Title:
Letter from M. H. Myrick to John Muir, 1897 Dec 14.
Creator:
M. H. Myrick
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:
1897 Dec 14
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir09_1207-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
San Francisco
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
letterhead Dec. 14, 1897 My dear Mr Muir- The other day some friends of ours who are readers and have traveled inquired,
Do you know the man who wrote about the Stickeen dog? We said yes, we are glad to know him--he has told that story at our
house. Well, said our friends, the next time he comes to you, you must let us meet him for we want to see and know a man who
can write such a charming story. That, coming from such people, is praise, for they are bright people. We tell this to you,
because we know your Scotch level head will not be turned. And then that article about the American Forests I am sure it
will have effect. Mr. Runcie is going to Washington to meet Cal? Young and he will use that article with members of Congress.
Last October, in a speech before the Unitarian Club here on the Hawaiian question, I used your frontispiece to Mountains of
California, as a text, and I think with effect. I sent to you a copy of the pamphlet, so that you might know of my piracy.
As to the dog story, I recollect I urged you to write it up, for I wanted others to know it. While,in print,it does not, of
course, possess the charm of delivery in your quaint way, yet it is fine - as our friends appreciate. Said Oliver Twist,
more more Your friend M H Myrick 02372