Muir, 1898 Jun 21.
Creator:
Walter H. Page
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1898 Jun 21
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir10_0222-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Boston
Rights:
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Transcription:
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN CO., Publishers. New York Office, II.E. 17th St. Boston,. June 21, 1898. Dear Mr. Muir, I have
been hoping to receive at least one of the other papers that are yet to come front you for the Atlantic--- by this time, but
we are always so glad to get what you send that we can never afford, and are indeed never disposed, to be impatient. I write
you now not only to express a hope that the next article will soon be on its way to us, but especially to inquire about the
possibility of bringing out one of the several volumes by you about which we have exchanged letters--about bringing it out
this fall. Please tell me if your contributions to the Atlantic, including those which we have already published and one or
two more which we expect, together with the articles that the Century has published from you since your book came out would
not make an attractive volume. In addition to the articles that have appeared in the Atlantic, I notice that the Century has
contained the following: June '95, The Discovery of Glacier Bay, August' 97, The Alaska Trip, Sept. '97, An Adventure with
a Dog and a Glacier. (A Tale of Alaska.) Or, ought these Alaska articles to go into a volume that should be devoted especially
to Alaska? What I am driving at, you observe, is to get out a volume as soon as practicable, in which good resolution I hope
for your hearty co-operation. Very sincerely yours, illegible John Muir, Esq. 02434