Title:
Letter from Paul Elder to John Muir, 1907 Jan 16.
Creator:
Paul Elder
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. 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:
1907 Jan 16
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir16_0574-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 43 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
New York
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
New York 43 and 45 East Nineteenth Street January 16, 1907. Mr. John Muir, Martinez, Cal. My Dear Mr. Muir:- May
I have your permission to publish you An adventure with a Dog and A Glacier's The Century Company are agreeable subject to
your wishes. I am planning to issue from year to year a few choice short words by California authors to be very creditably
done on handmade paper and suitable press work. I would like to include the above as one of the first. If you desire we will
publish this under our regular terms of royalty on sales or if you prefer I will remit you 75.00 for the publication privilege.
May I ask you to kindly let me know at your earliest convenience as it is very important for us to complete our plans for
the year. If you consent to my suggestions please advise me on the following points. First. Title. Will it be agreeable to
you for us to use as the title the name of the dog Sticken , running your present title as a sub-titles Second. Have You
a photograph of 'Sticken' or falling this, can you give anything better than your description in the story as a guide to an
artist. I plan to have a photograph of the dog as a frontispiece done in photographure. Awaiting your reply, I remain,
Very truly yours, illegible 03820