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First draft of letter, in note-book 59 (33) Jan. '02. Dear Page : Glad you're coming. I'll go with you. None I'd rather
go with. I'm sure It will color your whole life, steep it in divine terrestrial dyes which in essence are also celestial,
and be a glorious enrichment, a guiding light in whatever ways your work may lead. What lies in my plans beyond the Parks
and Alaska? (1) Yo semite and other Yo semite s which long ago I promised to the Cent ury through Johnson. Most of the material
for this lit tle book has been published in the Cent ury Maga zine . They have the cuts for illustration and could bring it
out in telling shape to advantage. Johnson is as good as he can be, but the Cent ury Co. might easily be better. For the Mountains
of California the Co. allowed me only of selling price 5 for the 1st 2000 copies. and 10 for the others. while Houghton Miff
lin give 10 for 1st 2000 15 for others, or nearly double the Cent ury nor do they seem to do so well in making sales. Therefore,
though I shall give first offer to the Century I shall not feel bound to let them have it unless they offer fair compensation
and promise to give a reasonable push to the sales, for what's the use of writing books to be kept hidden or half hidden under
the bushel of lazy, opaque, slow publishers. 1. Yo semite and other Yo semite s 2. Trees and shrubs of Cal. 3. Alaska travels
4. Excursions, mountaineering, camping, etc. 5. Studies in earth sculpture, methods of study, in the Sierra, the Great Basin,
Alaska, etc. (1) I hope to get off my hands this year. It will be a small book, a sort of guide for nature lovers and tourists
and health and rest and wonder and beauty seekers, something like this Yo semite Vall ey published in the Cent ury under the
title Treasures of the Yo semiteJ describing the valley throughout the seasons and the excursions to be made in and round
about it, etc., with a chapter on the origin. The two Kings R. Yo semite s in the same way, Hetch Hetchy, the Tehipite, Tuol
umne Canyon, and some of the Alaska Yo semite s. (2) as it looks now will be a handy vol. with short telling descriptions
and photo specimens of each tree and shrub and the most interesting of the herbaceous plants usually found growing beside
them. Next page, also numbered 33, is probably another draft of the same letter 02890