Title:
Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir Funk], 1910 Apr 29.
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:
Helen [Muir Funk]
Date:
1910 Apr 29
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir19_0328-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Los Angeles
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
http://library.pacific.edu/ha/forms
Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Los Angeles, Cal., April 29, 1910. Darling Helen:- I have been home since I wrote you last, but stayed only one day to
deposit some manuscript in the bank vault, and bring a lot more down here, on which I am hard at work. It is that Pelican
Bay Auto- stuff. Don't know how much longer it will take to finish it, and the trouble is it will have to be gone all over
again before finally getting it into shape. It promises to run into half a dozen volumes. I am thinking of taking the animal
stories out of it and publishing them separately in a volume for children and wise old people. I hope you have not given
up all thought of writing a desert book. Alfalfa and cattle ticks need not take up all your time and attention and aspirations.
Give my kindest regards to Miss Beal. Be kind to her, cheer her up, and do all you can towards getting her back to perfect
health. With love to all the big and little Funks, Schwartz, and Van Dykes, I am, ever affectionately, Your devoted father,
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